PS3 HW - 245k and FFXIII - 1.5M

[Demotruk]

.jayderyu said:
My 2 cents.

Congratulations to the sales of FF. It certainly gave some nice hardware sales boost. I think Square should be proud.

On the other hand I have made previous comments that still has this fall into it. FF is such a big name that it has a strong loyalty. Many Final Fantasy fans "knew" FF13 would be on the PS3 and as such chose what system. It could have released on the NGage and done super well. In that the sales of 1.5Million in 4 days could be the core fans of Final Fantasy. I also think the core fans will show themselves coming for the next month. It will be 2 months down the road to really see the impact that Square has with Final Fantasy.

Why anyone doubted the strength of FF has with it's core fans I have no idea. Though i'm surprised the numbers aren't higher.

Actually, you raise a good point. It's quite possible that FFXIII could be considered a system seller if you take earlier sales into account, especially if you consider the week of the demo.