Lemme get this straight: FFXIII-2 is the 4th highest selling PS3 game in Japan, beaten only by FFXIII, RE5 and MGS4. Yet the game is a flop in Japan? I guess all JRPG's other than FFXIII are flops in Japan then.
After only one week of release outside Japan (and a few other Asian markets) it's sold over 1.5 million globally on PS3 alone. Making it the 81st ranked game out of all PS3 games ever released (over 2500). Yet it's a global flop?
It's the 17th ranked FF game across all platforms, out of a total of 50. So the PS3 version is well into the top half of all FF titles already.
I think PS3 version it will crawl along to 2.5 million in total. That will put it in the top 10 of all FF games.
Yes S-E screwed up with the Xbox audience with FFXIII, and they likely will never get a large fanbase there because of it. But even so adding 360 and PS3 sales of the game it should top 3 million.
I think, considering the bad taste FFXIII left in a lot of FF Fans' mouths XIII-2's sales have not been too shabby, and it may even have helped to rehabilitate the series somewhat.
I think if vsXIII isn't the next FF game to come out, and if it isn't a very good to excellent FF game then SE might have something to worry about.
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