A203D on 19 May 2010
| The Xbox Man said: @Kennyheart I don't think those guys knew for sure FFXIII was going to sell well. WRPG's have take critics & gamers by storm this gen, FFXIII got 83 on metacritic & there was so much negativity after the Japanese launch. If ever this was when a Final Fantasy was going to fail. But that didn't happen, somehow the game overcame all that and has sold excellently. In regard to FFXIII I'll take a quote from the game itself "The whole world was against us"....the whole world was against FFXIII at one point but it overcame the world & succeeded. Especially on Xbox 360. I will definitely see FFXIII as a game that overcame all odds & negativity & succeeded. |
I dont think that quote can really apply to the game's 'success'. in my opinion FF13 sales have been lukewarm. the japanese sales account for 2mil and its the lowest selling FF in Japan since 6 i believe. if the worldwide sales didnt include the JP sales it would only stand at 3.5 mil multiplatform. and thats because it was riding the wave of a 20 year old franchise. if you take away the 1.3/4 mil sales from the Xbox version it means that FF13 would've only sold 2 mil out side japan.
so sales have been moderate and has evidently FF has lost gound since the FFX PS2 days. and those games were only released on one console. so i think theres a very fine line between success and... well FF13.
