Can The Last Story usurp Final Fantasy as the best selling console JRPG?

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MrT-Tar said:

binary solo said:

Yes, because JRPGs are selling incredibly well on Wii in Europe.

There's basically no JRPG audience on Wii in Europe. Then again there's no JRPG audience in Europe on any console except for Final Fantasy.

Yeah because pokemon totally flopped here in Europe.

Pokemon Wii relative to Pokemon DS was a flop (please read my original post with some care). And given we're comparing to FF games 340K for a main numbered FF title in EMEAA would be an absolute flop of megaton proportions. So if you're suggesting 340K for one of the biggest JRPG franchises of all time (perhaps THE biggest) is an indicator of FFXIII beating sales potential for The Last Story in EMEAA then you are gravely mistaken.

Fact: Sales history of JRPGs on Wii in EMEAA territories suggests The Last Story has little chance of unseating the FF franchise as biggest JRPG on home consoles this generation.

Personally, as a potential franchise, I think if it can get to 500K in EMEAA it means there's potential for it to see significant growth in subsequent entries. But this first game won't be a FF killer, except as a remote chance in Japan. Even in Japan JRPG in Wii doesn't instill a great deal of confidence in the FF killing sales potential for TLS. It'll need to almost double the sales of Monster Hunter Tri to kill FFXIII. Do people expect it to kick MH Tri's arse to that extent? I'm thinking it won't get past MH Tri in Japan, let alone come close to FFXIII.