Why was this thread created? Like seriously, Sakaguchi has no plans on competing with a series he HIMSELF created. He is just making a game in which he thinks the final fantasy series should have continued.

How much did Final Fantasy 1 make with Nintendo's marketing? That game received a push from Nintendo and was a critical success. Same thing will happen with The Last Story.

Some Sony fans here are forgetting if Nintendo never gave a damn about Final Fantasy 1 and gave it a push, that IP would never exist ;]

The Last Story is being bundled with a Wii and is receiving a major push From Nintendo in Japan unlike with Xenoblade. Sales will surprise a couple of doubters in this thread.

I really think tLS will be a great game, one of the better JRPG's this gen, but even if you put it on all consoles 1m LT would be an achievement.

Expecting that much for a new IP is...madness.

One is 20 plus years old the other is new, two different kinds of games.

Are we even getting this game in the US, cause im still waiting for official word and what the hell happened to Xenoblade I thought that game was supposed to be good, why has it sold so little. JRPGs this gen have been underwhelming on consoles sales and quality

Well, I'm not going to lie, I'd love to see this happen. Unfortunately, I don't think it will. It took 3 games in the Dragon Quest series and 5 in the Final Fantasy series before sales started to explode in Japan. With marketing and controlled quality, it may stand a chance to do so after a few sequels. (And given Sakaguchi, it could happen.) But the first one won't set the world ablaze.

However, there is this slim, but non-zero chance, that if everything falls right, it MIGHT be able to outsell FF13 in Japan only. Looking at Japanese sales, FF13 is the worst-selling mainline FF since FF4. (It needs 550K more just to reach 10-2, at which point it will be right behind 12.) If it can manage this, I do think it can cause quite a stir in Japan. I think this is the best shot it has at doing something major with the first game. And I do hope it does well and sticks around; I want to see something not from S-E challenge the FF empire.

So can you tell the future, or have you played The Last Story?   If so, can you give some impressions on what makes this new ip so special? 

The Last Story Wii........instant 10 million plus hit! Nintendo does that then it's guaranteed to match Final Fintasy.

The Last Story Wii........instant 10 million plus hit! Nintendo does that then it's guaranteed to match Final Fantasy.

Totally agree with you, I just want to knock down the first 100k, before I even consider what it would rival. 

Very unlikely imo.

FF XIII has sold enough (especially on 2 consoles right) and Last Story will have a difficult time selling that many copies only on the Wii right.