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HoangNhatAnh on 19 July 2018
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Xxain said:
psychicscubadiver said:

Oh, I agree with you that profit flows through a company and sales of one game can indirectly affect another game.

But companies focus on games that are successful. If FFXV is successful they will make more games similar to FFXV. Its success does not guarantee more like Octopath. Octopath's success will determine whether or not more games like it will be made. If Octopath makes a good return on investment, they will make more of it, regardless of how other RPGs are faring.

I am curious about your assertion that you aren't asking anyone to support games they don't like. What did you mean by the following?

"Instead of Bitching about JRPG's being turn based/action, cinematic/not cinematic, gamers who enjoy the genre should be rooting for the genre in in its whole. Mindsets like Killieryoshis, does not nothing positive for the genere."

Simple. It's a abridged version to what I explained above.

Here is a personal abridged example. I like PlayStation. I could care less about SONY's first party IP"s, but I understand the importance of them in growing the PlayStation brand. They bring in more consumers. More consumers mean a increase in brand/install base. That leads to more developers who who commit to PlayStation development. That leads to more games that I will like. I get more games that I like buy rooting for games that I don't like. That is what I mean by not being in a self contained box. 

Bolded: Correct, but we have to get to those first installments first. At this point Octo is looking to be an success and from this point on, future installments will decide how it develops as a brand. To get to the first Octo SE needed to have the confidence to do it. That confidence comes from knowing that their bread and butter brands will continue to bring in the money to develop and cover for experiments that may not pay off.

Yeah, just like the important of Star Ocean 5 - a masterpiece, right?