Square Enix: Final Fantasy XIII will outsell Final Fantasy VII

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Rei said:

outlawauron said:

Khuutra said:

Carl2291 said:
Will it reach 10 million... I think so.

Will it surpass Final Fantasy 7's overall sales... No.

Especially when teh remake comes about.

I think that 10 million figure - or the 9.7 or whatever it is - is actually counting the PC version, though I don't know if it counts the international version.

Regardless

No, this game is not ging to do it. I'm sure it will sell great, but this isn't like.... Pokemon or something

The 9.7 is only the original PS1 release. The international re-release and PSN sales push it well over 10 million. The PC version adds even more sales on top of that.

Wrong. 9.7 is counting the PC version and all the re-releases the game has got. Dont trust vgchartz numbers that easily, check other sources.

@ Kenryoku_Maxis:

 Are you really calling that a benefit? Coming out on PS2 in late 2006 right when the next console generation was starting and after the next installment in the series has been announced is somehow a benefit now?

It seemed to work just fine for series such as Persona and Tales.  Heck, both those series kept selling titles on the PS2 well into this generation.  More consoles = the chance for more sales.  Just because it hurt Final Fantasy with FFIX and FFXII its somehow its a negative across the board?

@Darthdevid

I did do my research.  Fine, I'll word it a different way.

"All of the titles since FFVII saw a decline in sales.  Except FFX which saw a resurgence, followed by another decline."

But the point still stands that the sales overall since FFVII is in decline.  And its just extreme wishful thinking on SE part to think that they can just make a big flashy game, hype it to death and then expect it to sell better than FFVII when the FF name brand has been selling less and less for the last 12 years.  That's like saying Sega would spend 5 years making the 'ultimate' Sonic game and suddenly announce 'We've done it, we predict this game is going to outsell Sonic 2!'.