How many copies of Final Fantasy XIII do you Expect to Be Sold in Japan?

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inverted3reality said:

ioi said:
You can't really compare to PS2! FFX came out in the first year of the PS2's life - that is why "only" ~5m consoles had been sold at that point. PS3 has struggled to reach anywhere near the same level of penetration in Japan, so FFXIII won't have the same effect that FFX had I'm afraid.

I'm not so sure you can do a direct comparison of systems sold to sales of a game like final fantasy xiii. While there were 5million more ps2s, the ps3 is at 3million and with the slim release will surely be gunning for 4million..

I'd think that sales will probably be less than ffx, but not by much. Of the 5million PS2 owners in japan, how reasonable do you think it is to sasume that around 1million of them were casual gamers who didn't grab games like ffxiii? The ps2 was basically the wii of its time...

Not sure, I wouldnt underestimate the power of a real final fantasy title...we've been starved for so long. I predict the game itself will push around 500,000 PS3s, possibly 800,000 and will sell just under 2 million first week, but that is an absolutely high end in my mind, I just don't underestimate the game, its much more popular than dragon quest.

Take a look at the sales my friend.