makingmusic476 said:
Gnizmo said:
RedArmia said:
No they wont help, did you even think before you made this thread.
MGS will boost sales, but FF13 is what will be the rise of PS3 in Japan. Any one with a tiny bit of intelligence know what happened to PS when FF7 hit and can predict what will happen.
ps you expect a good anwser on this mattr on here, come on. |
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. |
Since this discussion is about Japan, I think Gnizmo means Japanese sales. With 3 million FF X sold in Japan I don't think 2.5 is a ridiculous claim seen PS3's install base.
The point he's trying to make is that even if FF13 sells the 3 million FF10 sold it won't even come close to a healthy Japanese userbase. At this saleslevel it will take about 2 years to reach 3 million PS3's in Japan, and that's way too low to have a game sell over 3 million (duh). Even if FF13 alone sells a million consoles (which is HUGE) and MGS4 sells 300.000 (which is also on the generous side) it's not even close to where Wii is now.
