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A203D on 23 May 2010
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dtewi said:
Bodhesatva said:

It's not a bonafied success or failure.

From an absolute standpoint, 5.3M+ units is very good. From a relative standpoint, it's probably going to match or exceed FFXII.


But from a relative standpoint, just matching FFXII isn't particularly good -- there was far more riding on FFXIII than there was on FFXII. It's also reasonable to assume that it is a far more expensive game to produce. It required two platforms to match FFXII's on, which is not an insignificant fact: another way to put this is that the final, major weapon SE had to increase unit sales has been used, and all it did was halt franchise decline, not reverse it. And even that may be momentary. We'll have to see. 

My analysis: FFXIII certainly made money, but did nothing to stimey the general, gradual downward trend of this franchise. We aren't talking franchise collapse here, a la Sonic -- again, this has been much more gradual.

*ignores post*

Bodhesatva!

You haven't been here in a while.

Yeah the series could be on a decline, but FF13 is the fastest selling in the franchise history and its really up to the next few months to see if the sales momentium can hold like other popular games, like Metal Gear Solid 4 or Assassin's Creed 1&2.

Personally i dont think it will sell as well as something like Assassin's Creed, but i think that it has the potential to hit 7 mil WW. and thats not bad for a game that has been recieved badly by many gaming publications in a market saturated by shooters.

i think a lot of people have to remember that FF is a Japanese game, made for a Japanese auidence and if the sales in the US and EU are about to exceed the JP sales which is the core JRPG market then Square are probabily a bit dissapointed. not to mention the sales in JP are the lowest since the old SNES days and it wasnt well recieved in JP. i think that in the core JRPG market FF13 has been dissappointing.