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Forums - Sales - Level 5 : JRPG's LOOSING Momentum in Japan, FF13 can HELP JRPG's in west!

dobby985 on 20 November 2009

@darth
I understand what you are saying about Bioware. I love KotOR and I kinda like Mass Effect and haven't played Dragon Age yet.
But there is one game they made where they screwed up BIG TIME! I was so hyped for it as a kid and it scarred me for life. I will never forgive Bioware for what they did!



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Avinash_Tyagi on 20 November 2009

more proof of low FF13 sales in Japan?



 

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outlawauron on 20 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
more proof of low FF13 sales in Japan?

So, you're already claiming its failure before it's release? That's faster than I thought. I was thinking I'd hear a little closer to release.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 20 November 2009
outlawauron said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
more proof of low FF13 sales in Japan?

So, you're already claiming its failure before it's release? That's faster than I thought. I was thinking I'd hear a little closer to release.


  Not saying failure, just saying how ioi, MC and Famitsu are all saying less than 2 million in Japan, but all the FF fans are saying they are wrong



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

dobby985 on 20 November 2009
outlawauron said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
more proof of low FF13 sales in Japan?

So, you're already claiming its failure before it's release? That's faster than I thought. I was thinking I'd hear a little closer to release.

People have been predicting "10 million seller" "Bigger than FFVII" before it has even released.



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GreyianStorm on 20 November 2009

not sure if this was posted already (only read the 1st page), but there is also a grammar error with "JRPG's" there should not be an apostrophe



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outlawauron on 20 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
outlawauron said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
more proof of low FF13 sales in Japan?

So, you're already claiming its failure before it's release? That's faster than I thought. I was thinking I'd hear a little closer to release.


  Not saying failure, just saying how ioi, MC and Famitsu are all saying less than 2 million in Japan, but all the FF fans are saying they are wrong

It's a mixed bag. Most people are predicting 1.7-2.2 million lifetime in Japan. We'll see how it goes. I think it'll end up around 2 million lifetime.

@ dobby

That's all worldwide and most people are saying there's not a chance in hell that it'll sell that well.



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invetedlotus123 on 21 November 2009

People, Famitsu predictions are a Joke. They put the LTD lower than first week, and every edition they change their predictions to higher! I mean, the pre-orders were at 600k when they made their last prediction, and there is already a store claiming that pre-sales are higher than for FFXII.

One more thing, maybe it happens to the game so good and have excellent word of mouth in Japan and hold legs and move systems in long term.



.jayderyu on 21 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:

Level 5: JRPGs losing momentum in Japan

White Knight Chronicles director reckons that there is a lot of work to be done to regain lost ground.

Written by David Scammell, 20 November 2009

White Knight Chronicles Director Yoshiaki Kusuda has said that he feels that the JRPG genre "has lost momentum in Japan" and that "there is a lot of work to be done" to regain "that lost ground".

Speaking in the latest issue of EDGE, Kusuda commented:

" We sold just over 350,000 copies of White Knight Chronicles in Japan alone, a good achievement in comparison to the performance of other titles, especially when you consider this is an original IP.

"However, I think the genre has lost some of its momentum among gamers in Japan. There is a lot of work to be done in regaining that lost ground."

Kusuda also said that, due to its popularity in the western world, Final Fantasy could act as an "ambassador" for the JRPG genre and "open the door" for JRPGs outside of Japan.

 

O_o, seriously. So let me get this straight.

Japanese gamers are becoming less interested in the JRPG mopel.

So instead of reinvigorating the model or evolving the model. They think that can continue to reuse the model in The Western markets?.

WT? Anyone see the underlying problem with entire concept. Japanese gamers are getting bored the current model of JRPG(by the articles  focus). So the idea is develope more current models to a different market, but try to strengthen the Japanes market. How do they suspect to strengthen the weakening Japanese market if all there doing is making the same model of game already?

That's my thought. I don't see whole lot of logic.

 



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jarrod on 21 November 2009
outlawauron said:

That's all worldwide and most people are saying there's not a chance in hell that it'll sell that well.

Square Enix themselves expect 10 million worldwide.  Wada said it'll seell less in Japan than usual, but more in the west thanks to being multiplatform.