Except it did hit over 700k. The Film Collections Box Final Fantasy XV (sold 13k) wasn't included in the gaming tracker, but the animation tracker.

Also, lol at the rest of what you said. No way you just said that.

Who is selling what in the West? Street Fighter V? 

Japanese franchises are in huge trouble without a Japanese base to sell to and yes that includes Final Fantasy. 

The "West" is fixated on hyper violent Western shooters and crime games and realistic sports sims there's only maybe 2-3 non-Nintendo Japanese IP that really do well in the long run in the West now. 

If Japanese developers think their salvation lies in the West, they are sadly digging their own grave. It will only be a matter of time until greedy suits within their own company's board of directors start saying "why can't we just make these games for smartphones? That's where all the users are", and then these devs will understand the horrible mistake they've made. 

IMO there are already going to be repurcussions from these FFXV sales ... I'll bet dollars to donughts that FFXVI is now going to have a lower budget as a result of this. S-E may have suckered stores to order a lot of copies, but that isn't going to happen next time, sell through always tells the truth. 

I think it's more to do with home consoles in general do back in Japan.
Home consoles have struggled in Japan since PS2. I think the Wii did amazing to start out there, but then died. The PS3 very very slowly managed just a average number.

Japan has moved more towards handhelds. Feels like you don't really much more than 5 mil consoles in Japan for it's healthy life. Sure it may crawl to a higher number, but not very quick. I mean isn't PS4 right now only at 3 mil?
Hard to pull 2 million first week with those numbers. Handhelds you see in the 20+ million numbers. Question is? Will Switch sell more like a handheld in Japan or Home Console?

I said it and I stand by it. 

Switch needs to be supported by Japanese developers if there is to be any future for traditional gaming in Japan. 

Hiroshi Yamauchi is dead. Let your grudges go Square, support the Switch and give it the benefit of the doubt just like you give anything from Sony every benefit of the doubt. It's time for your old biases to die. That goes for the rest of you Japanese developers too. 

Enough of this "wait and see" approach with Nintendo. Enough. You are two feet in your own grave, you can't afford to look off of the one person that can pull you out. 

Every major third party Japanese game should be on Switch unless there is absolutely no way it can run, and I am doubting that because even a game like SSFIV could run on a 3DS. Japanese gamers don't give a shit about all this 4K or HDR stuff, they're not going to care if the graphics are a little compromised.

Imagine how fucked S-E would be right now if Dragon Quest XI was PS4 only. Whoever decided they needed to have a 3DS and Switch version should be given a raise because that game is likely going to sell 2-3x the amount it would have otherwise. 

They get the benefit of the doubt because the games have traditionally performed well. Plus Square likes to make a spectacle of these games, and Nintendo hasn't been providing the consoles that can give them the power these games need for their vision. The Wii was a success, but that was a casual fluke whose bubble popped hard. S/E hauling back and going with a mainline FF on a Nintendo platform would be a step back on the series AAA status. I mean, they COULD go back to roots and make a smaller production, but I doubt you could convince S/E to go that route.

Not to mention the fickleness of the Nintendo fanbase to support third party games scares pubs too. Sure they'll do the dog and pony show when they launch a new console and say they'll provide games, but they get the numbers back and hightail it out of there. It really comes down to the core fanbase and Nintendo being frugal on hardware that's been the ultimate issue.

"Portbegging" and "Nintendo will save the console market in Japan" all in one.

And that's fine, but would it kill them to give Nintendo the benfit of the doubt even *one time*? Between the DS and 3DS, Nintendo has sold over 50 million systems in Japan. This is more than the PS1+2 combined. 

The Super Famicom and Famicom had lucrative third party buyer bases in Japan. Why? Because Nintendo didn't have to sell the entire fucking platform on their own. Diversity of sales tends to happen when other developers actually get off their ass and help out. 

Do these developers want a future for traditional gaming in Japan? Yes or no? That's the only pertinent question now. And Nintendo is the only one that can deliver it. 

The Wii sold 12 millions on Japan, The PS3 ended at +- 10 millions of units sold.

The PS4 sold 3.5 millions against 3.3-3.4 millions even with 1-2 years of disadvantage.

The problem is that Nintendo consoles usually don't have much JRPGS and Sony usually has worldwide domination.

Wasn't the best selling Monster Hunter game on Sony hardware?
Releasing the Monster Hunter games on Nintendo hardware, caused the numbers to drop, I'm sure Soundwave agrees

Final Fantasy, that is  the reason why they shipped 5 millions of units day 1.