Hiku said:
Xxain said:
Dragon Quest's low western sales have nothing to do with marketing. All JRPG fans are aware of Dragon Quest. It has to do with a lack of interest; the west is not interested in Dragon Quest. Its too traditional. Monster Hunter used to be like this as well and it took a total redesign of the series to capture western audiences.
Combined western sales will definitely be over a mill, but it will still be a Japanese thing. |
I bet it's not uncommon for people to not be interested in franchises they've never tried before.
Persona 5 is not very different from previous installments. It only scored 3 points higher than Persona 4. But it reached a much bigger audience this time.
Spiderman also sold significantly more than any previous Spiderman game, and more than any superhero game in history even, iirc.
I think both presentation and marketing plays an important role in these scenarios where they manage to reach people that were previously uninterested in the franchise/genre.
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Square Enix has attempted multiple times to strengthen Dragon Quest foothold in the west though. At this point if you consider yourself a JRPG fan then you know what Dragon Quest is. These JRPG fans are buying Persona, they're buying Nier, they're buying Tales, Xeno, but not Dragon Quest. It cant be a marketing thing.
