Takeaway from FFVII Rebirth's underperformance

Nah, he was doing the same thing in the FF16 thread.

What meltdown?

Oh, that is the FFVII fans. They are the ones having meltdowns over sales not being good.

damn this thread delivered, but personally im not a big ff fan either, and mostly texas has good takes on rpg games. I've always prefered the art style of DQ over ff, and felt that persona is a better jrpg than ff.

Same

Persona is awesome! I could say it's the new king of JRPGs nowadays.

@blaznwiipspman1: Persona is one of my favourite series, but really seals itself into a niche (thankfully a larger one) with regards to the actual day-to-day planning and clearing dungeons. I tend to follow guides, as multiple ~100hr playthroughs just isn't happening.

@texasgoldrush: It begs the questions, when is DQ XII coming out? Feels like Square-Enix have neglected DQ.

Oh yeah, almost forgot about the Akira Toriyama factor (RIP). His passing is still fresh in the minds of Dragon Ball fans. With the right marketing, DQ12 has breakout potential outside Japan. Dragon Ball is a massive global franchise, so it would be smart marketing to promote it with Toriyama's name (in a respectful way) and do crossover promo to tap into the massive DB fanbase. I was suggesting crossover promo with DB years ago, but Square Enix dropped the ball by failing to market DQ to the DB audience.

Daniel Ahmad, director of research and insights at Niko Partners, tweeted to say Rebirth was “underperforming” sales wise, and that it was selling about half of what Remake sold in the same timeframe.

You know it's bad if Yong says something about it. Face it ponies, PlayStation isn't good enough to carry exclusives these days.

its not even a nice at this point. Persona 5 sold 9 million copies. How the heck is that a nice? I doubt ff7 will get that much.

You mean "niche"... But yes, Persona is not "niche" in any sense of the word. It was niche a decade ago, but it's now one of the biggest RPG franchises.

9 million across the PS3/4/5, PC, NS, Xbox S/X (not sure if you're including digital)? Not to mention Atlus releases the extended versions only in full, and not DLC. I'm by no means dissing the series, as it's among my favourites in JRPG... Just not sure of the argument being made. Regardless, the number defined as niche is largely up to a individual interpretation.