Japans PS3 Nightmare

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DKII said:

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	Mario Kart: Double Dash	Nintendo	0.89	3.85	1.86	6.60
	Smash Bros Melee	Nintendo	1.44	4.06	1.08	6.58
	Super Mario Sunshine	Nintendo	0.85	3.73	1.31	5.89
	The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker	Nintendo	0.86	2.44	1.05	4.35
	Luigis Mansion	Nintendo	0.42	2.21	0.72	3.35

3 million+ sellers for the GameCube. You saying that FF13 can't become the top seller on the PS3 and do those kind of numbers as it stands right now? It may not hit the 8 million of FFX but the 5 million of FFX-2 and FFXII looks doable especially with the PS3 install base being bigger next year when the game actually comes out, it'll still be profitable, there isn't really any competition for it on the PS3 yet.

somehow I don't see how FFXIII could sell 5 million on a console with 10 million userbase (estimate) when FFXII only did 5 on a console with 100 million userbase. Especially when the PS3 costs $600, making the barrier of entry much higher.

unless the game is exceptional, but *shrug* I never really got final fantasy anyway.  If this game is just like all the other final fantasies, then I can see it performing incredibly disappointingly. And if FFXIII doesn't perform, then third parties will take notice.