(Japan) it makes no sense for SE to keep FF XIII exclusive

[Darth Tigris]

Millennium said:

numonex said:
SE will miss out on sales and $$$ if FF XIII remains exclusive for PS3 in Japan.
PS3 version of FF XIII could sell around 2 million in Japan region alone.
500k to 1 million copies of FF XIII of XBox 360 sold in Japan would be icing on the cake.

Very unlikely. That would require a system-to-software ratio of over 50%: a ratio that even GTA4 and Halo 3 have been unable to accomplish in any region. Final Fantasy has never even begun to approach that figure -not even in the best of times- and the 360 fanbase is far less inclined toward JRPGs than the PS3 fanbase is. I doubt FFXIII/360 would even break 200,000 copies in Japan, and that simply isn't enough of an increase in sales to justify the cost of back-localizing it.

Now that's just crazy talk.  Blue Dragon sold more than that to a MUCH smaller install base.  Considering a late 2009 release, 500k wouldn't be unrealistic at all based on the potential growth of the install base by that time.