Jumpin on 08 September 2016
| Shadow1980 said:.
But FFVII was released in September 1997 and it caused PS1 sales to skyrocket. |
That's not accurate.
In the west Final Fantasy 7 sold very slowly, with only 1 million in its first 4 months (about half the week 1 sales in Japan). It was a sleeper hit.
What caused the huge gain in 1997 was the combination of Resident Evil Director's Cut, Crash Bandicoot 2, and Tomb Raider 2, which sold millions each that holiday season. As well as the heavy anticipation for Resident Evil 2, which was the most anticipated game outside of Ocarina of Time, but probably more so that holiday season because it was much closer to launch.
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