| Dodece said: They are roughly thirty thousand copies away from topping a million console game sales as of this posting. By the time North American and Japans figures for last week get factored in its likely they will be at that magical number if not by next week they will pass easily. Lost Odyssey has sold 500,000 copies, and Blue Dragon has sold 470,000 copies. That has to be a sobering realization for many on these forums. These titles aren't even done wracking up sales either. Racking up sales? Yes because we all know blue dragon lit the world on fire in sales and for Lost Odyssey to have the "mysique" of a FF game I think its sales are not that good. LO has sold better than i expected but Mistwalker is not doing half as great as you make them sound.
Mistwalker is actually being very successful on the 360 proving the skeptics wrong. How well will they be doing by the end of this year? How well will the genre be doing by the end of the year? When you look at the other consoles the Wii, and the PS3 the disparity is almost embarassing. Nobody is doing as well as Mistwalker on the next generation consoles, and Square has actually brought two of their franchises to the next generation market. Dragon Quest, and Chocobo. So it isn't like Mistwalker has gone uncontested in the JRPG genre. Dragon quest and chocobo dungeon were shit games to make a quick buck, not a fair comparison. Mistwalker has come out of nowhere, and made a very powerful statement. The only statement ive seen them made is hype doesnt garuntee sales. And as King of w. said these are not rookies to making rpgs. Just as the 360 has made a powerful statement about roleplaying games in general. What powerful statement has the 360 made about rpg's that no other console has? I had to point this out for all the critics out there. Where is the failure that was foretold? I am sure as hell not seeing it in these numbers. As I said before, the fact that you have to compare the sales of 2 games to reach 1 million is pathetic. Look, i can tell you're an MS fanboy fighting the good fight proving to us that mistwalker isnt doing as bad as some would believe, and thats cool. But theres fanboy and delusional and I think your among the latter my friend. |
