Global Up! - 17th December

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Seece on 21 December 2011

ethomaz said:

Seece said:

Never change.

LOL erros and more erros .

That was actually a funny one though

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crissindahouse on 21 December 2011

kowenicki said:

Christian973 said:
The UK sucks for software and hardware in my opinion.

compared to what?

The US yes, Japan perhaps....... but nowehre else.

yeah i mean:

usa - 310m population

uk- 61m

so software wise uk sells almost the same as usa per inhabitant (ok many europeans buy in uk online-shops because of the price) and hardware is behind but that's just because us-americans play more console than everybody else on this planet.

therefore we europeans play more pc games but even then us-americans play most but uk is what? second on third planet or third? i wouldn't say uk sales suck because they only sell second or third most on the whole planet per inhabitant.

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crissindahouse on 21 December 2011

Mordred11 said:

kowenicki said:

compared to what?

The US yes, Japan perhaps....... but nowehre else.

Why are the increases so little compared to the US though?Overall hardware increased over 30% this week in the US,and yet in the UK it has merely increased 10%.

maybe we (ok they, i'm not from uk but europe) don't like so much to give our children consoles as christmas present as us-americans like to?

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ethomaz on 21 December 2011

kowenicki said:

Have you played both FFXIII and FFXIII-2?

Have you played either... it isnt in your game collection?

I sold my FFXIII copy because it was boring... the game makes you play 200 hours just to kill giant tortoises... the battle system is the worst I ever played in a FF game.

And played a little of FFXIII-2 tuesday night.

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thx1139 on 21 December 2011

ethomaz said:

D-Joe said:

http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20111221057/
take that little jimmy

Hummmmmmm.

FFXIII put the FF's reputation in the mud... the frachise begins to die bacause a bad chapter .

Sad because FFXIII-2 is a better game than FFXIII.

Edit - fixed.

Think it is more likely is that the Final Fantasy JRPG fandom jumped in and picked up a PS3 when FFXIII came out. It isnt like JRPG even in Japan are something more casual gamers jump in and grab a special edition console to play.

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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ethomaz on 21 December 2011

kowenicki said:

ethomaz said:

kowenicki said:

Have you played both FFXIII and FFXIII-2?

Have you played either... it isnt in your game collection?

I sold my FFXIII copy because it was boring... the game makes you play 200 hours just to kill giant tortoises... the battle system is the worst I ever played in a FF game.

And played a little of FFXIII-2 tuesday night.

I saw your other post...

I havent been paying much attention to FFXIII-2 stuff.. How is it better/different?

I am still just about interested after finishing FFXIII. I have to admit FFXIII was very repetitive and didnt really reward for staying with it until the end, so hopefully XIII-2 is better.

I played little to be honest but the game already starts at full swing with more action than 'FFXIII sit and see'... the battle system is more smooth and dinamic (you now have the sensation of control the battle)... there are more paths/options to go in the corridors (gives the impression of being less linear)... there are cities, more NPCs, more thing to do in shops, etc.

The rhythm is accelerated... the action seems more expansive than linear.

The graphics of cutscenes are worst than FFXIII (eg hair is awful) but the gameplay graphics are great like FFXIII (no apparent improvement).

I can't say much more... I played just 2 hours with my friend... the game itself seems to give you more freedom and I liked.

Edit - I played PS3 version of both games (maybe the gaphic part is just because the CGI cutscenes was better).

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ethomaz on 21 December 2011

German, France and Europe UP.

GERMAN

Console	Weekly (change)	Total
Wii	63,907	(+36%)	4,555,231
3DS	59,835	(+27%)	448,882
PS3	51,862	(+15%)	3,194,763
X360	33,184	(+32%)	2,402,830
DS	18,825	(+14%)	8,350,312
PSP	8,281	(+10%)	1,784,495
Total	235,894	(+25%)

FRANCE

Console	Weekly (change)	Total
3DS	82,497	(+32%)	691,496
Wii	67,901	(+28%)	5,650,850
PS3	56,058	(+12%)	3,750,755
X360	32,349	(+22%)	2,815,873
DS	26,274	(+16%)	10,303,658
PSP	22,243	(+8%)	3,400,282
Total	287,322	(+22%)

EUROPE

Console	Weekly (change)	Total
3DS	363,283	(+18%)	3,365,586
PS3	347,618	(+17%)	22,881,249
Wii	339,975	(+31%)	30,363,142
X360	235,577	(+22%)	19,387,100
DS	116,649	(+12%)	50,777,409
PSP	90,203	(+3%)	20,668,095
Total	1,493,305	(+19%)

Europe Software Totals

Console	Weekly (change)	Total
Wii	3,146,045	(+14%)	212,508,196
PS3	3,124,109	(+18%)	159,122,344
X360	3,009,271	(+20%)	148,303,503
PC	1,637,222	(-5%)	38,458,535
DS	1,277,890	(+13%)	163,183,148
3DS	759,865	(-0%)	5,077,369
PSP	302,507	(+57%)	56,840,316
Total	13,256,909	(+2%)