Seems to me Sony is your only chance of getting any rpgs, they tend to try harder in the rest of the world 

if the people in the UK dont like cut scene driven games they will hate the last story :P the game gives ff13 a run for its money the the sheer number and length of them. (i would know...i sat through everyone of them xD)

And ff13 sold incredibly in Europe ^^ 2.1 million isnt bad for a region where no one likes those kind of games ey

And its not just people buying the next literation etc ff12 sold 1.4 million europe so there are half a million new people  i highly doubt (actually garantee) tls would never sell 500k in europe let alone introduce that entire new audience ^^

Also though yes tls is a brilliant game like i said in my review it being real time isnt really that new :/ its been around forever xD 

It is, sadly, you can't change the public image. You have to trust the developers to do that. You can only raise awareness...

I dont know how much of the game is cutscenes, havent played it. but the key thing is the evolution of RPG elements, like the real time battles and online play. a bit like Dragon Quest 9's online mode which has done well in Europe but not that well.

FF13 isnt half a million new people. FF10 sold 8mil before FF12 and FF7 10 mil before F10. so its evident that the series has lost many fans. theres no way of telling how many people have been new fans. but i'm very sure FF13 didnt create 0.5 mil RPG fans - those fans were already there. yes maybe theres a few new fans, but no way to tell, and comparative sales tell us those fans played FF7 or FF10 previously. either way FF13-2 will determine whether FF13 damaged RPGs here in the west or not. 

dunno how Nintendo will market TLS, i'm not saying it will reignite the sales success of FF7, but i certainly think it has a fighting chance of doing what JRPGs like FF12 and FF13 failed to do. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, are also RPGs to watch because they are growing into mass market appeal. if Mass Effect 1 released similtaneously on PS3 and 360 3 years ago, the face of RPGs could look very different in Europe imho.

Edits: my point is evident in the form of Pokemon - which has no cutscenes. the key thing for an RPG or any game to be a success is to make it ACCESSIBLE. something JRPGs or WRPGs are not. people think they're complex, boring and tedious, Pokemon avoided this trap because it dosent conform to the standards that RPGs like FF13 set. which is why i think for RPGs to be a success here in the west they need to adapt to the market. something Sakaguchi is clearly trying to do with The Last Story - which is why depsite "it having loads of cutscenes" i think its the right direction for RPGs in Europe.

pokemon is a reeeealy abd example as its the most un inotive game on earh. if you play the first you retty much know how the play the next 1560 of them. FF13 is a bit over 20% behind ff10 despite that fact there was a long 5 (long time for any series) year break its still actually selling every week (i expect it to be 15% behind by end of its life). which isnt bad considering it was released another 10 years after 10 (most series dont even last 10 years to begin with). if i can asume it will drop another 15% every 10 years then i consider that in incredible successes (already is for only falling by that in the last decade)

And i dont think tls will do well in europe. the simple fact is most of the gamers in Europe (and very much so in the uk) dont like long often very stretched out games. Though i am used to this strute that rpg's have and enjoy it myself TLS does the same as every other rpg in the sense that its filled with fillers. just as almost all jrpg's are these days (though i personaly enjoy the detractions)

Europeans don't like Cutscene heavy Games MGS says HI. 

Gotta love that game...though yeah, the cutscenes really annoyed me. One went on for what seemed like forever and never really told you anything...

To counter: Metroid: Other M appears! It's super effective!

You are somewhat right but the is a bit more to it then that, like you said gameplay is one main factor but people in Europe have a varied taste that seems to be determined by multiple factor. Dragon Quest is increasing in popularity even to the point that we're buying more then the US with in one game being released because it had a unique style, well developed, interesting quirks of it's own over other rpgs, is marketed well and evolves well with each insatallment while maintaining it's tradition, it even uses British English which Europeans are more used and accustomed to, in Europe we tend to like games that have interesting Quirks, Pokemon is one example.

I think the number one issue first of all before you tackle everything else is that in Europe you have to make yourself known and market your product as the are a lot of avid gamers here who may only pop into the store every now and then and don't visit forums and such, gaming is just a common past time here much like football, many people support teams but don't know much about the game. They may see your game in the store but not know what it's about, as long as the gameplay is at a decent level you'll get a foothold in gaining/starting a fanbase, the are more then enough rpg fans in Europe just market your game even if some people say it's not what they expected the are going to be people in there who still like what they're playing after all FF is still going.

Didn't people learn in PS2 era that region lock=bad things for european jrpg fans?

And well not getting current gen rpgs seems to be mostly Wii problem all titles that were released in us for ps3/x360 have sooner or later found their way here.

I believe us Europeans don't regard JRPGs too highly, I believe most Europeans think they're boring or otherwise bad. They're mostly the same and when they're not, they're either too niche or the changes are bad.