vs13 has the KH kiddies in its corner so yea it will do 1 mil.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/03/final-fantasy-xiii-sales-in-north-america-top-1-million/1

"Square Enix says sales of their long-awaited role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII topped 1 million in its first five days in North America"

you are very desperate trying to prove your point indeed

I'm glad, because when it fails I'll be happy to see the demise of square.

My comment was directed to the commenter who was talking Final Fantasy' performance on Sony platforms; hence my answer of Final Fantasy never having a one million opening in North America (directed to Sony platforms). Final Fantasy XIII was the fastest selling Final Fantasy title with 1.3 million through combined sales of Xbox 360 + PS3 for the month of March.

FFXIII sold 828k in North America in March on PS3, not a ONE MILLION in one week.

Furthermore, I believe it is you that needs to sit down a take a breather and understand the points that I have brought forth in our previous discussions.

- Final Fantasy XV will have a budget that will surpass FFX (which cost 33 million).

- Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged throughout the years

- Final Fantasy XV will have a hard time breaking the one million barrier in its first week if one is to believe that it will be available only on PS4 as it will have a limited install base

- The costs including R&D, Marketing, Production will make this the most expensive Final Fantasy ever.

150 mill budget, more than 6 years of development and releasing on a install base 0, how could it not fail?

I can understand not wanting the emo personality although I don't know if the Japanese would complain that much about it to begin with. But we can't also expect a western-like type of personality because Square is not going to alienate the Japanese fans. I have this notion that somehow the characters that could click in Japan are those that are either sentimental but look badass, or the extremely funny ones.

About the Sony hands in the project (if that is really the case), we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. Maybe their help for Square is a about money and/or getting stuff done in the PS4 machine. Sony may not necessarily have any involvement in the creative aspect of the game.

holy hell! megaton, This game is now on my hype list

Advice: don't get hyped about this yet.

true.. heh, guess i'll just wait for e3 ;)

I feel that this thread has been derailed enough and will start reporting. I dont know how the budget and cost analysis of a Final Fantasy game has anything to do with Sony and the possibility of exclusivity for the next final fantasy on their new console.