Just because those other franchises didnt do FF numbers doesnt mean people didnt buy them. Just look at sales for the PS1 Jrpgs they were healthy, much more than they ever were, started to dip in PS2 era and go back to SNES numbers again this gen. 

Its not stupid if it actually worked. PS3 is getting JRPG support, that is a fact. I feel you are trying to ignore the recent years. I can only speak for myself, but i knew that japan was never going to support 360 which is what MS wanted them to do which is why they went so hard for the JRPGS, that didnt work. So the more popular ones were ported to a system that people were buying in Japan (vesperia, StarOcean, etc.). then 360 straight up just stopped getting anything recently. So at the end of the day, if you are a JRPGs fan you would have had to get a PS3 (console wise) anyway. maybe some came to the same conclusion. Ill also add that the JRPGS that 360 were getting IMHO just werent that good in the first place. nowhere near the caliber of SNES/PS1 or even PS2 era. but you could probably say that for the genre this gen.

It could be, better than saying blame the Japanese, cause thats all it really comes down to as it was that audience that MS was trying to court. But since that didnt work, they said screw it. IMHO that was a good move, they tried it didnt work, they moved on. It is kind of silly cause the people who need to be "blamed" arent even here, so its just pissing in the wind at this point.

I'm just tired of people blowing smoke about being fans of things when their actions indicate otherwise.

That's a great idea! I picked up a replacement PS2 last year for $40, I'm sure 360 will crash too in a couple years.

However that's a terrible list of games, Ninty Nine Nights? Really? Have you played that game? It's crap! Last Remnant is also laggy as hell, and Blue Dragon is meh, same with Atelier. Nier isn't that special either, it feels unfinished, and the endings are pretty lame and unsatisfying.

Lost Odyssey didn't have a super big budget but it certainly had a bigger budget than all the games you listed.  Hell it might have a bigger budget than all those games combined, unless you think that Lost Odyssey's production values come from just being better at coding for no increased cost for some reason. 

I wish companies would put out budgets for games like movies do so I can stop seeing ridiculous things like comparing Lost Odyssey to Hyperdimension Neptunia.  

Lost Odyssey looks good but I won't buy a console just for 1 game.

I think its budget was higher but not by much.  also a higher budget doesn't guarantee higher sales. 

Tales of Vesperia

A TV commercial certainly does.  You show me a TV commercial for any of those supposedly just as Niche JRPGs that you listed.  Hell, Demon's Souls and VC didn't have TV commercials either even though they're probably closer to the budget of Lost Odyssey.  

Budgets aren't higher by much?  Atelier titles continue to get sequels before Western sales even come in, so Atelier Ayesha got a sequel based off of 130,000 sales in Japan.  That's the kind of budget those games have, do you honestly think Lost Odyssey would make a profit off of 130,000 sales?

The idea of comparing "new IP JRPG selling ability" by looking at games in completely different situations is ridiculous.  Want a new IP JRPG to look at?Resonance of Fate which is actually a reasonable comparison because they're in the exact same situation.  Same game, same budgets, same marketting campaigns, and it's a new IP.  

That's a bad arguement Darc Requiem is talking about 2008 where 360 had Lost Odyssey, Tales of Vesperia, Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, Blue Dragon, Project Sylpheed (Not a JRPG, but Square Enix exclusive with a JRPG like story) Star Ocean (still an exclusive then), Eternal Sonata (still and exclusive then), and Magna Carta 2 coming. PS3 at the time only had Folklore and Valkyria Chronicles. Plus FFXIII was announced as a multiplatform title. 2008 was a strong point for the 360 in JRPG's, and PS3 really had almost nothing. (bolded the still 360 exclusives)

360 DID Dominate the market in 2007/2008. Heck Wii had just as many JRPG's and PS3 in 2008 (Fire Emblem and Tales of Symphonia 2)

I'm a big JRPG fan and one of the reasons I bought my 360 in 2007 was because of all the exclusive JRPG's announced for the 360 at the time.

Now in 2011-2013, Sony has caught up to the 360 in terms of JRPG exclusives, and I would even agree offers more (when Xillia releases). So what Darc is saying is 100% true. Before you argue with him, read his posts. Most hardcore JRPG fans probably do have a 360 just for Lost Odyssey, Tales of Vesperia, and Infinite Undiscovery, but I think there are still a lot of JRPG fans on the PS3 now, which are glad to have a PS3 since it now has more JRPG's.