Chrono Series Coming to 360?

[Frogacuda]

Well, GTA, Crash Bandicoot, Wizardry, etc show that it's certainly possible for western games to break through in that market.

I don't know if I would count japanese-developed Wizardry games.

[RoleTroll]

I thought last time around, the Japanese collectively said, "we love the Xbox game library - how could we not since it's very similar to the PS2 and we love the PS2 - but we won't buy it because the console is large and ugly"? So MS thought they'd buy a smaller, sleek, Apple-looking console.

Kinda like car manufacturers who believed the reason Japanese wouldn't buy American cars was because the steering wheel was on the wrong side.

[Joust Williams]

All of these games are games that had a nice little bit of sales, nothing more. You're acting as if GTA was even 10% as popular over there as it was here. It sold what, 300K?


"but we won't buy it because the console is large and ugly"

Tons of people said this...and look what they buy! PS3. The hypocrisy makes me LOL.

[Frogacuda]

All of these games are games that had a nice little bit of sales, nothing more. You're acting as if GTA was even 10% as popular over there as it was here. It sold what, 300K?

GTA3 sold 300,000. Vice City sold 410,000. So yeah, point taken. San Andreas isn't even out there, yet, but it's at #9 on the most wanted chart behind Smash Bros Brawl and ahead of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

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All of these games are games that had a nice little bit of sales, nothing more. You're acting as if GTA was even 10% as popular over there as it was here. It sold what, 300K?


"but we won't buy it because the console is large and ugly"

Tons of people said this...and look what they buy! PS3. The hypocrisy makes me LOL.

And they are also buying wii's. Where's the hypocrisy?

It's not very diffucult to understand whay they don't give a shit about the 360. Let's say your a guy who loves racers and shooters. Don't give a shit about anything else. Are you going to buy a GC or a XBox? Sure the GC may have one good shooter or one good racer coming in like six months , but the xbox has one of each almost every six days. flip flop rpgs for shooters or whatever and you have the 360 in Japan. A novelty console at it's best.

[jonas]

jonas, do you have to train to be this bad at TNL?

[sethsez]

I don't know if I would count japanese-developed Wizardry games.

The main series was popular as well, though, which is why they started making Japanese versions in the first place.

[mollipen]

But why aren't there any games made for Japan? Because Japanese companies refuse to support the system, and they only like Japanese games. Nothing MS makes will ever appeal to them.

Sony went from being a company that made shit for games before the PSX to being a software powerhouse. Why? Because the PlayStation needed software, so they did what they had to do.

Microsoft, on the other hand, did have some decent games under their belt before the Xbox hit, not to mention the money to set up as many new development teams as they needed. How much Japan-targeted software has Microsoft worked to develope? Exactly. They aren't even trying, and it's pathetic. If they watned to, they could.

I thought last time around, the Japanese collectively said, "we love the Xbox game library - how could we not since it's very similar to the PS2 and we love the PS2 - but we won't buy it because the console is large and ugly"? So MS thought they'd buy a smaller, sleek, Apple-looking console.

Uh, no, I'm pretty sure Japan never said that about the Xbox library, because in no way was that the case.

As well, while they certainly did a better job with the 360, it still is in no way Apple-looking. It's still a trademark "you can tell they tried, but just don't understand" MS product.

[Frogacuda]

Microsoft, on the other hand, did have some decent games under their belt before the Xbox hit, not to mention the money to set up as many new development teams as they needed. How much Japan-targeted software has Microsoft worked to develope? Exactly. They aren't even trying, and it's pathetic. If they watned to, they could.

You're right about the Xbox, but for the 360, MS has been more aggressively courting developers, but they've only been able to get companies that really need the money (Treasure, MistWalker, etc)

[sethsez]

Yeah, the 360 and the PS3 are about equally ugly at this stage. But in Japan one is following a system that never catered to them and the other is following a system that catered to them extremely well, so why wouldn't they have a lot more faith in the PS3? Microsoft is putting pretty much all of their attention into western markets, and lo and behold, western markets are the ones paying attention.

And honestly, I don't know why someone who prefers mostly about western games and lives in America would care about how the 360 is doing in Japan either way. The Master System was big in Brazil but that doesn't mean I gave a shit.

You're right about the Xbox, but for the 360, MS has been more aggressively courting developers, but they've only been able to get companies that really need the money (Treasure, MistWalker, etc)

How has Blue Dragon been selling? I know it's moved more 360s than normal but beyond that I haven't heard much. Treasure isn't much of a victory as far as sales go.