Mistwalker is about to sell 1,000,000 copies

[friedtofu]

All profit and dev cost debating aside, I was curious to compare rpg game attach rates so I did some math comparing LO sales to FF on PS2.

I know theres other factors involved that people will want to bring up but whatever. 

According to this sites game database, FFX, FFX-2 and FFXII sold about 8 million copies each so far, with the infamous FF7 at almost 10 million. ZOMG total dominance!! But wait thats with the PS2's worldwide userbase of 117 million over a few years. Math tells me about 6.8 % of PS2 users bought into the FFX series and 8.5% of all PS2 owners picked up FF7.

Soooo, if LO so far sold a cool half million against a WW userbase of (almost) 18 million, then that means about 2.8% of 360 owners picked this up so far (remember its only been out for a few months), with BD slightly below. LO will keep going for a while, so I wouldnt be surprised to see this number get to 4 or even 5% over its lifetime if not more. Comparatively not as good as FF, but not bad for a system thats trying to lose its "FPS only" reputation ... and far from the "flop" many a fanboy like to declare it is.

I personally own both LO and BD, and love em. Regardless of whatever numbers people want to spin, these games have been a great addition to the 360 library. I hope Mistwalker keeps cranking em out. I dont care what system they put it on.