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UltimateUnknown on 25 September 2011
enditall727 said:
UltimateUnknown said:
I don't understand one thing, if the publishers are going through the trouble of localising JRPGs in the west on the PS3, why don't they do it multiplatform?

Its not like 360 can't handle these games, it should be easy to port over. Yes the games don't sell as much on 360 as PS3, but I can see a lot of these games sell atleast 1/3 the amount on 360.


the same could be said earlier this generation when all the jrpg's were exclusive to 360

 

i think the 360 is the main reason why everybody thinks jrpgs are/were dying

Yea but the PS3 got most of the good JRPGs that came to 360 albiet a bit later, like Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean, the one exceptional exclusive 360 JRPG being Lost Odyssey.

I don't think its a good idea to make JRPGs exclusive to any platform, if they went multiplat they would have much more recognition and sales.



 

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NightDragon83 on 26 September 2011

Kinda OT a bit, but this made me laugh so I'm sharing it...



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Jumpin on 26 September 2011
PullusPardus said:
Xen said:
PullusPardus said:
Xen said:
shuraiya said:
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ryuzaki57 said:
The person who wrote this deserves my eternal respect.

At least he got it from someone, because this write-up sucks.


I wouldn't go that far. Sure, one may disagree with some of his details--I certainly do--but the overall message is what matters.

It's premature, along with the lack of detail or just striaght up bad detail. The message is kinda ruined.

why do you think so? , i mean the guy is talking about "Comeback" which means nowadays, i don't get why people are saying DS and SNES ...ect

the guy is clearly talking about current gen consoles, hence the "Comeback" i'm sure when he said Nintendo Hardware he mean't Wii and 3DS , but then he added that 3DS is going the right direction.

He ignored the DS as far as RPG library goes (yep, check the article if that strikes you as odd), and plus - a few JRPG's selling well now is in no way a true comeback.

like i said, DS ---> 3DS  , DS is last gen, 3DS is current gen,  its the same reason why he didn't list games that are coming on PSP but rather focused on games coming on PSVita you see?

The 3DS only launched a few months ago, so the DS library is still much more relevant when examining the past 5 years or so.



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enditall727 on 26 September 2011
Soriku said:
enditall727 said:

??

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME LMAO!!!!! XD XD

Final Fantasy 13-2 and Final Fantasy 14 WILL RELEASE BEFORE Final Fantasy Versus 13 and they wont release 2 main Final Fantasy Games in the same year

13-2 is confirmed to release in 2012(outside of japan) so that would mean that FF14 would release in 2013(ps3) and versus 2014

now let's say they decide to release 14 in 2012(because it released on pc in 2010 i believe) then that would leave Versus to be out NO EARLIER than 2013 so i dont know why you would think it would release in 2012

but at the same time im not sure if you were serious or not LMAO


FF XIII-2 isn't a main FF. And who knows when they'll get out FF XIV for PS3. Late 2012 in Japan sounds about right. Worst case scenario - early 2013.

actually it is, kinda

but i meant main as is in a non-handheld game. i guess i should have been more clear on that part

 



Alby_da_Wolf on 27 September 2011

3DS is region locked, so Americans will have to pray Reggie and lick his ass and feet squeaky-clean to play Nintendo published JRPGs. But hey, isn't this itself some sick form of BDSM real life RPG?



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Jazz2K on 01 October 2011
NightDragon83 said:

Kinda OT a bit, but this made me laugh so I'm sharing it...


That's so true...