Why I predict First Week JPN FF13 sales to be 1.6 million

[darthdevidem01]

sc94597 said:

Carl2291 said:

sc94597 said:

darthdevidem01 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

darthdevidem01 said:

sc94597 said:

That seems just about what it should do. I don't expect much legs though. Still great sales for any Jrpg or even console game in Japan. It won't be succeeded as the best selling 3rd party Japanese console game until DQX counting only japan sales

 WW FF13 will outsell DQX 2:1

FF12 sold only 5.11 million WW, on a much larger base, so the likelihood that 13 will be able to outsell DQX 2 to 1 WW is small

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DQX = 4.9 Million

FF13 = 9.9 Million

both figures are WW

Outrageous. You can't be serious.

I know. Silly darth. No way DQX will sell that much.

It is much more realistic to believe DQX will do 4.9million if you look at the success of both DQVIII and DQIX than it is for FF XIII when in comparison to the best selling Final Fantasys;  Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy X. Only Final Fantasy VII has gotten close to his prediction, and the other two are off by 2 million. The other two are also later releases in the declining series. The predecessor of FFXIII, FFXII has sold almost half of what Darth is predicting. So yeah.. Which do you think is more likely?

I know but FF12 wasn't like also it launched almost in the MONTH PS3 launched (in every region where it launched.....be it japan or NA)

Even I didn't get FF12 till much later on....nex-gen hype overshadowed it & FF13 was revealed before it even came out!

FF12 & FF9.....both had those same things going against em & sold in the 5 million range