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Farsala on 13 March 2016
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KLAMarine said:
Farsala said:

Did you look at the graphs I quoted? FFVII caused that spike not Gran Turismo. Gran Turismo certainly helped, but FFVII started the spike and put PS1 on the map. After Gran  Turismo released, PS1 sales declined but it certainly helped keep PS1 sales afloat.

I certainly do not like FFVII as much as SM64 or many other games released that gen. But FFVII certiainly had the most impact.

Actually, I don't think the graph you linked is correct. FF7, according to vgchartz, released in January of 1997, not September 1997 as depicted on the graph. The sales trend doesn't change much following FF7's release in January. I think you might be giving FF7 too much credit and not enough to games like Gran Turismo which released in Japan December 1997. One should also consider releases like Tomb Raider 2, Grand Theft Auto, Parappa, and Crash 2 which are much closer to the spike than FF7 was.

^Ka-pi96 post.

Japans spike was 1997 and corresponds to FFVII releasing so early, US spike was holidays 97+98 corresponding with FFVII releasing so late in 97, and Europe had a spike in 1998 for FFVII, but had a bigger spike for 1999 due to their preference for GT.