of course Chrono Trigger hasn't sold well in Europe. SE only translated it into French, whereas most games get translated into French, English, German, Italian, and Spanish. Neither CT nor CC has ever been officially translated into any of the latter three language groups. Therefore the Chrono series has never had a huge chance in those lands. It's SEs own damn fault, how dare he complain about sales.
"Off the top of my head it's around 200,000 in the EU - pathetic numbers - and 600,000 in the US."
how much is CT:DS? 30 bucks? so they made 6 million from EU and 18 million in the US? That's pathetic? That's an eye opener...
€40.00 in Europe... which is a lot to ask for a port of an old game you don't even get translated into your own language.
I agree, it also doesn't help that unlike the Chrono Series, who until now have had only what, 2-3 releases?
While Front mission has Front Mission 1-5, the Armor Core ripoff that was currently announced (Its not front mission to me, just a bloody AC ripoff...), not to mention the DS game, and some collections...? So of course if you throw enough games for one series out there it will eclipse another one.
Plus, not to be offensive, but the Japanese (it seems like) will eat up anything. A re-release of any game? Yep. Twenty reitterations of one handheld? Oh definitely.
While in the US, we are a bit more picky. I only got the DS version because I've only played it on a SNES emulator, and wanted a game I could take with me. I still have my fat DS, still have my thick PSP, if it isn't an actual upgrade instead of some crappy sidegrade, I'll give it the finger.
And that statement is hilarious, about if we really wanted a sequel, we'd buy more of the DS versions, specially during a time the economy isn't strong. Why waste 40 bucks for a game with no changes when you might have it for the ps1 that the ps3 can play, or on your computer with an emulator?
What was the sales behinds the original SNES cartridge, or the FF: Chronicles on the PS1 that had it, along with added animated scenes?
Oh well, SE is slowly poisoning their own franchises. Like I said that new Front Mission game won't be a front mission game, it'll just be a bad Armored Core ripoff made by a company that has made nothing great. No offense, but SH: Homecoming was too easy, and its puzzles consisted of "guess-and-check" wires most of the times. Besides, when I can beat the game in under 5hrs on hard mode, its pathetic...
And just like the Front Mission and Silent Hill before them (at least 1-3), I liked it when I had to try and survive, when the game was threatening to break its foot off in my arse after spitting on me... now excuse me while I go sulk in the corner and wonder what the next series they'll rape is...
