How do you think Nomura feels about the recent news about FFV13?

[darthdevidem01]

A203D said:

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 applies to games '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.

Wait WHAT:

1. If worldwide sales didn't include Japan & if we compare it to other FF's then its going to easily outdo FF8's 4.2 Million & quite possibly FFX....making it the 2nd or 3rd best selling FF outside of Japan.....how "lukewarm". So thats not helping your argument.

2. Because its riding the wave of a 20 year old franchise.......more like 13 year old...thats when FF got big here in the west. Many 13 year old franchises like xbox man said (crap I'm agreeing with that guy eww) have declined rapidly.

3. Why the hell would you "TAKE AWAY" xbox 360 versions sales? You know the PS3 & Xbox 360 combines still haven't done as much as PS2/PS1 have done...so how is that fair? Especially when many ex PS2 owners own a Xbox 360 now. 

4. Those FF's were released on 1 console.....yeah only on the most dominating consoles we have ever seen. (PS1/2)

5. Japan....let it get re-releases & we'll talk. FFX got from 2.3 to 3 Million with re-releases, FF13 can get a extra 300K easily. Possibly 400K. 

There is no doubt the game had more things going against than for it compared to past FF titles. FF8 had the post FF7 mania hype, FF10 had the stellar reviews from everywhere & the general consensus that it was the first major RPG on the PS2.

So what is the definition of success to you? Because FFX's aim was to sell "10 million" & outsell FF7 according to square-enix, so is FFX not a success too?