e3 2019 reactions

[Alantor32]

3 hours ago, scemopagliaccioh said:

Really, a twitter poll? What even is the average age, have they even played FF7? 

Japanese games have their problems, with some  having very lazy efforts, especially on licensed games  and specific panderings,   just like  some western games are glorified movies with specific panderings, for example the gruff old guy  that babysits someone, pref. a kid in order to kick in that paternal instinct on your average consumer.

Let's have a look at the facts shall we? Ff7 sold 10 mil. while TLOU 7on the ps3,  in an age where  there were MANY  more customers to incite than the ps1 days(especially at the start with FF7). Ff7 only lost to Gran Turismo, taking the seat of the second best selling ps1 game,  and not by a long shot mind you, unlike GTA 4 and 5 who dwarf TLOU, it was the game that started the schism between Sony and Nintendo, with FF being a Nintendo's franchise at the time, FF7 brought attention to this new console and helped it greatly in expanding, which is no mere feat, as Nintendo's stranglehold on the japanese gov. is well known, you wouldn't even have The Last of Us, without the huge success of Final Fantasy 7 that helped the Playstation stay afloa. It revitalized a genre in the west, bringing confidence  in Japan about porting  other games here too, culminating today with jrpgs like Monster Hunter World (and don't tell me it's unknown, it outsold  TLOU even though it's hard to PR japanese games in the West), the Soulsborne series the other Final Fantasies, Persona  and so on.

Dragon Quest is a famous turn based rpg made by the creator of Dragon Ball, it suffers from extreme lack of good pr in the west,  but in Japan it has GTA like success, to put it into perspective,  DQ11 sold like 13 more times than The Last of Us, whether that makes DQ look good, or TLOU trash is up to you, regardless it's a case of value dissonance. What did The Last of Us brought to the table? Because all I remember are Neil quotes about it.

Ah, and what exactly is wrong with turn based systems? Maybe Bioware could take a hint, and change their atrocious battle system, so people would remember Dragon Age or Mass Effect for more than romance simulators and the dialogue wheel.

That is so true in so many levels. I tried to tell him that, but he wouldn't listen. Plus, you also made some good points as well.