Media Create first day sales 12/25 (WKC @ 132k)

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Rei said:
Where do people take this "jRPGs get 50% of their sales from Japan" thing from? Unless we are talking about Dragon Quest I dont get it.

Final Fantasy sells more in the West
Kingdom Hearts sells more in the West
Star Ocean sells more in the West
Same for Tales of lately, and all recent new IPs like TLR, IU, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon.

Saying that japanese market is more important for jRPGs than the western one is very 1995-ish. Ever since FFVII came out it has been the other way around.

 

Final Fantasy XII:

Sales History

Region	Japan	America	Others	Total
Total Sales	2.42m	1.83m	0.84m	5.09m
Week 1	1,819,872	571,945	n/a	2,391,817
Week 2	242,040	151,479	n/a	393,519
Week 3	89,133	148,282	n/a	237,415
Week 4	42,108	177,734	n/a	219,842
Week 5	25,925	91,411	n/a	117,336
Week 6	16,675	94,978	n/a	111,653
Week 7	15,493	97,348	n/a	112,841
Week 8	14,133	71,374	n/a	85,507
Week 9	6,834	34,282	n/a	41,116
Week 10	6,126	27,295	n/a	33,421

Final Fantasy X-2:

Sales History

Region	Japan	America	Others	Total
Total Sales	2.41m	1.82m	0.98m	5.21m
Week 1	1,561,553	n/a	n/a	1,561,553
Week 2	192,730	n/a	n/a	192,730
Week 3	85,345	n/a	n/a	85,345
Week 4	47,816	n/a	n/a	47,816
Week 5	31,961	n/a	n/a	31,961
Week 6	21,546	n/a	n/a	21,546
Week 7	16,811	n/a	n/a	16,811
Week 8	11,797	n/a	n/a	11,797
Week 9	7,455	n/a	n/a	7,455
Week 10	6,401	n/a	n/a	6,401

Again...

Final Fantasy X:

Sales History

Region	Japan	America	Others	Total
Total Sales	3.02m	2.74m	2.19m	7.95m
Week 1	1,906,152	n/a	n/a	1,906,152
Week 2	254,290	n/a	n/a	254,290
Week 3	93,401	n/a	n/a	93,401
Week 4	51,515	n/a	n/a	51,515
Week 5	40,998	n/a	n/a	40,998
Week 6	27,287	n/a	n/a	27,287
Week 7	18,135	n/a	n/a	18,135
Week 8	11,522	n/a	n/a	11,522
Week 9	8,703	n/a	n/a	8,703
Week 10	6,338	n/a	n/a	6,338