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Megaman50100 posted...

I think it is because some people, for whatever reason, refuse to play games on handheld consoles, and 90% of JRPGs worth playing release on handheld now because they don't want to spend the budget developing for home console. They know their fan base cares more about the mechanics than the presentation, so why try to compete on the console market where your game will be written off if it doesn't have great presentation.

I don't mind playing JRPGs on handhelds too much. Quite a few are on the PSP and Vita though, while I typically go with Nintendo handhelds.

That said, I ultimately prefer big(ish) budget console JRPGs. It's not just about graphics, although good ones are certainly nice to have, but scale, story/characters/writing and the ability to push the envelope a bit more than those with tighter budgets.

It's also about IPs from companies with bigger budgets that have been sidelined (Suikoden, Skies of Arcadia), have gone in the action-oriented direction (Final Fantasy) or just don't seem to have as much effort put into them nowadays.

On going back to older turn-based games (that I haven't played preferably), as Terra mentioned, that is one of the only choices that's open, so I do just that. It would be nice to have more new, AAA turn-based JRPGs that really capture the imagination though.