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makingmusic476 said:
I fully expect the game to hit Japan around the holidays. For the rest of us? We'll be waiting at least six months, unless Sony has suddenly convinced Level 5 to change their traditional localization practices. I'm sure we'll see a great deal of info on the game at TGS, and maybe E3.

But this is good. Eternal Sonata and WKC should help the ps3 out in Japan near the end of the year.

Hopefully.


You're absolutely right but how about they help PS3 in America by releasing both of them by the end of the year here as well?



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Godot said:
makingmusic476 said:
I fully expect the game to hit Japan around the holidays. For the rest of us? We'll be waiting at least six months, unless Sony has suddenly convinced Level 5 to change their traditional localization practices. I'm sure we'll see a great deal of info on the game at TGS, and maybe E3.

But this is good. Eternal Sonata and WKC should help the ps3 out in Japan near the end of the year.

Hopefully.

 

You're absolutely right but how about they help PS3 in America by releasing both of them by the end of the year here as well?

It would help.  But would it happen?

 



jacks81x said:
Riachu said:
jacks81x said:

Definitely looking forward to WKC, but I wouldn't say this is the first big JRPG on the PS3. Disgaea 3 is a pretty big title as well IMO, and that's coming out in August.

Disgaea games only sell 250-300K WW LTD. It is not that big.

 

 

And what indication do we have that WKC will sell more than that? JRPGs not named FF or DQ generally don't sell anywhere near 1 million copies WW. Lots of JRPGs get hyped as big titles but don't have the sales numbers to back that up. Xenosaga III (~280K), Eternal Sonata (~250K), Blue Dragon (~490K). If your definition of a "big" RPG is solely based on sales, then as great a game as WKC may turn out to be, there's really no evidence to suggest that it's going to be a huge seller. Other than DQ8 (which sold well because it's DQ and pubished by S-E), Level-5 developed RPGs have never had a history of being huge sellers. Rogue Galaxy and the Dark Cloud games sold ok, but nothing spectacular. Plus they were released on the PS2 which has a 100+ million user base. So even if we project that the PS3 will have a 20 million user base by the end of the 2008 fiscal year, I wouldn't bet the farm that WKC is a sure bet to sell over 1 million copies WW. I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything. I'm just trying to be logical in defending my point. Disgaea may not be FF or DQ in terms of popularity and sales, but it's still a very well-known RPG series that PS3 fans should not ignore as insignificant.

JRPGs like FF and DQ are played by both core gamers and casual gamers while stuff like Star Ocean, Xenosaga, Tales are aimed at more hardcore gamers so that is an unfair comparison.  WKC will still probably sell better than LO since Playstation 3 owners are into JRPGs more than 360 owners.

 



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Woo! I really can't wait for this game!



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Good news.

I have high hopes for this game. It should be pretty special...



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Been interested in this for a long time. Hopefully will be quality.



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JRPG? Wake me up when it's over. At least it might help with Japan a bit.