| perpride said: Final Fantasy XIII cannot flop. Unless people in the world just seriosley don't like quality video games anymore. Wait do you mean in terms of sales or critical acclaim? Realistically, FFXIII can't fail in either department. But assuming it would: - JRPG's would lose their flagship franchise. - As a result, WRPG's would reign supreme. - People like myself would be extremely sad and probably play half as much video games. - Square Enix would be finished. - Finally, I would lose both of my bets against S.T.A.G.E and that would be just depressing. |
FFXIII could very well fail in sales. SE has placed way too much faith on this title. Realistically, this title needs to sell over 2 million units just to make a solid profit. And probably 3-4 million just to be a 'success'. And even then, it's going to be less sales than DQIX will get, a DS title with a much lower development cost and international expectations.
Also, in reference to your points:
-Final Fantasy being 'JRPG flagship franchise' is arguable. In Japan, its Dragon Quest. In America, Final Fantasy already is losing dominance to series such as Namco's Tales series, Atlus titles such as Disgaea and of course, the machine that is known as Pokemon.
-WRPGs, while showing their own in quality games in recent years still aren't topping JRPGs in sales or sheer number of titles produced.
-Is Final Fantasy really half your Gaming line-up? And will One failed game kill your gaming life?
-SquareEnix won't be finished by FFXIII. It may be a good thing if FFXIII flopped. They've been relying on FF for WAY too long, always making each next title more and more expensive and bigger, at the expense of all their other titles.
-Sure would.
Personally, I'm not rooting for FFXIII to fail, but SE DESPERATELY needs a dose of bitter medicine. Their only idea of how to make money is 'throw more money into development' and 'make it with more FMVs'. And I fear the only way their going to learn to change this practice is to have one of their flagship titles fail.
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