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jerseyboy609 on 09 December 2008

they really need some jrpgs



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Khuutra on 09 December 2008

Isn't it true that most RPGs that aren't Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest don't actually do all that well in Japan? Well, Monster Hunter too, now.



Max King of the Wild on 09 December 2008

^ Kingdom Hearts? Tales of?



outlawauron on 09 December 2008
Max King of the Wild said:
^ Kingdom Hearts? Tales of?

Kingdom Hearts sold well but the Tales series is in decline in sales. The top seller was released in 1997.



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Max King of the Wild on 09 December 2008

Still an RPG that is the ones he listed.



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Khuutra on 09 December 2008
Max King of the Wild said:
^ Kingdom Hearts? Tales of?

Kingdom Hearts is an RPG like the Metroidvanias are RPGs

Which is to say Kingdom Heart isn't an RPG



c0rd on 09 December 2008
Khuutra said:
Isn't it true that most RPGs that aren't Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest don't actually do all that well in Japan? Well, Monster Hunter too, now.

It's true.

I think the importance of JRPG's in Japan is overstated. Hell, Ratchet & Clank nearly outsold the best selling Tales on the PS2 there. It isn't JRPG's that are huge, it's really just DQ, FF and KH.



Max King of the Wild on 09 December 2008
c0rd said:
Khuutra said:
Isn't it true that most RPGs that aren't Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest don't actually do all that well in Japan? Well, Monster Hunter too, now.

It's true.

I think the importance of JRPG's in Japan is overstated. Hell, Ratchet & Clank nearly outsold the best selling Tales on the PS2 there. It isn't JRPG's that are huge, it's really just DQ, FF and KH.

 

 You guys are making it seem like if the game isn't as big as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest then it didn't sell well... Just because Ratchet almost outsold a game doesn't mean the game didn't sell well. It just means that the Ratchet sold just as well...

It would be accurate to say "JRPG's sell just as well as other games in Japan unless they are 'blah'"

I mean look at the first 5 games of the Ps2 in Japan. 4 JRPGs they obviously are big in Japan. In the top 10 there are 6 JRPGs.

(the top 4 games which are RPGs outsell the next ten non RPGs...)



Kantor on 09 December 2008

WKC, Yakuza, FF13 and Gran Turismo will knock a few unworthy titles off that list.

If Everybody's Golf sold so well, why doesn't Sony make more games like that?
And what about SingStar?



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c0rd on 09 December 2008
Max King of the Wild said:

 You guys are making it seem like if the game isn't as big as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest then it didn't sell well... Just because Ratchet almost outsold a game doesn't mean the game didn't sell well. It just means that the Ratchet sold just as well...

It would be accurate to say "JRPG's sell just as well as other games in Japan unless they are 'blah'"

I mean look at the first 5 games of the Ps2 in Japan. 4 JRPGs they obviously are big in Japan. In the top 10 there are 6 JRPGs.

(the top 4 games which are RPGs outsell the next ten non RPGs...)

In America, the 3 main GTA games (3, VC, SA) take a pretty huge chunk of the top sellers in US (which consists almost entirely of Madden). Still, I wouldn't call the sandbox genre huge just because of GTA.

The RPG's you're talking about I already counted anyway - DQ, FF, and KH. Every other series is far smaller, something people don't seem to realize. After these main series, the best selling RPG franchise (besides MH, which is going to the Wii) is Tales.

I'm not saying JRPG's are unimportant, just that people often exaggerate the situation. People see the PS3 selling badly, and think any JRPG's might fix it - that just isn't the case. WKC to DQ is like comparing Saints Row to GTA... it may be similar or in the same genre, but it doesn't have the mainstream appeal.