Ok rej. Lets look at it this way.

you're studying the population of humanity by counting the number of people in a remote mining town, assuming that the total population will be equal to a constant times the population of your sample set. Suddenly, the mines run out of gold, and everyone moves away. The only possible conclusion? that humanity is extinct.

Jrpgs are moving to handhelds they are not dying out.

NO evolution for most of the part

Declining console sales

JRPG's on handhelds are more powerful than ever

Well I believe it's because RPGs in general aren't a very casual genre. It's very hard for some people to get into an RPG, and I've heard comments like "I'd rather watch a movie" or "Wow, I'm bored, how many times have I fought these?" They are not like Mario games, or party games, or even shooters, where you can pretty much drop them as fast as you picked them up.

But scottie is also right, they are abundant on handhelds.

Final Fantasy XIII will be to this generations JRPG's what Final Fantasy VII was in the PS1 era.


Now all we need is the sales.

I agree with perpride

I have full faith FF13 can be that game again!

It will be THE JRPG....no THE RPG on consoles this gen

1st point i can agree with.

2nd point is bullcrap. Wii is selling faster than anything ever. PS3 and 360 are gonna end up higher than any 2nd/3rd place consoles.

3rd point. Yup...

Maybe JRPGs will have more momentum in the west if they actually release some over here. If it takes more than a year to come over, and the second one is already announced; no wonder there isn't any momentum for JRPGs in the west. I'm looking at you WKC.

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

Wada himself essentially promised that after FF13, all games will see a simultaneous worldwide release. Actually started a small thread on this interview, you should check it out.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=92883&page=1