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The Fury said:
Kerotan said:

Yeah I'd say it's a little under but I can see digital being around 20-30%. considering the mess 13 was this is a good result.  legs will probably be better. 

I'd be surprised if it was even 10%. Big full release. UK prices are far higher on PSN and XBL and the 20-30% (reading that post Turkish posted) makes it seem like 30% is the industry, not just a single game. FF15 seems the kind to sell mainly disc, expecially this close to chrimbo.

In places like Japan 10% sounds about right.  in the west you're talking 20%+.



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BraLoD said:
celador said:

this is according to gaf

1. Final Fantasy XIII ~ 170,000 - 180,000

2. Final Fantasy XV ~ 115,000 - 135,000

3. Final Fantasy XII - 90,000

So the PS1 games weren't that popular there? Or we just don't have the data.
If I remember right PS1 FFs did very well on Europe.

No. FF was an afterthought in Europe until last generation. 



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BraLoD said:

VGC data says 7 sold 2.5M in EU and 8 sold 1.7 or something.
9 is low, tho.

Release date of PS2 in the UK 24th November 2000, release date of FF 9 in the UK, 16th February 2001. Such things can affect sales numbers.



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That's not too bad.... I think.



                
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BraLoD said:
The Fury said:

Release date of PS2 in the UK 24th November 2000, release date of FF 9 in the UK, 16th February 2001. Such things can affect sales numbers.

Yup, sadly the PS2 affected FF9 sales.
Had to be 9... *sigh*

Square didn't really care about the region. They were an afterthought.



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Ka-pi96 said:
squibbfire said:

Well I would say FFX backlash was unusually high then any of the series before...People were pissed about the sphere grid big time.

Needless to say..those guys were floored by the time FFXIII came.

 

Which was before the dark times.....

Before the empire.

For real? Didn`t have internet back then so didn`t know of any backlash against X, but people didn`t like the sphere grid? WTF? The sphere grid was awesome! Probably the best character advancement system that FF has ever had!

Oh yeah dude..people hated the sphere grid because it took them away the freedom of previous  conventional RPG leveling up there were only so many  skill paths you could take i guess....even I wasnt big on it at first but i love it now...they complained about the voiceacting. People pretty much wanted FF7 clone...because FF9 reception was dismal. Hopefully when FF7 remake comes theyll do a materia system again.  

Tidus was kinda see as a whiney kid while squall and cloud were mercenaries.  People were still playing ff8 at the time. xbox wasnt even a thing...halo was rumored pc game. And people were pissed that they lost the freedom to make characters who they wanted them to be.....Like make waka a strong magic user.....



Ka-pi96 said:

For real? Didn`t have internet back then so didn`t know of any backlash against X, but people didn`t like the sphere grid? WTF? The sphere grid was awesome! Probably the best character advancement system that FF has ever had!

squibbfire said:

Oh yeah dude..people hated the sphere grid because it took them away the freedom of previous  conventional RPG leveling up there were only so many  skill paths you could take i guess....even I wasnt big on it at first but i love it now...they complained about the voiceacting. People pretty much wanted FF7 clone...because FF9 reception was dismal. Hopefully when FF7 remake comes theyll do a materia system again.  

Tidus was kinda see as a whiney kid while squall and cloud were mercenaries.  People were still playing ff8 at the time. xbox wasnt even a thing...halo was rumored pc game. And people were pissed that they lost the freedom to make characters who they wanted them to be.....Like make waka a strong magic user.....

Just to put an end to this debate before it even gets going. Ka-pi, in the UK we had the Expert Grid from the get go, so you could choose the simple one or Expert and so if you wanted make Rikku the main mage and all that, you could, but the original Japanese game and US release didn't have the Expert grid so their experience was more limited to the path set by the game more than us.

While it did allow some movement and side paths, it wasn't that great if you wanted for say Tidus to learn fire like the game narrative suggest at one point it was harder.

It's actually a big complaint I have with FF13. The game, as linear as it was, also had a linear magic system where once the characters were set at their 3 types of ability, it was left like that pretty much. Those paths were set, all you did was 'press X to increase the stat'. Very dull and no diversity at all, you couldn't make Vanille the damage dealer or stuff like that (well you could but it cost to much early so there was no point until late game when I was near done with the game and jsut wanted it over with).



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BraLoD said:
celador said:

this is according to gaf

1. Final Fantasy XIII ~ 170,000 - 180,000

2. Final Fantasy XV ~ 115,000 - 135,000

3. Final Fantasy XII - 90,000

So the PS1 games weren't that popular there? Or we just don't have the data.
If I remember right PS1 FFs did very well on Europe.

Well we're talking first week sales, not LT. I imagine as the franchise has become more established it becomes more front loaded.



The Fury said:
BraLoD said:

VGC data says 7 sold 2.5M in EU and 8 sold 1.7 or something.
9 is low, tho.

Release date of PS2 in the UK 24th November 2000, release date of FF 9 in the UK, 16th February 2001. Such things can affect sales numbers.

Same with XII & PS3.