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Kenryoku_Maxis on 18 April 2010

*cough* CONSOLES.

Excuse me, I had something in my throat.



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thelifatree on 18 April 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
*cough* CONSOLES.

Excuse me, I had something in my throat.

thats been estabilished like 5 times including the first post.



thelifatree on 18 April 2010
riecsou said:

This generation in home console FF XIII became this week the best selling RPG toping Fable II which was holding the lead. The top before FF XIII were: Fable II, Elder Scroll IV Oblivion, Fallout III and all on the Xbox360 (a bit unexpected since Playstation is suppose to be the home of RPG). The numbers are:

FF XIII (PS3): 3.59 M

Fable II: 3.53 M

Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Xbox360):

Fallout III (Xbox360):

see?



bluemanrule on 22 April 2010
smbu2000 said:

I thought we had already confirmed that ME2 sold 6.6 million!

Anyway, I'm disappointed that such an unspectacular game is the top selling console rpg of this generation. It wasn't even the best rpg I played last year (I bought the JP version in 2009, so I call it a 2009 game).

It's Bioware's job to prove what they said not mine.  Snarkiness is unnecessary.  But, I see your point.  I too, like many other here, am disappointed that FFXIII is closing in on being commercial leader in RPGs this generation.  It's just underwhelming.  Presentation is beautiful but not much beyond that.



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smbu2000 on 22 April 2010
bluemanrule said:
smbu2000 said:

I thought we had already confirmed that ME2 sold 6.6 million!

Anyway, I'm disappointed that such an unspectacular game is the top selling console rpg of this generation. It wasn't even the best rpg I played last year (I bought the JP version in 2009, so I call it a 2009 game).

It's Bioware's job to prove what they said not mine.  Snarkiness is unnecessary.  But, I see your point.  I too, like many other here, am disappointed that FFXIII is closing in on being commercial leader in RPGs this generation.  It's just underwhelming.  Presentation is beautiful but not much beyond that.

Ummm...you know I was just joking. I love ME2, but I'm pretty damn sure the game hasn't sold 6.6 million copies, hehe.




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ph4nt on 22 April 2010

Looks to me like the RPG is in decline.



Loud_Hot_White_Box on 22 April 2010

The (J)RPG genre would have made a lot more sales this gen, pure and simple, if ToV, Blue Dragon, those S-E games, etc. would have been released on PS3 (or released day and date with the 360 version as the case may be).   Turns out round pegs wouldn't fit in a square hole.  (no, not that Square)

Anyway...pretty good FFXIII sales so far; Fable III and Fallout 3 sold a lot.



monaco on 23 April 2010

LOL, only because 2 million Japanese gamers bought it because theyre biased to the machine built in their own country for nationalistic rather than quality reasons (X360 has the bigger jrpg lineup)



ameratsu on 23 April 2010

The most interesting thing I learned in this thread is that Fable II sold 3.53 million.

Just.... wow. But the fact that an overhyped POS like Fable II can sell 3.5 million copies while many fantastic third party Wii games fall by the wayside is really telling.



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AkibaFan on 23 April 2010

gud to see, ff13 is the best rpg this genraton so gud to see it sell the most. but fallout 3 is almost as gud as ff13 so i hope fallout 3 sells upto 6 million too.