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Forums - Sales Discussion - FFXIII first week sales will outsell Halo 3 first week sales, worldwide.

kirby007 on 12 December 2007
tombi123 said:
how have they been in decline? X sold more then IX. Anyway this is first week and first week in Japan has been pretty steady.

also wasn't the userbase rapidly expanding back then?



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darthdevidem on 12 December 2007

@kirby

lets not kid ourselves

FFXI is NOTHING like a final fantasy should be..

Just because 1 FF game (FFXII) sold less than the last doesn't mean ZOMG FF SERIES DOOMED!

& FF12 was released like 1 month before the Ps3 at least here in UK, nobody really cared about it due to that



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white devil on 12 December 2007
darthdevidem said:
@kirby

lets not kid ourselves

FFXI is NOTHING like a final fantasy should be..

Just because 1 FF game (FFXII) sold less than the last doesn't mean ZOMG FF SERIES DOOMED!

& FF12 was released like 1 month before the Ps3 at least here in UK, nobody really cared about it due to that

 Really, because I was under the impression the PS2 was giving the smackdown to all systems, maybe with the exception of the Wii, well past the PS3 launch.



kirby007 on 12 December 2007

talking only numbers here
number say fail
1)games decline
2) MUCH smaller userbase



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Gnizmo on 12 December 2007
tombi123 said:
how have they been in decline? X sold more then IX. Anyway this is first week and first week in Japan has been pretty steady.

 Here is how it works out, and it makes a bit of sense. VII outsold VIII which outsold IX. Then X out sells IX, but less than VII, and about even with VIII. X also outsells X-2 which outsells XII. What that means in a more understandable fashion is that the sales record is set by the first of the series and then it goes down. However, the first one of the series has sold less than the first of the previous series. The comparable games 2 and 3 have also sold less on later systems rather than earlier. This shows a general trend of a slowly waning FF crowd world wide, and a slight slowing of it in Japan.



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tombi123 on 12 December 2007

FFXII got lost in the "next gen" console hype. The first FF on a new console always sells better, VII sold better than VIII and IX, X sold better then XI and XII.



Dolla Dolla on 12 December 2007

XIII's first week sales will not beat Halo 3's first week sales.

XIII will have a staggered launch anyway. When have they EVER had a simultaneous worldwide main series release?



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Spectrumglr on 12 December 2007

apart from Sony Defense Force wet dreams i can't think of a real-world-situation where FFXIII 1st week could outsell halo 3 first week.



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rocketpig on 12 December 2007

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tombi123 on 12 December 2007

why does staggered launch make any difference? I will take Japan first week, then when it releases in NA take that, then when it releases in Others take that and add them together. Simple.