Quote Originally Posted by The White Wizard of Fynn View Post
I wouldn't say Pokemon is a better fit. It's always been huge and it's demographic has always been pretty different than FF. Persona is where a lot of people turned to when the non-controversial FFs ended. I know it's not as large as FF is, but it still means a whole lot in the industry these days. And it's a similar demographic, plus it often deconstructs themes present in FF, so...
I just found out that Persona 3 sold in the low hundreds of thousands in both Japan and North America. Compare that to Ni no Kuni which had something like double the total sales of Persona 3 and I think it's fair to say that Persona is not the real competition for Final Fantasy at this point. Sure, Ni no Kuni is a one-off game, but if a new IP can outsell the "breakthrough" game for a series, then the series is not really doing that hot.

Found out while doing that research that Persona really didn't take off in Europe, which explains why I'd never really heard much of it outside of EoFF.