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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu SALES (1/4 – 1/10) -- FF13 #8, NSMB Wii #2, KH:BBS LEADS!

steverhcp02 said:
saicho said:
steverhcp02 said:
saicho said:
steverhcp02 said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=Japan&game1=Final+Fantasy+X-2+-+PS2[760]&reg2=Japan&game2=Final+Fantasy+XIII+-+PS3[7727]&reg3=All&game3=&weeks=5

FF13 tracking almost identicle but showing possibly better legs than FF X-2 in Japan. FF X-2 went on to sell 2.4+ Million LTD, id say thats pretty good considering early famistu LT estimates and predictions.

you do know that 2.4 mil is after the best version and international version releases, right? FFX-2 ended with 1,960,937 (based on Famitsu numbers) before those re-releases and it's likely where FFXIII would end up.

Im well aware. I dont remember famitsu or predictions clarifying international and best of releases would not count toward the game.

Sales are sales.

You are assuming there will be International and Best of releases. Famitsu made the prediction on the current version that's being released, not any other version that has not been announced.

Meh, fine, FF13 still cleared LT predictions of famitsu in 2 days so whatever.

FF13 trending with X-2 is amazing and will surely sell 2 million before the international or best of releases hit.

After just praising the game for maintaining its core fanbase, I think I'll have to knock you down one notch for insisting on historical comparisons.

By present context, FFXIII has done exceedingly well. It's by far the most popular game on the PS3 ever in Japan.

By historical context? It's clearly going to continue the general downward trend the series has experienced for over a decade.

VIII sold more than IX sold more than X sold more than XII which will sell more than XIII. Just a few minor hiccups in that downward trend: X-2 (which is a main series entry, but I can imagine the X-2 monikor cost it a few sales) and FFXI, which is a totally different beast that simply can't be compared.

 

Which is my way of saying: For a PS3 game, FFXIII has done exceptionally well. For a Final Fantasy game, FFXIII is continuing the slow, downward trend the series has been on for 12+ years.



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steverhcp02 said:

Agreed. But i dont care about those games so i didnt comment :)

However, totally surpasing LT expectation in 2 days is pretty insane, the titles you mentioned will exceed them....eventually....n ot surpassed in 2 days.

Still i agree, but its more distinct with FF13, and i care about that game, thus i commented.

The statement you said is entirely due to the nature of how frontloaded the franchise is. That's essentially it.

I mean, if it didn't pass the expectation in 2 days, it'd barely make it at all, since that's like 85% of its sales. On the other hand, if a leggy game like Nintendo's passed LT expectations in 2 days, it'd be completely annihilated, the prediction wouldn't be anywhere remotely close.

Not to take anything away from the game, it has done well, though I see the above said a lot - like Modern Warfare 2 outdoing everything in such a short time. The length of time really isn't important, unless it's going to continue selling.

Actually, that's a bad example. Thing about FF is, it's always insanely frontloaded, so it isn't anything unexpected.


edit: GO TALES!! Hope it can get to 230k, at least.



According to MC 21 out of the top 30 are Nintendo titles..quite impressive. NSMB to be #1 again next week?



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Arius Dion said:
According to MC 21 out of the top 30 are Nintendo titles..quite impressive. NSMB to be #1 again next week?

probably unless RE:DC has a huge week, but i doubt it will be that big.

 

edit: forgot about kingdom hearts, that'll be up there around the same sales as well probably.



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johnsobas said:
Arius Dion said:
According to MC 21 out of the top 30 are Nintendo titles..quite impressive. NSMB to be #1 again next week?

probably unless RE:DC has a huge week, but i doubt it will be that big.

 

edit: forgot about kingdom hearts, that'll be up there around the same sales as well probably.


Yeah I'm not really looking at DC to do much. And I guess it depends on how hard a drop BBS receives. But if you were a betting man, what game would you bet on for being #1? ;)



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It actually sound like Capcom is putting out a pretty good advertising campaign for RE:DC, and the wii is kinda riding a wave of popularity right now so there are some reasons to be positive about RE:DC but I'm just not too confident about it right now.
I'm gonna guess kingdom hearts will be on top by 10-20k. Could really go either way though.



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impressive for Kingdom Hearts! and I hope Zelda will have better legs than this...at least reach PH.



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Kingdom Hearts snapped wow. It looks like BBS will end up doing better than 358/2 Days

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