So, it seems a lot of people are expecting over 1 million for the Last Story. I hope it does it. And a couple people think it might pass the 1.8 million ffxiii numbers. I had no idea this thingg was so big.

That's because it really isn't...

It reminds be a bit of Killzone 2.

At best it looks like a Final Fantasy knock off, from the name, to the posters, the music, it's a Final Fantasy game.

It will be better than any Final Fantasy since IX because It should at the least be good, not mediocre.

Because of what ?

The internet knows it but not the people out there, the consumers who aren't as aware as we are of these kind of things. So that's why the hype looks impressive when you go on a forum but it won't translate the same in real actual sales. That's the problem with most new IPs.

Look at God Eater. It had very good sales for a new IP and was a good game but it never reached Monster Hunter numbers. Not that anyone expected it, though.

That's why I'm really surprised anyone would expect The Last Story to do FF-like numbers.

Depends on the game quality. Final Fantasy is a downhill hill declining series, and if nothing is done (what is ver problable, as Square is just crazy) something will definitly surpass it somewhere in the future, it's just a matter of when.

Hironobu Sakaguchi was responsible mainly for the gem FF games, FFIV-FFIX. He is behind The Last Story and his design philosophy is similar to when he made FFI and FFVII. If you saw all the Iwata Ask episodes you'll see the way the game was developed and how much promise it has.

Its being advertised like a Final Fantasy. Store placements month before launch, adverts on TV for the conference.

Are you sure that ad was on TV? I thought it was only a promotional video on the internet.