re: Square Enix Rethink Their JRPGs

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Please let this be true.

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Bravely Default, as you may recall, was published by Nintendo in North America and Europe. In North America, the game sold over 200,000 copies in its first three weeks. Following its release in Europe, producer Tomoya Asano expressed surprise at how well the game was being received.
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It might be true, then they're going to sell it on consoles that feature sports and FPS's and other non-RPG fans. Again, missing their core audience.

I hope they are more mindful of their choices this time.

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I blame a lot of this on the success of VII, while it was a great game, I feel that it's popularity brought the series into the mainstream and from then on the developers tried to make all the rest like it.

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Bingo. Such is the case with a ultra-blockbuster.