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A203D on 25 December 2010
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Jumpin said:
A203D said:
huaxiong90 said:

To the people saying "But it's a new IP!"...so was Gears of War...and Assassin's Creed.

Exactly, FF7 was a new IP in Europe when it sold 2.7 mil in that region, not to mention i think FF7 wouldve been a lot higher in Europe if it was made availble. i bought 2 pre owned copies, which i lent to 2 friends, who ended up buying pre owned copies themselves.

and FF7 was like a new IP in the US when it sold 3m and went on to sell near 10mil worldwide. The Last Story has this oppertunity because i think Nintendo will spend a lot of money on marketing, not to mention i think Sakaguchis name will carry a lot of weight in the west for RPGs fans.


Actually, there were eight games released with the Final Fantasy branding before FF7 was released; one on NES, four on gameboy, and three more on SNES. The Final Fantasy brand was already the highest selling and most critically respected RPG series ever, in North America, long before FF7 came out. FF6 sold close to a million copies in the US.

In the EU, FF7 was the first. Of course in the US the was some interest in FF, since FF6, but i was under the impression it wasnt until FF7 that the series became popular in the US. before that it was merley a cult following, that was my understanding anyway. so when FF7 came out, it was like a new IP because the series was relatively unknown at the time. but FF6s 1 mil is a substantial number tbh.