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De85 on 13 August 2008
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steverhcp02 said:
De85 said:

FF XII sold 2.42 million in Japan on a userbase of around 20 million. Just to put things in perspective. I think when all is said and done there are going to be a lot of disappointed people in this thread.

 

please. Anyone following sequals or carry over franchises to new systems knows that past generation userbases need to go out the window.

Devil May Cry 3 to 4 in japan.

Metal Gear Solid 2 or 3 to 4 in japan

Then we can compare Final Fantasy X to Final Fantasy XII......people get crazy hyped for new generation favorites and it perks sales in such a way using install base is tricky and not even worth it.

 

I understand the limitations of using past trends to predict the future, but it's the only thing for which we have hard data so it's the only thing we can really use, unless you trust fanboy "hunches," which I personally don't.

I did note at the end of my last post that there could be any one of a number of factors that could swing the final totals in either direction.  The analysis is just a jumping off point.