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Xxain on 24 February 2018
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Carl2291 said:
Xxain said:

That is Internet gamer imagination. Final Fantasy Xlll did nothing to the series. The Huge achievement is that FF15 is the most drastic evolution of Final Fantasy yet and even through all the hate trains it will outsell every Final Fantasy up to X taking a spot in the top 3 highest selling games in the series. What a achievement. 

I think the XIII saga and the obsession with Lightning put a huge downer on the franchise, specifically in the West. It's why Lightning Returns sold as poorly as it did, despite XIII-2 selling somewhat okay and XIII itself doing really well, all things considered.

X sold ~8 Million
XIII sold ~7.5 Million

X-2 sold ~5.3 Million
XIII-2 sold ~3.4 Million

Lightning Returns sold ~1.3 Million

People wanted something fresh and they certainly got that with XV. XIII was stale and held the franchise back on Gen 7.

Carl that is a terrible conclusion. Sequels to mainline Final Fantasy never sell near the original entry. They usually do about half as much. 13 has the honor of having 2 sequels! With the last one coming out AFTER the new generation started. A sequel to a sequel of a mainline game releasing on a last generation coming after the new generation begins is more likely the answer then blaming lighting. Lighting definitely did not leave a good first impression but neither did Squall; Just as unlikely as Lightning and the worst FF protagonist on the PS1 entries and up to that point,  and series went on.