| Soundwave said: Look Square can argue this until they're blue in the face, the fact of the matter is they've mismanaged this franchise from something that used to open to 2.5+ million in Japan to a pathetic 246k opening. Was it worth it? I don't think so, even in the West, the sales of the franchise have gone south from FF7 even with prettier graphics, so what the fuck is really the point? It's not causing an increase of sales of the franchise any where in the world and by not having any foot hold with platforms that actually sell in Japan (Nintendo game systems) they've destroyed a once proud franchise there. |
That's factually false. The PS2 and PS3 titles sold just as well as their PS1 counterparts (6 - 9m in their original platforms) despite declining Japanese sales. 15 is the fastest-selling game in the series despite a 70% drop in Japan and 14 is by far the most popular and profitable FF ever.
Also, I noticed a large part of your posts is allegedly claiming SE has some sort of irrational love for Playstation platforms. Let's get real for a moment, shall we? Their only love is money, the same as every other company. If they weren't being massively subsided by Sony/Epic, to the point of netting them more money than the estimated profits of releasing elsewhere, their games would definitely have landed on other platforms.
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