360 doesn't have the best JRPG selection, DS does.

yeah lets compare a SUV with a convertible on the same dirt road ????

DKII even if you like JRPG doesn't mean you want to play on handheld.... I know I don't or don't even have the time or opportunity..... lets compare what's comparable....

Prior to your post, the word "console" is mentioned/quoted 14 times in this thread and the words "hand held" have not been mentioned at all.

That being the case, what is the point of your comment?

smbu2000 said: twesterm said: xboxfanboy said: I like games like blue dragon and lost oddessy but Microsoft plan to take japan was just to copy final fantasy over and over again is not working. They need to build more games like ace combat 6 Japanese gamer don't just want to play final fantasy it would be like if Sony came to America with a bunch of halo and gta clones It won't work. what I wish would happen is that Microsoft would partner with Sega and make two different versions of there next console or they need to steal a game like virtual fighter 6 If those games are copying Final Fantasy, you better tell Bungie, Valve, and every other studio that makes FPS games to stop copying Wolfenstein 3D and other other FPS's to come out around that time. Oh, and tell Ace Combat 6 to stop being so unoriginal and stop copying those flight sims. Hey, Ace Combat 6 is a very original game, that's why it's the first game in the Ace Combat series!!!...oh wait, what's that 1,2,3,4,5, 6!!! It's the 6th game in the series, when did that happen??? well , oh ok....nvm

 There is also X on PSP, which is amazing

Can I guess that in the game there is a tunnel that you have to fly through and a massive super plane (with a scandinavian (norse myth suff)  type name) and a super weapon... anyway, I love that series, and I want that game, cause I sold 5 (stupidly) and my copy of 4 is scratched

Also, why does everyone hate FF XII?

It's storyline was not brilliant but everything else was

Someone mentioned that 360 Japan sales should be better 'cause it has the best JRPGs. But obviously people there are just going to the DS for their JRPG fix instead. Acting like they don't compete against each other at all is just naive.

Game selection isn't really the 360's problem in Japan anyway, it's mostly down to poor marketing.

lmao!!!!!

Munkeh111 said: smbu2000 said: twesterm said: xboxfanboy said: I like games like blue dragon and lost oddessy but Microsoft plan to take japan was just to copy final fantasy over and over again is not working. They need to build more games like ace combat 6 Japanese gamer don't just want to play final fantasy it would be like if Sony came to America with a bunch of halo and gta clones It won't work. what I wish would happen is that Microsoft would partner with Sega and make two different versions of there next console or they need to steal a game like virtual fighter 6 If those games are copying Final Fantasy, you better tell Bungie, Valve, and every other studio that makes FPS games to stop copying Wolfenstein 3D and other other FPS's to come out around that time. Oh, and tell Ace Combat 6 to stop being so unoriginal and stop copying those flight sims. Hey, Ace Combat 6 is a very original game, that's why it's the first game in the Ace Combat series!!!...oh wait, what's that 1,2,3,4,5, 6!!! It's the 6th game in the series, when did that happen??? well , oh ok....nvm  There is also X on PSP, which is amazing Can I guess that in the game there is a tunnel that you have to fly through and a massive super plane (with a scandinavian (norse myth suff)  type name) and a super weapon... anyway, I love that series, and I want that game, cause I sold 5 (stupidly) and my copy of 4 is scratched   Also, why does everyone hate FF XII? It's storyline was not brilliant but everything else was

well, most JRPG's are all about story (to hide the horrible turn-based combat)

 I know that the creator of final fansaty made lost oddssey and blue dragon. All I'am saying is that  it didn't help sales at all . I watched a k1 event on japenese tv and they had like 20 lost oddssey commericals  I seen no commericals for any of the games you listed ( and eternal sonata was a good game too). I don't see doa doing anything in japan because it been on the xbox and the 360 and never help. I think the 360 has more then enought games if japanese would just give it a try but they are not  

Well Blue Dragon had a very positive effect in Japan. It basically made the 360 more successful then the original xbox. I think the 360 having all the jprg's is hurting the ps3 in Japan more then its helping the 360. Which I'm sure microsoft isn't entirely agaisnt.

 It's simple really.

Blue Dragon is cited several time, and Blue Dragon was an answer to Dragon Quest. A Dragon Quest game that is interesting is very difficult to pull off.

DQ IX being for DS, and DQ being a series that always had its main episodes on home consoles, and as we're talking JRPG, it's very clear why handheld had to come into play at one point or another.

You can think that handheld don't compete with home consoles, but if you think that's true for the DS, you're delusional.