Analyst: FF13 might outsell FF12

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jarrod said:

TheSource said:

PS3 has a four million base in Japan and through the Final Fantasy XIII launch had no titles top one million. PS3 is more akin to GameCube/Saturn which had a million-seller for every few million users added. The N64 in contrast had 12 titles top a million in Japan on a ~5.4m base. PS3 looks much closer to the Saturn/GC pattern though. 

Never thought about it, but it's really true.  (Famitsu) million sellers for 2nd/3rd place platforms in Japan...

Sega Saturn

1. Virtua Fighter 2 (Sega)  1,417,034

Nintendo 64

1. Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo) 1,711,661
2. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) 1,639,921
3. Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo) 1,632,055
4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarima of Time (Nintendo) 1,147,068
5. Pocket Monsters Stadium (Nintendo) 1,094,763

GameCube

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 1,349,418

PSP

1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Capcom) 2,453,132
2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (Capcom) 1,723,187
3. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite The BEST (Capcom) 1,093,586

PlayStation 3

1. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) 1,000,000+

 

 

...actually, overall PS3 software sales look a lot like GameCube in Japan.

Brawl is on the Gamecube?