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jarrod on 20 March 2010
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CGI-Quality said:
dobby985 said:
Going multiplatform was the right decision. You can't tell me that 600k is bad.

600K isn't bad, but it isn't proof that being mutli was the way to go.

Examples to that are: DMC4, RE5, GTA IV. Those proved to open up a fanbase on the 360. FFXIII seems more of a taking of PS3 sales vs opening up new ones. The PS3 would have done those numbers or a tad more/less if it was exclusive. It's good all around for the franchise, no doubt. But not as much of a breakthrough as it seems.

Now if the 360 version has strong legs, I'll retract that statement.

Sorry, I just don't buy this line of reasoning. I honestly don't see PS3 FFXIII sales rising ~600k 1st week without a 360 rev.  Sure there'd be some uptake, but I've seen nothing that'd indicate it'd be anywhere near half a million.

There's the issue of "superior version" behind it all, meaning the vast majority of multiconsole owners bought the PS3 version already anyway, leaving the 360 version likely to 360 exclusive gamers.  And logically, if the majority of those 600k 360 owners wanted to the game badly enough to invest in a PS3 over it, then they'd have been more likely to invest in a PS3 now anyway to get the best version of the game.  Or more likely, they'd have already invested in a PS3 beforehand, and this isn't even factoring PS3's current supply issues (ie: ~600k PS3 sales this week is a literal impossibility anyway).  There'd obviously be some uptake on the PS3 side without a 360 version, but chances are most of those 600k 360 owners would just buy something else or keep playing Mass Effect 2.

FFXIII isn't even a first case sort of thing either for this.  When PS3 gets the better version of multiplatform games, it usually shows in the sales (Burnout Paradise for example).  You can't really draw a direct comparison to "equal" multiplatform games like DMC4/RE5 or something with an implied 360 advantage like GTA4 and conclude sales weren't "enough" to show opening up a new market.  In fact, I'd argue in cases like RE5/DMC4/GTA4, 360 was more likely to be cannibalizing sales that would've gone to a theoretical PS3 only rev than really opening up a new market.  Your logic's really kinda backwards on this one CGI...