I somehow doubt it. (I bought the Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles for my Wii). Even though the Wii had a huge Userbase and there was not really much competition on the JRPG Front Xenoblade failed to sell 1 Million. The Last Story failed to sell even 500.000 copies. There is simply no big fanbase of JRPGs on the Wii and I doubt that the situation on the Wii U will be that different. Is is also possibly that the game might simply bomb since the Wii U has just been released and the install base is rather small.

If you analyze the sales figures of the last big consoles JRPGs one would come to the conclusion that the PS3 would be the console of choice since there is the biggest active fanbase.

On the contrary, I think X could be a far better case for JRPG fans to buy a Wii U than Xenoblade and The Last Story combined.

I have seen it once in a gaming store, and I have seen no used copies of the game on the used games sites I go to. I think it has been printed in too few copies, as to not overprint, but I think they have underestimated the demand, making it somewhat of a rarity already.

2:1 from a game that's under 1M? not a very adventurous prediction. you're probably right.

Well, it's an RPG and that type of game will always have a limited appeal. The best-case scenario for the genre is FFVII or FFX, where you have the genre's best game, published by the first-party console manufacturer and promoted as a system-seller. You also have the gen's best selling system and a large install base.

In the case of "X", it is the sequal of a critically-aclaimed game that has had outstanding word of mouth. It looks, on the surface, to be of even better quality. It's being published by the 1st party. It's initial debut was presented as a special, cornerstone title.

I think X will sell at least double of what Xenoblade did. Better consumer awareness, the great buzz of the previous game and a better release will ensure that. Can it do better? I think it could definitely do much better. I think it could be upwards of 5X...sales in excess of 3million is really where it should be. Final Fantasy 13 was generally disliked and their is an opening for a new flagship jrpg. The key to me is promotion. It needs to get a timely worldwide release. It needs serious 1st-party promotion by Nintendo. It needs to be treated as a key franchise and not an oversight. Additionally, there needs to be a large, receptive, install base. WiiU is the follow up to Wii, so even if it sells at 50% it should have a decent base. With DQX on WiiU and Mistwalker having stated a desire to bring more action RPG's to WiiU, the system could become the go-to system for the genre. If the market is there and if Nintendo treats X as a major title the game could be a system-seller to jrpg fans and sell 5X the original or more.

Xenoblade is no longer in production so that is impossible for it to get a boost. But I do hope X does 2x better than Xenoblade.

For sure it'll outsell Xenoblade. Probably will sell a couple hundred thousand just in Japan alone, and will do even better in the US with all people who liked Xenoblade plus all the new people who never played Xenoblade because it wasn't HD or because they couldn't find a copy. Probably sells a million global LTD.

I don't get it...

Nintendo doesn't own the Xenogears license, Sony does. Don't expect it to be anything to do with that...

Sony? I thought it was Square-Enix that owned.