How well can a game that looks like it came from the SNES era sell in 2018? Well, it’s been less than a week since the release of Octopath Traveler and even Square Enix didn’t know how wildly popular it would become. Physical copies have already sold out in most stores around the world, and in the UK it’s currently ranking third on the national sales charts.
It’s not very often that a JRPG makes a dent on the national sales charts and reaches mainstream success. The last game to do so was highly modernized Persona 5 on PS4, which placed second on US NPD sales charts within the first week of its release. So why is Octopath Traveler, a JRPG that looks like it came straight out of the SNES era selling so well in 2018? Well, here’s what Director Keisuke Miyauchi had to say in Nintendo’s latest blog post about what went into making sure that Octopath Traveler would appeal to all players.
Source: IGN.com How Octopath Traveler Became Such A Big Hit