Actually, there were eight games released with the Final Fantasy branding before FF7 was released; one on NES, four on gameboy, and three more on SNES. The Final Fantasy brand was already the highest selling and most critically respected RPG series ever, in North America, long before FF7 came out. FF6 sold close to a million copies in the US.

I don't think the Last Story will be able to absorb Final Fantasy.

Did OP mean surpass?

...You think Dragon Quest X is going to break seven million copies sold?

I doubt it tbh although DQX probably will, TLS can sell a decent amount depending on how much Nintendo get behind it as it is their new IP mind you if it's recieved well and becomes a consistent series then in future the series could overtake FF although Dragon Quest has probably or will beat TLS to the punch because of it's growing popularity in the west as in Japan DQ can't be touch by anything other then Pokemon and Monster Hunter.

FFX is easily considered the best JRPG of all time so whatever you are talking about.

By whom do you mean?

Is it you?

Well I'm just stating what the majority is saying.

What other JRPG are you thinking about?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/gotd_bracket.html

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-161797.html

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=138232 (FFXIII, DQIX and MH are just a fad on that list)

A much better effort than I expected, but no. THe thing about the first list is that it doesn't actually pit JRPGs against each othe rin particular, and progressing the furthest of any JRPG isn't the same thing as being the most well-loved wthin a given demographic.

All of the lists have the problem of being opt-in and thus inherently non-representative of larger populations.

The third list doesn't support you at all.

An appeal to authority for an authority that doesn't exist in any meaningful way (and no, none of these are representative) is less-than-useless. Don't go about making claims of the tastes of the majority unless you have indicators that are well and truly indisputable.

Who says the next Final Fantasy game will sell anywhere near 7 million? DQ9 on one system has sold almost as much as FF13 across two systems. Considering Versus is only slated for PS3 (where FF13 sold only 4.4 million), it seems very likely that DQX will outsell it.

Dragon Quest 9 plus  10 will probably outsell Final Fantasy 13, Versus, Agito, and Final Fantasy 14 combined.