Final Fantasy XIII is a MAJOR flop on the 360 - we need to talk about it

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

CGI-Quality said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Is this another Rol joke thread that makes no sense?

And frankly, FFXIII is doing a lot better outside of Japan than I thought it would. But that's probably because of the media blitz and hype. Still, its not doing as well as even previous FF games.

Considering the userbase difference, the PS3 version alone is performing quite well. Factor in the 360's sales and it's doing better than XII.

Well, considering even the overtracking, FFXIII is still about a million below FFXII.  And a large part of that is due to a lack of sales in Japan, its core audience.  FFXIII is currently looking at 1.90m in Japan while FFXII pulled 2.42m in Japan.  Not so hot for a game that was consistently either #1 or #2 on all the 'most wanted' lists for years in Japan.  Most likely the PS3s smaller userbase and the handheld dominance is affecting sales for the game more than people realize.

This isn't even considering the western numbers, which are also overtracked and not in favor of FFXIII.  FFXIII is coming up at least a million, if not much more behind FFXII at this time.  And it doesn't look like its going to make up much ground.