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enrageorange on 28 December 2011
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Boutros said:
hatmoza said:
Boutros said:
hatmoza said:
Boutros said:
Actually that's a good second week for FFXIII-2.


Yeah, a quick glance at how FF games sell in Japan, I noticed the following trend:

1st week ~1.5m

2nd week ~200k

3rd week ~100k

then sales in the teens until it hits the bargain bins

 

That means XIII-2 should sell at 50k next week before it tanks.

FFXIII did 170k in its second week (that's a 87% drop). So I think a 77% drop isn't too shabby. We'll see how week 3 goes but so far it's showing better legs (percentage-wise) than FFXIII.


let me tell you something about %s.  *psst psst* they are used as a resort to make sales seem greater than they are without directly revealing any quantifiable values. It's analysis 101.

In other words, don't try that spin, not on me at least.  xD

I'm just saying that there is a reason behind the better than usual drop for a FF game and it's probably because of word of mouth.

word of mouth could very well boost sales, but the very obvious reason as to why this game has a smaller drop %wise then other final fantasies you listed is because its first week was so small. It is much easier for a game with a smaller first week to have a smaller percentage drop then a game with a huge first week. Compare these sales with other final fantasies with a first week of under 1mil and you will see the drop is much bigger then most of them. Another example, Halo 3 had a bigger drop percentage wise then Halo ODST despite ODST getting slammed by critics and users alike simply because ODST had a much smaller first week than Halo 3.