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FinalEvangelion on 03 April 2009

Nintendo and Sony consoles - that's what the Japanese market likes. The other competitor tried really hard. Lets see how long they will keep trying.



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griffinA on 03 April 2009

I would put "cheaper to develop for" as a plus for the wii games. Specifically for Shin Megami.



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RPG on 03 April 2009

Nice OP but KH3 is wrong wrong wrong! You will not be seeing that until the next iteration of consoles release of that I am certain.



 

Zlejedi on 03 April 2009

I'd say that putting Tales into "big" titles is rather questionable considering sales and how many of them made it to Europe (while SO, LO, personas are worldwide).

IMHO
Kingdom Hearts 3 will go to Wii in the end - it seems like audience for it is there.
Suikoden will probably be X360/PS3
while Atlus will ignore all stationary machines and release on PSP/DS all their stuff.



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g-value on 03 April 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Khuutra said:
My only quibble here is that I don't know if Vesperia should rank that high in terms of bigness.

Agreed.

 

Haters.

 



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Khuutra on 03 April 2009
g-value said:
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Khuutra said:
My only quibble here is that I don't know if Vesperia should rank that high in terms of bigness.

Agreed.

Haters.

Vesperia has been outsold by Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Dawn of the New World, off the top of my head. It's one thing to be a very good game, it's another thing altogether to be "big", even if you are part of an established franchise.



g-value on 03 April 2009

@ Khuutra

My bad i was talking to Seraphic_Sixaxis. His a hardcore ToV hater . I understood what you meant and i understood what Seraphic_Sixaxis meant by agreeing with you. ToV has not sold a lot yet but wait until it comes out in Europe and on the PS3 to make a final judgement.



BengaBenga on 03 April 2009
RPG said:
Nice OP but KH3 is wrong wrong wrong! You will not be seeing that until the next iteration of consoles release of that I am certain.

 

 On the one hand I think you're right, but on the other I don't think the shareholders will be happy to see SE wastes its third biggest franchise for a complete generation, not only missing out on revenue but also decrease the worth of the series.

 

And stop that "Tales shouldn't be under the big games" remarks. All series that have a game that sold more than a million last gen is big in this list. Symhonia sold a million and so did Crystal Chronicles, so that's why they're in that category. Nothing special.



Hero_time88 on 03 April 2009

The avarage Valkyrie Profile game sells more than the avarage Shin Megami Tensei or Suikoden title, so what kind of big are we talking about?

Next Level 5 RPG or next- Tri-Ace RPG are also good one's.



Khuutra on 03 April 2009
BengaBenga said:
RPG said:
Nice OP but KH3 is wrong wrong wrong! You will not be seeing that until the next iteration of consoles release of that I am certain.

 On the one hand I think you're right, but on the other I don't think the shareholders will be happy to see SE wastes its third biggest franchise for a complete generation, not only missing out on revenue but also decrease the worth of the series.

 

And stop that "Tales shouldn't be under the big games" remarks. All series that have a game that sold more than a million last gen is big in this list. Symhonia sold a million and so did Crystal Chronicles, so that's why they're in that category. Nothing special.

That's fair! Completely fair. But on that same note, shouldn't Dawn of the New World be under Big Names, too?