Japan sales (Week 1): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - January 01-07, 2018

[TheBraveGallade]

PAOerfulone said:

If you had said Zelda would outsell Final Fantasy in Japan 10, 5, or even 2 years ago, people would have called you a lunatic.

I don't know which one this says more about, the rise and growth of the Zelda series caused by Breath of the Wild, or the decline of Final Fantasy since XIII.

Edit: Actually, now that I look at the series as a whole, it's been declining in Japan looong before XIII.

Final Fantasy VIII - 3.63 million; The best selling game in the series in Japan.
Final Fantasy IX - 2.78 million
Final Fantasy X - 2.73 million
Final Fantasy XII - 2.33 million
Final Fantasy XIII - 1.87 million
Final Fantasy XV - 1.01 million

Where they hell did SquareSoft/Square Enix go wrong for this to happen? This all can't just be chalked up to the decline of the console market, because the PS2 era was when console gaming was at its peak in Japan.

Well the market shrunk drastically for home consoles after the ps2 for one. Simply BEING a home console game is a disadvantage in japan.

Plus, FF has been inching away from the style japanese fans like, especially after 13. They'd rather play dragon quest.