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Seeing as how the JRPG market is reportedly in decline I have decided to do some market research for the industry. :mrgreen:

There is a belief that JRPGs don't sell well on the PC. Which got me thinking about how many true JRPGs(Japanese Publishers/Companies) have actually been released for the PC.

Here is a list of all PC JRPG games in English that I can think of. I used the English requirement because the non-hentai Japanese PC game market is tiny.

PQ-Port quality
ET-Estimated time of PC release from original game in NA

Final Fantasy VII (PQ - Below Average/ET - 9 months)
Final Fantasy VIII (PQ - Below Average/ET - 4 months)
Grandia II (PQ - Poor/ET - 13 months)
Breath of Fire IV (EU version only)(PQ - Average/ET - 34 months)
The Last Remnant (PQ - Good/ET - 5 months)

What am I missing? Is this enough to draw conclusions about JRPG PC performance?

the non-hentai Japanese PC game market is tiny.

I didn't know that. Japan is such a tragic country.

What am I missing?

Sales figures maybe ? :? And korean MMORPG market growth.

[quote]the non-hentai Japanese PC game market is tiny.

I didn't know that. Japan is such a tragic country.

Tragic? More like the best country in the world!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sEI1AUFJKw

Giga Puddy!

Sales figures maybe ?

I am trying to get a complete list before I worry about that. I think I may already have it.

And korean MMORPG market growth.

I should have specified but singleplayer stuff only.

the non-hentai Japanese PC game market is tiny.

Did you mean that the hentai Japanese PC game market is actually bigger ?
didn't realize it was that way, I thought there was not much of those around and most of it is old stuff done years ago...

(note: just asking for the sake of it, since I realize discussing or linking to adult stuff is probably against the rules of this board since some of our viewers are probably underage although I don't think a whole lot of them would dare to come here :mrgreen: )

About PC JRPGs, well I don't know much about that, didn't see a whole lot of them and not much of decent quality (at least in france)
and I saw a supposedly well known japanese mangaka saying that France is the 2nd biggest market after Japan for Manga/Anime stuff :mrgreen:


Mind you, maybe I just need to be educated about their existence since I'm far from being omniscient :mrgreen:

Did you mean that the hentai Japanese PC game market is actually bigger ?

Hentai games are basically the only games that get played on PC over there.

We've gotten to a point where PSX and PS2 emulation is really really good so now a lot of great jrpgs are playable on PC. You should look into it.