With MS buying all these studios will it kill the beloved JRPG genre by doing so?

[mogster7777]

Every studio they've bought is western focused which means western developed games and marketing, leaving little room for anything else to breathe in between.

With all the money they have, everyone will see just those games being marketed (in the west) and the heavy hitters.

The jrpgs that have been coming out or will come out may be overlooked or even disappear completely due to the avalanche that's undoubtedly coming.

Is this the death knell of the jrpg genre?

 

[Zombine]

Bro what lol

 

[PlanetSmasher]

The JRPG genre is pretty much already dead aside from Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and the occasional Atlus game.

 

[DNAbro]

No

Your logic makes zero sense

 

[MrAlderson]

Bro what lol

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[Tagg]

What? The same number of western RPGs would still come out even if Microsoft hadn't bought these studios.

It's not as if Microsoft is telling all their studios to "make an RPG!". Those developers are continuing to make what they always have (perhaps with the exception of Playground).

 

[DGenerator]

Did you ask if a Western studio would kill Japanese RPGs?

Really?

 

[Ænima]

Yes, when MS buys Japan, they will make sure to kill all JRPGs. Sorry OP ur logic makes no sense. If anything ppl will complain MS has no JRPGs and persue them in other platform.

 

[Rosebud]

I think we all need a break from internet

 

[Papercuts]

wat

JRPGs are already not very heavily marketed. This isn't going to change anything there.

 

[Flame Lord]

But...That's already been happening for 15 years?

 

[zaxil456]

No, it'll just lead to WRPG's getting even more popular. No reason they can't coexist.

 

[El Bombastico]

Man, I missed all these batshit hottakes at the start of new console gen...

 

[CyberAlias]

what even lol

 

[Strings]

No

 

[Yerffej]

MS broke some brains it's hilarious.

 

[Skulldead]

The JRPG genre is pretty much already dead aside from Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and the occasional Atlus game.

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so much wrong thing about that comment......JRPG, dead ? We can agree it's not the most glorious of JRPG era, but dead ?

 

[RdN]

Sir, please step away from the keyboard.

 

[KarmaCow]

You win the award for dumbest take on the Bethesda buyout.

 

[Hasan Ali Almaci]

LOL lock plz

 

[lucablight]

I think last gen showed if you make a good game then people will come. Monster Hunter world and NieR Automata would have been niche games in a past life but they managed to achieve success because they were good.

 

[Oregano]

I'm not seeing the connection but one of their competitors happens to be one of the bigger publishers of JRPGs and they're currently killing it so I think JRPGs are safe regardless of what happens with third parties.

 

[JEH]

Some people need their thread taking privileges taken away

 

[Deleted member 70647]

everyone on this damn site is obsessed with JRPGS, no it won't cause the death of the genre, they can co-exist lmfao

 

[GK86]

MS broke some of y'all.

 

[Deleted member 1839]

If Microsoft picked up all the japanese pubs then it would honestly kill audiences for those games in japan, since xbox really isn't a factor there.

 

[Gay Bowser]

What? The same number of western RPGs would still come out even if Microsoft hadn't bought these studios.

Click to shrink...

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[Outrun]

The only thing MS is killing at the moment is peoples' common sense.

 

[SpottieO]

MS did a number on some of y'all

 

[EggmaniMN]

Can we just shut down the forum or ban all next gen think pieces for a month this is out of hand.

 

[nsilvias]

is this supposed to be a subtle console war thread since playstation is where jrpgs go on consoles?

 

[Shark]

Gonna be a long 7 weeks.

 

[Spacejaws]

I'm going to add to this with eh?

 

[Prelude]

Yep, Japan had a good run.

 

[TheRealBigRich]

Mods please close this thread lmao

 

[gogojira]

Yes definitely because reasons

 

[Soj]

That's not how anything works.

 

[spookyduzt]

JRPGs are doing a fine enough job killing themselves, thanks.

 

[Necron]

Nah, I heard Legend of Dragoon is making a big comeback.

I read it on this very forum.

 

[DominicanGlory]

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[Dary]

Time to attack and dethrone JRPGs.

 

[Abi]

Japanese developers will still make JRPGs for PS5/Switch. This makes no sense at all.

 

[Aska]

Sure, except you know, not.

 

[JMY86]

LOL HUH?

 

[rrc1594]

If Microsoft picked up all the japanese pubs then it would honestly kill audiences for those games in japan, since xbox really isn't a factor there.

Click to shrink...

MS isn't buying a JP pub.

 

[slothrop]

the takes keep getting more leftfield

 

[Nameless]

JRPGs never move on Xbox and Sony/Nintendo still have uber popular platforms last time I checked. Of course not.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

so much wrong thing about that comment......JRPG, dead ? We can agree it's not the most glorious of JRPG era, but dead ?

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I wish it wasn't that way, but there are fewer and fewer games in the genre and most of them are just crappy mashy action games. Like honestly LAST gen was better for JRPGs than this gen, and last gen wasn't even very good.

 

[Deleted member 56752]

So you're worried that Western RPG makers (a different genre) will destroy JRPGs when they're more popular than ever before?

 

[Pyro]