If you read the entire article, you will notice that it is mentioned in the last paragraph that they are flourishing on handhelds, yet the author mentions that he is concerned about current consoles.
FF13 sold over 6 million for both consoles. If other JRPG's average sales of around 300k outside Japan, then they are being dwarfed by titles like Oblivion and Mass Effect which have sold over 6 million and 5.53 million respectively, and their reviews had higher averages. (vg...
While these series like Mass Effect and Elder Scrolls flourish, the JRPG genre is drying up on home consoles. That is the point of the article.
I can agree with that. Good point.
Look at the top of N4G, it is mostly positive PS3 Move articles with you guys having a circle jerk in each comment section. One article on the front page, however, is a negative review and you guys are going crazy about it. lol
Besides the main theme, the music in FF was really not the great (yet)