I just saw Record of Agarest War on Amazon for $18. I bought it. Another JRPG to sit sealed on the shelf for years.
I'm starting to wonder why I keep buying cheap JRPG's. I rarely open them, let alone play them. Finish one? Not since FFXII in late '06. (Handheld JRPG's are a little easier to digest. I've can get through 1-2 per year on the DS or PSP.)
The fact is...I've bought over 25 JRPG's for the 360, PS3, PS2, and Wii in the last 6 years and have only attempted playing 2 or 3. I still have that PS1/PS2-era mentality that if I don't buy a JRPG when it's available at retail, I'll be forced to pay 3x the amount on eBay later.
The JRPG genre used to be my favorite genre, easily comprising 90% of my play time. Now I have a fraction of the time to play and most of that is spent with friends playing online FPS's. While the desire to buy JRPG's still exists, the desire to play them is gone. Or at least is 99% gone. Tastes change and responsibilities increase as the years pass by.
Not a big deal, just wondering if anyone else is still buying these things and never opening or playing them.