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Kasz216 on 28 February 2009
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Rei said:
Kasz216 said:
Rei said:
Kasz216 said:

Final Fantasy is the JRPG that everybody buys because of it's name.

 

 

    Final Fantasy is the jRPG that non-jRPG fans buy because it's the one they can enjoy. The "Final Fantasy only sells because of the name!" excuse has gotten old.

Tell me.  Why is it the one they can enjoy?

There is nothing special about Final Fantasy compared to the others.

Outside of 12's MMO battle style and 11 being an MMO what's been different.

Final Fantasy doesn't only sell because of it's name.  It sells because of it's name and it's marketing budget.

Final Fantasy sells because of the massive amount of cash poured into it by Sony. (Yes sony)  For FF7.

Before then it was just another RPG in the west sales wise... even when it was at the top of the game.

 

      I can apply this kind of excuse to pretty much every million seller game out there. Games sell because they are being advertised - uh oh, what a surprise. But would people keep buying something they dont like just because it's being advertised even if they dont want to play it? No.

   This "Brand name" excuse is stupid. What's so special about "Final Fantasy" name that makes it sell, while names like Tomb Raider, Crash bandicoot, Sonic, Resident Evil and Street Fighter (in Japan), Tekken, etc etc etc. have lost their popularity? Why cant all these franchises sell the same they used to because of their "Brand name"? Why did japanese people have suddenly given up on Resident Evil with its 4th installment but didnt give up on FF with FFXII?

   People arent mindless sheeps, Kasz216. Final Fantasy XIII is the most anticipated game amongst the users of this website, if you cant understand what's so special about Final Fantasy then ask them why do they anticipate it more than anything else despite it being so far away from release.

 

Put a 100 million dollar advertisment budget behind it and i'd bet Haze would of sold.

None of those games had built up anywhere near the brand loyalty final fantasy has.  I mean Resident Evil didn't have it's own novelty drink... nor a tradition stretching back from the NES.