Final Fantasy XIII - Western Sales Adjusted! 1M+ PS3... 600k+ 360!

[hikaruchan]

jarrod said:

hikaruchan said:

jarrod said:

NSS7 said:
Well done Square Enix. Now everyone cannot blame SE for making X360 ver of FFXIII. 2/5 of launch week sales was from X360 ver. Japan should get X360 ver. That could add 0.4 million more sales 

I think a JP 360 release could've added maybe 200-300k at launch... now though, no way.  The used market is flooded with FFXIII, with trade in prices being as low as 200 yen.  It's actually probably the fastest and most severe used turnaround for a game Japan this generation.

I do think the inevitable FFXIII International will be multiplatform in Japan though.  MS may even try to do another marketing deal to push their version.

FFXIII International is inveitable but it will not be on XBOX 360 because Microsoft did not buy any rights to release FFXIII on the XBOX 360 in Japan because they know the Japanese would not buy it on the XBOX 360 in quantity's worth the effort of the release on the system.

 

Doubt that.  Really, the only reason it wouldn't be on 360 would be if Sony ponied up again to nab exclusivity... and from Sony's perspective, that's probably not worth it.  They already got all the mileage they need out of FFXIII, letting it hit 360 a year later is really of no consequence to them, especially since their version of International's likely to outsell a 360 rev by 5:1 or better.

Microsoft on the other hand, I can see throwing some ad support SE's way for even a year late release.  They did it for FFXI and MoHun Frontier, and those games are even older...

But Microsoft did not pay for release rights in Japan only in NA/Europe it was a calculated Business decision that it would sell on XBOX 360 in the west but not Japan if FFXIII had been released in Japan it would have soled about 150K-200K max lifetime and been out soled 10:1 so FFXIII International will like FFXIII will most likely never be on on the XBOX 360 in Japan.