jarrod on 01 November 2009
| darthdevidem01 said: VC which is a surprise, who thought it would sell more than a Star OCean game when it launched |
Star Ocean usually nets around 500k-600k in Japan alone. SO4 came in at an immediate disadvantage being a 360 game there, and sales have proven that out.
Also, considering VC was hyped up in Japan as the new game from the Sakura Taisen team (a series which managed 500-600k in Japan alone on Saturn, and even 300k+ on the lowly Dreamcast), it's sales aren't exactly an unprecedented success. If anything, it's been somewhat disappointing given it's AAA pedigree and huge upfront push, only managing decent sales over time in the bargain bins and with an anime tie-in. Not great to be honest, Sega clearly expected better which is probably why the sequel got moved to PSP.
