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

riecsou on 20 November 2009

what game is ROF?



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Xxain on 20 November 2009

RESONCE OF FATE ^



reaver_x on 20 November 2009
riecsou said:
what game is ROF?

watch wat u say xxain is very sensitve when it comes to this game lol




 

 

                     

riecsou on 20 November 2009

Thanks, I was having a hard time figuring it out.



Xxain on 20 November 2009
riecsou said:
Thanks, I was having a hard time figuring it out.

watch these - http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=89577

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jarrod on 20 November 2009
Xxain said:
jarrod said:
Xxain said:
makingmusic476 said:
I also find it funny that Level 5 claims JRPGs are losing momentum in Japan when White Knight Chronicles is soon to be their best selling RPG that isn't called Dragon Quest ever in the country.

im sure he's talkin about in generally, of course there are a few exceptions( FF,DQ.ROF) JRPG's are failing to see good sells( were lucky to see them hit 500k) compared to last gen were a great deal at least made it 500k

JRPGs really weren't selling amazingly last gen either, at least not outside Japan.  Hell, most didn't do amazingly the gen before that even.

Inside Japan, JRPGs are still doing fine on DS (and to a lesser extent PSP and consoles).  The mid/low tier stuff is doing a little worse than before though, but the biggest series (DQ, Pokemon) are doing better.

i think were about Japan...?....W/e im lost

In Japan, out of Japan, it doesn't really matter.  JRPGs are generally in the same state they've always been, they just transitioned to a new home.  Lamenting genre decline now because of PS3 RPG sales is like lamenting genre decline in the late 90s because of N64 RPG sales.



r505Matt on 20 November 2009

Haha N64 RPGs, makes me think of Quest 64. I actually really liked that game -.-

I think JRPGs need to evolve. At least if they want to be commercially successful. Evolve into what? I'm not sure, but have there really been any innovations lately? At least some WRPG developers (bethesda and bioware come to mind quickest) are trying to do new things.



reaver_x on 20 November 2009

@XXain

u no Xxain i hope to god ur right about ROF. Yea sure ill get it and ill probably love it. But saying it will be the best JRPG over FFXIII is a bit of a far stretch. Tri ace has a good track record when it comes to gameplay no doubt. But when it come to the story telling and characters overall, they have been pretty sloppy in these regards(looks at SO4). So i wouldnt be getting my expectations up so high if i were u




 

 

                     

reaver_x on 20 November 2009
r505Matt said:
Haha N64 RPGs, makes me think of Quest 64. I actually really liked that game -.-

I think JRPGs need to evolve. At least if they want to be commercially successful. Evolve into what? I'm not sure, but have there really been any innovations lately? At least some WRPG developers (bethesda and bioware come to mind quickest) are trying to do new things.

ummmm

valkyria chronicles and demon's souls are some that come to mind




 

 

                     

r505Matt on 20 November 2009
reaver_x said:
r505Matt said:
Haha N64 RPGs, makes me think of Quest 64. I actually really liked that game -.-

I think JRPGs need to evolve. At least if they want to be commercially successful. Evolve into what? I'm not sure, but have there really been any innovations lately? At least some WRPG developers (bethesda and bioware come to mind quickest) are trying to do new things.

ummmm

valkyria chronicles and demon's souls are some that come to mind

Have been hearing a lot about those games, what was so new? (I just got my PS3, didn't get any games yet though)