While PlayStation 3 owners continue to lash out in regards to the lack of a steady RPG stream on their beloved console, Keiji Inafune, Capcom's head of Research and Development, is going in the opposite direction by proclaiming that RPGs just don't sell well enough outside of Japan to make them worth committing to. In a recent interview with 1up.com, Inafune was asked if Capcom had any plans on bringing back the Breath of Fire franchise, his answer, of course, was something we didn't particularly want to hear.
"There are currently no plans on making a new Breath of Fire game," Inafune says. "Apart from that, regarding RPG titles, they are very popular in Japan, but only certain RPG titles sell so Capcom doesn't really need to even consider making these titles as an option. There's a low possibility that we'll be making one in the near future."
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Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
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Keiji: I disagree. JRPG may not sell well outside of Japan but look at games like Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fable 2 or even Mass Effect, these WRPG's do sell well. Even the sales inside Japan are pretty sorry for most of the JRPG's from the past couple years. The same ol tired JRPG forumla just isn't doing it for gamers like it used to. If you plan on sticking to the same tired forumla then I think it's a smart idea to avoid investing in them.
Capcom is only made up of 600 people. I didn't know that. They put out alot of great games considering their size.
Capcom should try it first.JRPGs will not sell well if they suck.However a great JRPG will get attention.
Well if they are good and reinventive then rpg fans will more than welcome it. It's just that this gen rpg's hasn't really seen any huge improvements from the ps2 era except for the usual graphical leap. But then again people are willing to buy more of the same stuff.
OBAMA!!!
Dead Rising PS3 Capcom? *sniffle* Please?