I am honestly convinced that gaming trends follow a specific generation of the population, who are now in their early-mid twenties. I think less and less does this age group have time to sink 60-80 hours worth of gameplay into one title unless they are mobile, which would explain the massive popularity with the Nintendo DS. I even know some diehard RPG fans who have had to pass on the newest Persona because they were too busy with life.

It should be noted that this theory is thrown out the window when it comes to MMO's.

X sold 3m alone in Japan. To think that the massively godly hyped XIII available in HD won't sell more than a million is blasphamy.  you tell them soriku. I agree with you :p

lost odyssey have stuck and SO4 multi will hit 1 mill but from FIRST WEEK in japan is FFXIII AS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 19 DECEMBER

Monster Hunter Freedom sold 3 million.

Does Pokemon Battle Revolution count as a JRPG?

Otherwise FF13 will do it first, on launch week.

on handheld tons.

crisis core, dissidia.

but on console PS3 FF13 Versus going to be one of the fews.

FFVII remastered HD PS3 exclusive will make + 1 million... one day

Hey, FF:CC could do it also. Here's hoping it resonates with the Japanese Wii audience.

Previous generation million seller jrpg's. (According to VGChartz)

PS2

- Final Fantasy X --- 7,95m
- Kingdom Hearts --- 5,50m
- Final Fantasy X-2 --- 5,21m
- Final Fantasy XII --- 5,11m
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King --- 4,98m
- Kingdom Hearts II --- 3,71
- Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome --- 1,65m
- Star Ocean: Till The End of Time --- 1,27m
- Dark Cloud --- 1,23m

Gamecube

- Pokémon Colosseum --- 2,54m
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door --- 2,05m
- Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles --- 1,38m
- Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness --- 1,20m
- Tales of Symphonia --- 1,10m

^ the good old days. The only games that could even hope to break the million mark this generation are sequels of these popular titles