By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
greenmedic88 on 26 April 2010
Edit Thread
MikeB said:
greenmedic88 said:
MikeB said:

@ greenmedic88

Sorry Mike, but I have to pull out the actual numbers for FFXIII in Japan here.


I know I look at topics from many different angles, more so than most, so I will try to make the logic as simple as possible.

Why is Final Fantasy so important for Japan, beyond just sales to Final Fantasy fans? (Note that I'm not a Final Fantasy fan at all nor a Gran Turismo fan, despite this I mark them as critical titles)

Final Fantasy is a major popular franchise, its launch was massive in Japan. Mass press coverage puts the PS3 in the spotlight. This is very good for sales of the console beyond just selling consoles to Final Fantasy fans. Can you understand this logic?

To repeat myself verbatim: Basically, you're saying that despite the fact that almost no one is currently buying FFXIII in Japan, the game is still somehow magically selling PS3 hardware units?

Yes, IMO the game's release still has a positive impact on Japanese PS3 sales.

Let me provide another example of a game/project which hasn't even been released. Milo and Natal for the XBox 360, I stated Milo is already a success for Microsoft.

Milo, despite what was shown was fake, caused extreme massive positive media coverage for Microsoft's XBox 360 (unbelievable really). Also fanboys around the world hyped it up as much as they could (free advertising for Microsoft). Of course I think Milo will underdeliver compared to what was promised (so it could have a negative backslash to a much lesser degree as well once released, but overall a big victory for Microsoft which tried hard to undermine Sony's much more real showings, which were set to be the highlight of the event).

So according to your opinion, Japanese Gamer Guy says "I'm not going to buy Final Fantasy XIII, but I will buy a PS3 because the game, that I'm not interested in buying, is currently available on the system."

That's a shade away from saying in a hypothetical situation where NO ONE was buying FFXIII, the game is still moving hardware.

I can't even argue with that kind of logic.