I've always known Star Ocean was never a big franchise.

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Chris Hu said:
Since their are three times as many PS3 in Japan. Yakuza 3 actually did worse in its first week then SO4.

 

Huh?

XBox360 has double the install base as the PS3 in the US and a much much much more niche game in Valkyria Chronicles sold half SO4 numbers, so we can assume that if userbase was the same a new IP in a more niche genre would have sold on par with a 1M+ selling franchise that comes from a less niche genre? Now not only is it an SRPG which on average sell much less than your standard JRPG and a new IP compared to an established franchise and Tri-Ace's flagship series, also remember that Star Ocean actually has a history that shows it sells well in the US.

Going by this logic you have we can assume SO4 would have in fact sold better on the PS3 in the US.

 

For your pathetic userbase argument to work you better hope WKC does less than 30k in it's opening week for the US.