haxxiy said:
I'm not sure about the West, but Yakuza has shrunk in the past 10 years in Japan just like FF did. I doubt the Persona user base is exactly young either since it derives a lot of its appeal from high-school nostalgia and these games have never shied away from a Mature rating. I agree that FF competes with games in general for attention and that's why sales declined when their quality declined. Let's not just pretend that JRPGs are exactly a popular genre, it has always had limited reach and appeal except for the PS1/PS2 FFs and FF still towers over these other franchises even in decline. |
globally all of these franchises are bigger now than they were in past accept maybe Star Ocean. I think it's a small contributing factor, there is more JRPG competition. And if we acknowledge that FF has moved in an action RPG arena then the competition is even more stark.
