Xenoblade Chronicles 3 announced for Switch

[IcaroRibeiro]

Mnementh said:

Dulfite said:

I could really see Xenoblade rivaling FF into the future, especially with FF increasingly only on PlayStation with newer games for at least a year.

If FF stayed multiplatform on all devices then there wouldn't be a need for Xenoblade as much and it would stay niche, but Sony bribing Square Enix to stay timed exclusive to them in an effort to starve Xbox of the premier JRPG series is causing the indirect impact of a new premier JRPG series rising on Nintendo devices. At this rate, in 10-15 years people will be talking about Xenoblade as much as FF.

If Microsoft was smart they'd be making their own flagship JRPG to really stick it to SE for accepting Sony's timed exclusivity bribes.

I have to say, I don't like newer FF games as much. I think at this point Dragon Quest outshines Final Fantasy.

I think the problem is FF suffers from identity crisis, while DQ has being "stick with that works" for about 20 years now. I prefer FF approach because each FF entry looks a completely different game to me, it's refreshing not knowing what is coming for once on both gameplay, world building, story, etc 

Dragon Quest feels like I'm playing the exactly same game, in the same setting, the same world and same characters only with different clothes and different graphics. I don't know how people don't get tired of it 

About Xenoblade outselling FF... it's just not happening. FF is declining in Japan, but it's as strong as ever elsewhere. XV despite being receiving just lukewarm reception sold almost 10 million by November 2011. A FF game with an actual good word of mouth and praise by critics can go much further 

Overall people has been criticizing the quality of Final Fantasy games for ages now, and if their sales didn't decrease yet I have no reason to believe they will start decreasing now

Last edited by IcaroRibeiro - on 15 February 2022