Famitsu SALES (1/25 – 1/31) -- DQ6 Leads, EOE (PS3) follows!!

[darthdevidem01]

jarrod said:

darthdevidem01 said:

jarrod said:

darthdevidem01 said:
EOE did well

but wow @ Ar Tonelico 3

why the big increase over PS2 iterations?

It is pretty shocking... I think it's actually the first RPG series to see an increase on PS3 vs PS2!  No clue why, maybe all those people who just finished FFXIII are looking for something new?

Maybe quality?

but famitsu rated it lower than the other ones.

Also it released on the same day that DQ6, EOE & The Last Rebellion came out so it had competition

wow this makes zero sense, I'm gonna go & see the LTD for AT1 & AT2

Yeah, from what I've heard hardcore Gust fans are actually really disappointed in AT3 (and were in Rorona as well).  I sort of suspect it's selling in to a new fanbase or something... it's also worth keeping in mind that Bandai publishes the AT games (not Gust themselves), so maybe it got a bigger push than usual?

here are the sales of previous games

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/index.php?name=ar+tonelico

AT1 -- 100K

AT2 -- 150K

AT3 -- 80K (so far)

so At3 seems really good, lets see if it drops a lot or has minor legs.

Maybe like you said post FFXIII JRPG players want something new, but then how do we explain The Last Rebellions absolutely dismal sales? (I know we expected them to be low, but not that low)

Best to see where it ends up I guess.