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Forums - Sales - Dear JRPG Developers; You’ve made your bed, now lie in it. (HONEST article)

ShadowSoldier on 22 March 2009
Dgc1808 said:
The Anarchyz said:
Japan still loves the JRPG genre, and it's already demonstrated that a new IP can sell better on the PS3 than an established franchise on the 360...

In the West, it's not that people don't care anymore about console JRPGs, the thing is that the great majority of console JRPG lovers that have a PS2 have decided to go Wii, go PS3 or stick to the PS2, only a little portion of the fans have a 360 (while the great majority of 360 owners are western-oriented fans, especially of the shooter genre), the only game that is selling really well is Lost Odyssey, and i wonder how much the game would've sold if the cover didn't have "From the creator of Final Fantasy" (i think the game is good BTW)...

Meanwhile the franchise that always brings the JRPG boom in the West since the PS1 era is absent, we still don't know about a release date here, hell we don't know a Japanese release date, FF7 was ready 2 years into the PS1 lifespan, FF10 was ready A YEAR into the PS2 lifespan, the PS3 already has 2 years and 4 months in JP and NA, and 2 years in EU, by the time FF13 comes out in JP it will be 3 full years, and in the West it probably would be 3.5 to 4 years, that's not helping the genre either...

So my point of view is that the 360 getting the JRPGs is not helping the genre, but it's not the only problem, this gen has a lot of issues that last gen didn't have (like console western-oriented fanbase growing, the PS3 not being dominant, the Wii not being 3rd party choice, the 360 doing all the deals and the handhelds getting main games like DQ9), this caused a lot of confusion, now the genre is still viable, but the companies (from consoles to software) have to wake up of this mess they have caused...

 

This

This x3 (I included CGI-Quality's Post)

 



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"In video game terms, RPGs are games that involve a form of separate battles taking place with a specialized battle system and the use of a system that increases your power through a form of points.

Sure, what you say is the definition, but the connotation of RPGs is what they are in video games." - dtewi

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darthdevidem01 on 22 March 2009

@CGI

glad to see you in this thread!



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Rei on 22 March 2009

   It doesnt really matter where Square and Namco put their console jRPGs since neither current gen console is the lead market for the genre anyway.

   They cover DS and PSP, that's what really matters. That's the "bed" they've made, and a very comfortable one apparently.

 



ShadowSoldier on 22 March 2009

I still would like to see what a Namco/SE game could pull on the PS3 Exclusively...I'm willing to state that a PS3 exclusive Tales game would Double or even triple the World Wide Sales of ToV in Japan alone.



Black Women Are The Most Beautiful Women On The Planet.

"In video game terms, RPGs are games that involve a form of separate battles taking place with a specialized battle system and the use of a system that increases your power through a form of points.

Sure, what you say is the definition, but the connotation of RPGs is what they are in video games." - dtewi

Baki on 22 March 2009

Hi guys. I'm glad you liked my article. Its surprising how fast things move on the internet.

:D



PREDICTION:

60M PS3's by the end of it's Life Span (Anything between 5 to 10 years)

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ZenfoldorVGI on 22 March 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
@seece

I'm sure their happily rolling seeing the amount of fans that deserted them too :)

 

Yeah, but the PS3 fans seem to be the only ones pissed about this.

It's very ironic, considering most PS3 fans, especially those in Japan, expected a storied library of JRPGs on their jrpg console.

Sony failed you, with greed and poor business decisions. Square and Microsoft just helped.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Munkeh111 on 22 March 2009

To be honest, I don't know what SE are doing. They have said releasing FF XIII later is advantageous to them, as it allows the PS3's user base to grow in Japan, but if they are not going to release any games there, then what do they expect!! I think they should be releasing games like SO4 as MP WW. I know that they want to get M$'s help with publishing and marketing in the west, but they need to sell these games on PS3, because they will sell well there. The brand new IP WKC has outsold the established franchise of SO4, I assume that game is going to make it to PS3 (if they announce it soon I will wait for it) because it is just stupid if they want XIII to sell well.

I am sure that selling more copies of XIII and of their other games will make up for the money that M$ is giving them



dolemit3 on 22 March 2009
ShadowSoldier said:
I still would like to see what a Namco/SE game could pull on the PS3 Exclusively...I'm willing to state that a PS3 exclusive Tales game would Double or even triple the World Wide Sales of ToV in Japan alone.

In Japan, yes but anywhere else, doubtful. The genre is too niche for the rest of the world, no matter what platform it's on.

 



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

darthdevidem01 on 22 March 2009

@CGI

same here

@zen

your trying to derail the thread

please read the OP again



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ShadowSoldier on 22 March 2009

Can someone Quote Zen and Put a Picture of Troll Away?

Anyway Lets Just Pray!!!



Black Women Are The Most Beautiful Women On The Planet.

"In video game terms, RPGs are games that involve a form of separate battles taking place with a specialized battle system and the use of a system that increases your power through a form of points.

Sure, what you say is the definition, but the connotation of RPGs is what they are in video games." - dtewi