FF13 360 JP Sales will decide FF13V multi-plat fate

[darthdevidem01]

A203D said:

but it's an action RPG :P

I don't think it can pass 2 million either... if it follows the same sales pattern of FFXII it will end up with 6.5 million combined and its at 5.9 million so 500k/600k of estimation would have to be xbox 360.and thats not going to happen.. (though there are many different circumstances so maybe FFXIII won't follow the sales pattern of FFXII if that occurs everything I said is false)

I did these calculations just basing on % of sales first week, first month etc... I don't feel like doing them again if you don't believe me that's okay. But I did it in a thread with solid snake.

okay, fair enough, i dont really know what calculations you did, but i would have said based on the sales at the moment that FF13 will reach maybe about 6 -6.5 mil. i agree that seems an accurate estimate.

but as you said versus is an action RPG, this does change the rules slightly. can it reach a new western market?? i believe that FF13 was intended to reach the sales success of FF7, and to trigger a resurgence of JRPGs in the west. however for various reasons that couldnt happen, but is it possible that versus could succeed because its not just a JRPG.

i personlly dont think so, but thats the impression i seem to be getting from you?? oh and darth, i think there is good evidence to suggest versus is going to the 360. it seems likely that it will be announced in Jan i think...

Its not accurate because his calculations were based on FFXIII having a similar sales curve to FF12.....its not, its showing more than 2 times the amount of legs.....but it will never sell more than 2 times the amount of FF12, therefore different sales curves. 7 Million is in the bag.

Wada expected 6 Million copies to be sold on 29th September 2009 (few months before the games release)

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6230719.html 

In another interview I found he said he expected 2 Million Shipped in Japan and 4 Million in the West. Clearly in Japan it underpeformed, and its outperformed his expectations in the West.

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There is no evidence because other games have similar postings when they are exclusive.....this was proven in the thread about FFversus 13 having a 360 posting.

Wada saying that is similar to how exec's talked about MGS4.

There is no evidence currently.