Rei on 08 December 2009
If vgchartz' pre-order numbers are correct then I say the game is in trouble. Not only it is going to underperform in Japan but also in North America.
But since I do not trust vgchartz' numbers anymore I'am still expecting the game to do well.
FF games LTD in USA (NPD):
FFVII - 2.40m, FFVIII - 1.90m, FFIX - 1.31m, FFX - 2.46m, FFXII - 1.91m
So for about ten years the sales of mainline FF games in US were pretty consistent, more consistent than they are in Japan, actually.
Still, I say there is a possibility that FFXIII will fail in the West. Not because of vgchartz' pre-order numbers but because there seem to be a general disinterest in the franchise and home console jRPGs this gen.
