Gnizmo said:
When FF7 was released on the PS1 the Saturn had been getting outsold 3:1 for over 6 months. The series has also had a steady decline in sales over the years and it is literally impossible for the game to sell enopugh consoles to touch the gap the Wii has created. The series has been in steady decline in sales ever since VII and it seems unlikely the game will do much more than 2.5 million lifetime. Unless the game sells 3.8 million consoles it won't be able to bring the install base to the same level. One game will never save a system. |
What?
PS1:
FFVII 9.72 mil.
FFVIII 7.86 mil.
FFIX 5.30 mil.
PS2:
FFX 7.95 mil.
FFXI .15k (only Japan numbers are in, and Japan isn't big on MMOs)
FFXII 5.02 mil.
FFX outsold both FFVIII and FFIX, so sales have not been in steady decline. FFXII currently stands at the 6th best selling FF (5th in Japan), and it's still selling, albeit slowly.