PS3 HW - 245k and FFXIII - 1.5M

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ethomaz said:

Ok people... money.

Final Fantasy XIII = ~100 million dollars for Square Enix.
Dragon Quest IX = ~80 million dollar for Square Enix.

I can bet with you that Final Fantasy XIII will give more money to Square Enix that Dragon Quest IX (in profit)... especially with the sponsor of Microsoft in development.

Worldwide it may, but we are speaking of Japan. And in Japan FF XII will not give more profit to SE than DQ IX, especially since going with your figures DQ IX will almost double his first week (= double revenue) while FF XIII will cry to reach 2.1-2.2 millions .

Even if the revenue would be the double for FF XIII, the expenses for SE to make the game are well over the ones of DQ IX, which are under 10 millions for sure.

Worldwide FFXIII has a good shot of giving more profits to SE because it will end several millions over DQ IX and has a huge sponsor as you say, but it all depends on the costs to make the game (some time ago there was a rumor of over 60 millions).