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Blob on 27 July 2015
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the-pi-guy said:
Blob said:
Type 0 is a psp game nobody had heard about that was sold for full price, it's a terrible gauge for interest towards final fantasy on the xbox . Ff7 is one of the biggest games of all time. I don't see why square would skip the xbox one, ff7 would still sell enough to be viable.

No one has been talking about Xbox One sales of Type 0.  It's been the difference between the 2.  

I'd agree with that if everyone was saying something like "Xbox One version only sold 15k."

But they're not, everyone is talking about the difference between that and the PS4 version.  "The ratio is 7 to 1 worldwide."  That ratio is huge, and by the time the game releases, it'll likely be an even bigger ratio.  Maybe 10 to 1, maybe worse.  It all depends on, how well both systems are doing, and which market is buying them.  If people start buying PS4 for the JRPGs, then that ratio could be 12 to 1, or even worse.  (And to be honest, I'm not even including how bad the ratio could be if Xbox One gets launched later.)

Let's say 6 million copies get sold on the PS4, and 500k on the Xbox One.  It's supposed to be like 27$ per copy, is what I've often heard.  

That's $13.5 million brought in.  Then you add in development costs for that.  Maybe let's say 13 million still, that's something Sony can easily pay away to keep exclusive.  

 

Im still discounting the 7 -1 ratio as a good gauge of future FF sales. FF7 is one the biggest and most well known ever. It's not an overpriced PSP port of a game very few had heard about.

There is definitely more of a JRPG market on the PS4, I cannot deny that. But saying that FF7 has the same marketablity as FFTO HD is something I cannot agree with. I think FF15 sales will more likely decide where FF7 goes.