The_Liquid_Laser said:
I'm the one who said the Japanese like JRPG's. It's pretty apparent if we just look at the sales numbers. Going by the top 10 selling games on PS4 in Japan (using VGC numbers) it looks like this: 1. Monster Hunter World
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf On the 3DS the charts are even more lopsided, because 8/10 of the titles are JRPGs. In the West we have this stereotype that Nintendo first party games crowd out all of the third party games. But in Japan the story is very different. In Japan, JRPGs crowd out a lot of Nintendo first party games. Mario platformers, Smash Bros, Luigi's Mansion, etc... never made the top 10, because it's full of JRPGs. Regardless of platform, JRPGs dominate. That is why it is absurd for someone to say that JRPGs are not popular in Japan, or that Animal Crossing represents changing tastes. Animal Crossing is the only simulation game in either top 10 list. It's still mostly JRPGs. |
Not as big as it used to, though. Only Pokémon and Dragon Quest maintain similar paces compared to the heydays. Interest has shifted to mobile games mainly, that's why I said there are changing interests.
My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first.