Comment on Valkyria Chronicles Sequel for PS3 “Possible” by Anonymous:

so that it won’t sell enough to cover costs again?
1) most jrpgs released on the 360 did horrible. the 360 didn’t help at all. note Namco admitting they weren’t even expecting to make they money from the 360.
and this is a publisher that stuck 2 “exclusives” on the console.
2) VC was a srpg, a genre that has next to no fanbase in the West.
“but but…what about Final Fantasy Tactics?!”
that sold more for Final Fantasy than srpgs.
“Disgaea!”
didn’t really sell as much as some people think it did.
how many western made srpgs can you even think of? simply put, in the West, its a genre that doesn’t have much more than a niche cult fanbase that’s a niche within the niche that is jrpg fandom. and you think that putting it on the console whose only strength is the western base will do much?
when Sega ditches the current design and makes VC3 play like a WWII FPS/RPG, then the 360 may actually matter amid all the proclamations of how it changed the way we play rpgs. but VC as it is now, which is pretty much an update of Sakura Taisen’s system with a pseudo 3rd person shooter element, the 360 isn’t going to be worth a thing.


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