1) Thats 1/3 in terms of you being right

2) wrong, console sales in Japan (I was talking bout japan) HAVE declined....handhelds have risen

3) 2/3 correct

I'll add in two more:

4) Xbox 360 -- most JRPG's have been on it (from big brands) & have all under-performed......sorry to be blunt, they have under-performed, especially the sakaguchi one's, TOV & SO4. IU & ES did above expectations

But hey when you combine TOV PS360 sales its one of the best selling Tales games in Japan

5) Final Fantasy 13 -- It isn;t here, it will bring JRPG fans to consoles, it will result in more JRPG's doing well as JRPG fans own PS3's

IU and ES performed above expectations? How so?

Both were huge gigantic flops.

EDIT: Especiaily Eternal Sonata. Did that game even break 300k WW on both platforms combined?

I am not really sure what you mean by "experiment." Even FFXIII remains true, for the most part, to older FF games albeit it shamefully copied star wars in many ways but that doesnt really bother me granted I couldnt stomach to finish the game. X and X2 both had settings that were very similar to VII and VIII. IX was a throwback game. So far, nothing new aside from graphics. The stories always play out the same way too. A drama about a bunch of tweeny people that were in the right place at the right time who somehow become stronger than anyone around and fall in a meritless and completely unbelievable romance before saving the world from a weakling boss. The premise is fine for the most part but the writing in most jrpg's is so bad and cheesy that it become unbearable.

I am not really sure what you mean by "experiment." Even FFXIII remains true, for the most part, to older FF games albeit it shamefully copied star wars in many ways but that doesnt really bother me granted I couldnt stomach to finish the game. X and X2 both had settings that were very similar to VII and VIII. IX was a throwback game. So far, nothing new aside from graphics. The stories always play out the same way too. A drama about a bunch of tweeny people that were in the right place at the right time who somehow become stronger than anyone around and fall in a meritless and completely unbelievable romance before saving the world from a weakling boss. The premise is fine for the most part but the writing in most jrpg's is so bad and cheesy that it become unbearable.

and the storyline's in WRPG's are any better???? appart from Bioware products, most WRPG's either have weak stories or none at all(which is why fallout 3 and oblivion are such an abomination). At least JRPG's attempt giving u a good story some are epic some arent but at least i no there trying.