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outlawauron on 10 May 2010

There is so much trolling in this thread.


Seriously now. 'Marathon Simulator'?



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Galaki on 10 May 2010

jrpg sells well in Japan because... it's linear.
jrpg not selling well in Japan because... it's linear.

Pick and choose that support your reasoning.



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AkibaFan on 10 May 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
noname2200 said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Geez, at least it took Dragon Quest IX some 9-10 months to get a reduced price. This has gone straight to the bargain bin in about 4 months. Talk about over-extended hype.

Japanese games routinely drop their prices just a few weeks after release. Four months is much more than I expected, especially at that price point.

Yes, but they don't routinely drop the price for their most anticipated games.  Hence why I made the comparison to Dragon Quest IX, which took over 9 months to get a price drop.  Final Fantasy XIII being a game that was suppose to be on the a similar level of hype and, according to SquareEnix itself, expected sales as Dragon Quest IX.  Hence why the game has bottomed out so early.  Its a classic case of a compny who's eyes were bigger than their stomach.

And this is a little more drastic than a price drop.  This is going from full price to bargain bin without a gradual decline.

u r wrong ther, square expctd ff13 to sell 2 million in japan. Dragon quest is much bigger than ff in jpn. last gen the highest selling ff was ff10, dq8 outsold ff10 by over 1 million, so why wud they expect DQ9 to sell 2 million  when tht was its first shipment?



Kenryoku_Maxis on 10 May 2010
AkibaFan said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
noname2200 said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Geez, at least it took Dragon Quest IX some 9-10 months to get a reduced price. This has gone straight to the bargain bin in about 4 months. Talk about over-extended hype.

Japanese games routinely drop their prices just a few weeks after release. Four months is much more than I expected, especially at that price point.

Yes, but they don't routinely drop the price for their most anticipated games.  Hence why I made the comparison to Dragon Quest IX, which took over 9 months to get a price drop.  Final Fantasy XIII being a game that was suppose to be on the a similar level of hype and, according to SquareEnix itself, expected sales as Dragon Quest IX.  Hence why the game has bottomed out so early.  Its a classic case of a compny who's eyes were bigger than their stomach.

And this is a little more drastic than a price drop.  This is going from full price to bargain bin without a gradual decline.

u r wrong ther, square expctd ff13 to sell 2 million in japan. Dragon quest is much bigger than ff in jpn. last gen the highest selling ff was ff10, dq8 outsold ff10 by over 1 million, so why wud they expect DQ9 to sell 2 million  when tht was its first shipment?

Because both Wada and team lead Kitase had been hyping the game, expecting it to be the next 'Final Fantasy VII'.  In other words, expecting it to sell much more than 3 million.  This is why the initial shipment for the game was 2 million copies.  But the game has hardly sold that many now, causing the price to deflate rapidly.  Its a simple case of a company trying toover hype a game that the public wasn't going to buy that many copies of.

Yes, everyone else, from the public to Famitsu expected the game to only sell around 2 million.  However, SquareEnix themselves didn't expect that.  Or rather...perhaps they were hoping if they kept telling everyone else it would sell more and pumped millions upon millions in advertising behind those words, it would happen.



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Cactus on 10 May 2010

Marathon simulator? Damn, that had me laughing for two minutes



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AkibaFan on 10 May 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
AkibaFan said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
noname2200 said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Geez, at least it took Dragon Quest IX some 9-10 months to get a reduced price. This has gone straight to the bargain bin in about 4 months. Talk about over-extended hype.

Japanese games routinely drop their prices just a few weeks after release. Four months is much more than I expected, especially at that price point.

Yes, but they don't routinely drop the price for their most anticipated games.  Hence why I made the comparison to Dragon Quest IX, which took over 9 months to get a price drop.  Final Fantasy XIII being a game that was suppose to be on the a similar level of hype and, according to SquareEnix itself, expected sales as Dragon Quest IX.  Hence why the game has bottomed out so early.  Its a classic case of a compny who's eyes were bigger than their stomach.

And this is a little more drastic than a price drop.  This is going from full price to bargain bin without a gradual decline.

u r wrong ther, square expctd ff13 to sell 2 million in japan. Dragon quest is much bigger than ff in jpn. last gen the highest selling ff was ff10, dq8 outsold ff10 by over 1 million, so why wud they expect DQ9 to sell 2 million  when tht was its first shipment?

Because both Wada and team lead Kitase had been hyping the game, expecting it to be the next 'Final Fantasy VII'.  In other words, expecting it to sell much more than 3 million.  This is why the initial shipment for the game was 2 million copies.  But the game has hardly sold that many now, causing the price to deflate rapidly.  Its a simple case of a company trying toover hype a game that the public wasn't going to buy that many copies of.

Yes, everyone else, from the public to Famitsu expected the game to only sell around 2 million.  However, SquareEnix themselves didn't expect that.  Or rather...perhaps they were hoping if they kept telling everyone else it would sell more and pumped millions upon millions in advertising behind those words, it would happen.

No at investor meeting on 29th September 2009 wada sed he expects FF13 to sell 6 Million worldwide (they hve shipped 5 Million already. 3 Million in the west & its alredy sold 3 Million in west nw).

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6230719.html

The FF7 stuff ws jst to raise hype & it ws in a interview in magazine so translation cud be off.

Wht he told investors is he wnts FF13 to do 6 Million whch it will do easily wordlwide.

Next Japan:

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/finalfantasy13/news.html?sid=6243979

IGN article clearly states they shipped 1.8 Million in week 1 & expected a forecast of 6 Million Worldwide.

They expected 2 Million sold in Jpn I guarantee u this ws sed at the Japan launch party, I cnt be bothered to luk it up.

I agree with u tht the game a is a flop in jpn, but it is only 100K awy from their expctation

They expected 2 Million sold in Jpn I guarantee u this ws sed at the Japan launch party, I cnt be bothered to luk it up.



GamerExclusive on 10 May 2010

Gee i dont see any 'MH3 hits the bargain bin' after how quickly the legs fell off.



johnsobas on 11 May 2010
GamerExclusive said:
Gee i dont see any 'MH3 hits the bargain bin' after how quickly the legs fell off.


no there was only like 50 threads about that.  There was a lot of talk about that, it actually dropped in price quickly, went back up, then down later again.



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patjuan32 on 11 May 2010
GamerExclusive said:
Gee i dont see any 'MH3 hits the bargain bin' after how quickly the legs fell off.

The sales of Monster Hunter shed's light on how Final Fantasy XIII is doing in Japan how? The two games are not related at all. Final Fantasy is a big series in Japan and has been for a while. Monster Hunter is only big on portables not home consoles. But the sales of Monster Hunter 3 have help to establish the Franchise on home consoles.



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jarrod on 11 May 2010
johnsobas said:
GamerExclusive said:
Gee i dont see any 'MH3 hits the bargain bin' after how quickly the legs fell off.


no there was only like 50 threads about that.  There was a lot of talk about that, it actually dropped in price quickly, went back up, then down later again.

It also stayed in the top 30 for a good 2 months, then dipping in and out afterwards even up to the holidays.  To compare, it's be like if FFXIII was suddenly in the top 30 again during Golden Week.  

MH3 was also plagued by SKU allocations (all bundles always sold out fast, game only SKU languished on shelves and got discounted).