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Shadowblind on 28 July 2008
Godot said:
Riachu said:
outlawauron said:
@ konnichiwa

But there isn't that many, compared to other genres. I mean, we've got 2 above average JRPGs (Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata) and that's it. These JRPGs you're speaking of may be on handhelds but the topic on consoles, specfically the 360, and thus my statement remains.

And again, regardless of any platforms JRPGs aren't the big sellers they used to be. I'll be surprised to anything cross a million that isn't DQ, FF, or Pokemon.

Why? Did someone stop buying them or something?

 

It's because they are on Xbox360. Microsoft paying Japanese companies to make JRPG is slowly alienating the JRPG fanbase in Japan.

 

Wut. If anything its getting them more RPG fanbase. And not just in Japan, RPG fans in the states and europe are looking forward to these games too.

 



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Riachu on 28 July 2008
Shadowblind said:
Godot said:
Riachu said:
outlawauron said:
@ konnichiwa

But there isn't that many, compared to other genres. I mean, we've got 2 above average JRPGs (Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata) and that's it. These JRPGs you're speaking of may be on handhelds but the topic on consoles, specfically the 360, and thus my statement remains.

And again, regardless of any platforms JRPGs aren't the big sellers they used to be. I'll be surprised to anything cross a million that isn't DQ, FF, or Pokemon.

Why? Did someone stop buying them or something?

 

It's because they are on Xbox360. Microsoft paying Japanese companies to make JRPG is slowly alienating the JRPG fanbase in Japan.

 

Wut. If anything its getting them more RPG fanbase. And not just in Japan, RPG fans in the states and europe are looking forward to these games too.

 

I wouldn't say RPG fans, more like JRPG fans, since hardcore fans of WRPGs hate JRPGs because there is "little to no actual roleplaying in them"

 



 

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Shadowblind on 28 July 2008
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:
Godot said:
Riachu said:
outlawauron said:
@ konnichiwa

But there isn't that many, compared to other genres. I mean, we've got 2 above average JRPGs (Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata) and that's it. These JRPGs you're speaking of may be on handhelds but the topic on consoles, specfically the 360, and thus my statement remains.

And again, regardless of any platforms JRPGs aren't the big sellers they used to be. I'll be surprised to anything cross a million that isn't DQ, FF, or Pokemon.

Why? Did someone stop buying them or something?

 

It's because they are on Xbox360. Microsoft paying Japanese companies to make JRPG is slowly alienating the JRPG fanbase in Japan.

 

Wut. If anything its getting them more RPG fanbase. And not just in Japan, RPG fans in the states and europe are looking forward to these games too.

 

I wouldn't say RPG fans, more like JRPG fans, since hardcore fans of WRPGs hate JRPGs because there is "little to no actual roleplaying in them"

 

 

 If that was true then nobody would really care about FFXIII coming to 360. And I've seen on the internet, many many 360 owners care.



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Riachu on 28 July 2008
Shadowblind said:
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:
Godot said:
Riachu said:
outlawauron said:
@ konnichiwa

But there isn't that many, compared to other genres. I mean, we've got 2 above average JRPGs (Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata) and that's it. These JRPGs you're speaking of may be on handhelds but the topic on consoles, specfically the 360, and thus my statement remains.

And again, regardless of any platforms JRPGs aren't the big sellers they used to be. I'll be surprised to anything cross a million that isn't DQ, FF, or Pokemon.

Why? Did someone stop buying them or something?

 

It's because they are on Xbox360. Microsoft paying Japanese companies to make JRPG is slowly alienating the JRPG fanbase in Japan.

 

Wut. If anything its getting them more RPG fanbase. And not just in Japan, RPG fans in the states and europe are looking forward to these games too.

 

I wouldn't say RPG fans, more like JRPG fans, since hardcore fans of WRPGs hate JRPGs because there is "little to no actual roleplaying in them"

 

 

If that was true then nobody would really care about FFXIII coming to 360. And I've seen on the internet, many many 360 owners care.

Final Fantasy is a mainstream hit so there was bound to be a few 360 owners who were interested inFFXIII but not interested in other JRPGs

 



 

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brute on 28 July 2008

i say around 175k



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mrstickball on 29 July 2008

More than anything, I think that some, if not many, Japanese RPG companies realized early on in the generation (before the Wii did what it did), that the X360 would be the system of choice to develop on if you wanted it to be affordable, and have a very good Western audience.



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Riachu on 29 July 2008
mrstickball said:
More than anything, I think that some, if not many, Japanese RPG companies realized early on in the generation (before the Wii did what it did), that the X360 would be the system of choice to develop on if you wanted it to be affordable, and have a very good Western audience.

Didn't know Japanese companies were interested in developing their RPGs for the Western audience

 



 

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POOKEE on 29 July 2008

80 first week.



Sales predictions end of 08' (2008-7-27)

  • PS3: 20. million
  • X360: 23. million
  • WII: 40. million        

PS3 to surpass X360 WW sales by Q2 2009

RockSmith372 on 29 July 2008

this many



Picko on 29 July 2008
Riachu said:
mrstickball said:
More than anything, I think that some, if not many, Japanese RPG companies realized early on in the generation (before the Wii did what it did), that the X360 would be the system of choice to develop on if you wanted it to be affordable, and have a very good Western audience.

Didn't know Japanese companies were interested in developing their RPGs for the Western audience

 

So it didn't occur to you that Japanese companies would be interested in making games for a market that is far larger than their domestic market? You clearly didn't give the issue a whole lot of thought.

 



 
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