Where have they gone and when will they come back?

TheGame · 07-06-2008, 04:57 PM

For this generation's home consoles (Ps3/360/Wii) there's barely any RPGs. Its interesting because RPGs do sell a lot, there's a whole crowd of people who enjoy these epic games that are out of luck so far. Make sme wonder how something like FFXIII will drive sales.

magus113 · 07-07-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGame

Make sme wonder how something like FFXIII will drive sales.

I think the only thing that is selling FFXIII is the fast-paced gameplay stuff that we've seen in videos past and I know a lot of people want to see Crystal Tools implemented for real.

Most of the crap we've seen for FFXIII has been pre-rendered.

BreakABone · 07-08-2008, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGame

For this generation's home consoles (Ps3/360/Wii) there's barely any RPGs. Its interesting because RPGs do sell a lot, there's a whole crowd of people who enjoy these epic games that are out of luck so far. Make sme wonder how something like FFXIII will drive sales.

Actually, I could be completely wrong, but outside of Final Fantasy and the Kingdom Heart franchise.

I always assumed RPGs in the West at least didn't sell as well as many genres. Now Japan is a completely different subject.

Also, I didn't say there was no RPGs coming out. Just that compared to generation past there seems to be a slow start for the build up. We do have a ton of Tales games, how many Final Fantasy 13s they can pimp out, MS is trying with their franchises and stuff like that.