Square has become a Sony 2nd Party this generation

[Michelasso]

invetedlotus123 said:

Michelasso said:

But FF VII is a cultural phenomenon. As the console market in Japan is all but dead with 4 million "new gen" consoles sold. Even if FF VII will be trashed because "not true to the original" (lately any excuse is good to bash any FF game) it's undeniable that it will sell well, no matter if just out of curiosity from people to judge it themselves.

Then if it will be impressive it will remind some Japanese how the real games look and play, unlike that mobile junk.

Japanese gamers have the reputation of buying a system just for one game. I heard that it's common for a person to buy a console and the game and when finishing it selling the game and the console. This is the very reason why big released don't hold legs there its not because interest fades away soon, but because once the gamers finished the game they go and sell it to the used store, than flooding the market with cheap used copies. This is why they have to put as much content as possible in the games, so people hold their copies for more time and guarantee some legs.

 

Those FF games will do just fine, and remember AAA games release for higher prices there than on us, and ff and dq usually releases for ,80-100 dollars. But it doesn't mean other games will capitalize on that.

I think you should update your exchange rates, The most expensive game I've found in Amazon JP is 8208 Yen. Equivalent of $66.8. Batman, which just released recently in Japan is sold for 6600 Yen ($53.71). In continental Europe the games are more expensive: up to 70€ = $77.8. But only because the euro finally dropped. Otherwise we paid for years up to $94. And still the games are sellng quite well.

Then, sorry, but I don't buy that thing about Japanese people buying and reselling consoles. Both PS4 and Wii U are selling decent numbers in Japan each week. 13K consoles each the last vghcartz numbers. But yeah, it may be true for games.