r/JRPG • u/Marinebiologist_0 • Apr 27 '25

News Clair Obscur has achieved the highest concurrent player rate ever for a JRPG on Steam.

Link

Incredible numbers, this doesn't even include the Xbox Gamepass player count. The last time I remember a JRPG getting this level of attention was Persona 5 and NieR Automata in 2017. It'll be interesting to see how massive Persona 6 will be, if it launches day 1 on all major platforms.

3.5k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/wutsdatV Apr 27 '25

There is absolutely no consensus on the sub for what a JRPG is. Each time a new game that ticks all the JRPG boxes except being made in Japan by Japanese people is released, all you get is sterile debate like on this post. More than half the posts are about whether it's a JRPG or not

3

u/Pokefreaker-san Apr 28 '25

lmao true, i even had an argument with someone here regarding if genshin is a jrpg or not and it's a fking 5 years old game.

1

u/KDBA Apr 28 '25

The opposite is just as common, with people calling Monster Hunter or pre-7 Yakuza JRPGs when they're obviously not.

1

u/wutsdatV Apr 28 '25

Agree. I like to classify all Yakuza as JRPG just so I can put them all in the same list I maintain, but I wouldn't try to argue it's right