Has Europe sales saved PS3 this Christmas from an embarrasment?

[Avinash_Tyagi]

Mountie said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Mountie said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Sorair said:

StanGable said:

jhlennon1 said:
Final Fantasy XIII will fix the Japan problem, so I am not too concerned about that.

Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't Japan's love for Final Fantasy been dying lately and isn't Dragon Quest their main fix of RPGness from a major developer?

 

And yes, I agree with this thread, Europe loves Sony and don't care about getting it in the butt from them!

 Can you give me a link or some knowledge that the main series is falling down?

 A lot of recent FF's have been selling less than 3 million in Japan, considering PS2 sold like 22 million in japan that's a very small attach rate

Final Fantasy X, the first FF on the PS2, sold 2.4 million copies in Japan in 6 weeks. Number of PS2 consoles in Japan at the time????  Around 5 million. That's a Halo-esque attach rate. I have no clue what you're talking about Avinash.

 

 

 Yeah but 12 and X-2 sold only 2.42 and 2.41 million with much higher bases, hence why the series is in decline

Avinash, you just cannot be reckoned with.

For WW: 

FFVII -> 9.72

FFVIII -> 7.86

FFXI -> 5.30

FFX -> 7.95

FFX-2 -> 5.21

FFXII -> 4.96

Its certainly declined since FF7, but everyone can agree that was a ridiculous break out success. Omitting FFVII, switching to a new platform always seems to propel sales to 7-8 million. And this is with a low install base. Especially in Japan, FF is very front loaded with sales.

So FF will basically have Halo like sales (5 million MINIMUM, those FF fans will buy anything!!) and you don't think that'll push consoles like Halo did for the 360? Crazy talk.

Please take the Wii glasses off when commenting on PS3 sales. No one expects the PS3 to suddenly pull Wii numbers from 1 game. But with the release of GT5, FF13, and MGS4, you have 15-20 million PS2 owners with a serious itch to scratch. Those are big launches (whenever the heck they happen!)

 Sure I know these games will sell, but they won't save the PS3 or lead to dominance as some seem to believe, and most of those series have shown declining or stagnating numbers meaning they'll sell to a select group only, I don't have my Wii glasses on, i'm just surprised people expect these things to overtake the Wii, when they Wii has much wider appeal, its silly, its like saying price drops will get them ahead of Wii sorry ,b ut price doesn't save the day, nor does a few hardcore games, it takes lots of software