Seriously that opening for FFXV is ... a disaster. Once one of the top franchises in Japan now can't even hit 700k its opening week? There's no spinning how devastating this is. This one proud franchise used to clear 2 million in its first week without breaking a sweat there. 

I think Square-Enix hitching their wagon to Sony has caught up to them. Why has Nintendo never been given a main line Final Fantasy game despite having the best selling system in Japan for each of the last two generations by a large margin? Bet they are counting their lucky stars Dragon Quest XI will be on 3DS and Switch too, otherwise they would be in big, big trouble with Dragon Quest as well. 

Be careful what you wish for Capcom in making Monster Hunter for PS4 as well, because it could be a very similar and sobering result. 

Japanese developers better hope Switch does well in Japan, because it's curtains to the traditional  Japanese game industry if it does not take off. It's going to go smartphone only and you're going to see Dragon Quest XII and Final Fantasy games launching on mobile if Switch does not succeed. 

It's time for the Japanese community to support Nintendo again unless they want to gauruntee their own destruction. Street Fighter V bombing on PS4 was bad enough, this needs to be a huge wake up call. The traditional home only console in Japan is dead, it's time to rally around the portable/home Switch. 

These sales could push SE over the NS Line if they didn't decide already to port FFXV (and others) to NS.

If you want it to sell 50 copies then yeah its a good idea.

Can we just get this games as PS4/Switch multiplats? That way they hold the japanese market with the Switch and get a decent profit with the West with the PS4. It's not like this kind of games can't be adjusted to work on the Switch. Multiplats make everyone happy.

Also, Persona 4G and 5 for the Switch, pleeeeaseeee?

Yup, it's time for Square-Enix to drop the bullshit and their blatant favortism to Sony. It's not 1998 or 2004 anymore. 

Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy XV should both be on Switch. Kingdom Hearts III also. 

Nintendo is the only one that can save the Japanese game industry, Japanese developers need to wake up and realize they need to help Nintendo and provide Japan with one plaform that can hold the line and be successful there. Otherwise they should start prepping for a mobile only future. 

It doesnt matter if it bombs in Japan as long as it sells well worldwide. This is the most westernized FF we've had ever, so I think Japan isnt the parameter for which to measure its commercial success as it is trying to appeal to another audience.

Until we get full sales numbers, everything is mere speculation. All we know so far is that it is the fastest selling FF.

Sure, Switch will save the japanese market

More like terrible brand management has caught up to them.

Weak hardware and because Japan is not the world.

lol