FFXV Japanese Sales OVEREACTION

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Darashiva on 08 December 2016

I thought I'd go and check the difference between the sales of PS3 and PS4 at the time FFXIII and XV were released on them in Japan. On the week of FFXIII's release, there were 4.34 million PS3's in Japan, so basically 1 million more than there are PS4's currently in Japan.

Based on the attachment rate FFXV achieved on its first week, if the PS4 would have had as many consoles sold, the sales would have risen to roughly 850k. Still not quite on the same level, but considering the increase in digital sales between the releases of the two games, I don't think that selling 690k on its first week is in any way a poor achievement.

There was a smaller number of consoles sold, home console gaming has been on decline in Japan overall, and digital sales will likely account for much more than they did in 2009.

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squibbfire on 08 December 2016

Darashiva said:
I thought I'd go and check the difference between the sales of PS3 and PS4 at the time FFXIII and XV were released on them in Japan. On the week of FFXIII's release, there were 4.34 million PS3's in Japan, so basically 1 million more than there are PS4's currently in Japan.

Based on the attachment rate FFXV achieved on its first week, if the PS4 would have had as many consoles sold, the sales would have risen to roughly 850k. Still not quite on the same level, but considering the increase in digital sales between the releases of the two games, I don't think that selling 690k on its first week is in any way a poor achievement.

There was a smaller number of consoles sold, home console gaming has been on decline in Japan overall, and digital sales will likely account for much more than they did in 2009.

you are forgeting xbox had over 1.2 million consoles... ffXIII was multiplatform...remember that guys..

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chidori-chan2 on 08 December 2016

OP still denial ... i mean this is worst debut FF ever since FF5 . ( lowest singleplayer debut since FF5 )

C mon OP......

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squibbfire on 08 December 2016

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squibbfire said:

Well im sure there were a lot more ps3s, ps2s, ps1s in japan back in those days then there are pS4s now when the previous ff games were sold. not once have i see any take that into account. people fail to realized that japan has sold over 8-10 million ps1 and ps2 in japan by the time FFx or FF7, FF8 were released.

Noo,ps4 is selling more then ps3

nope not in japan ....

ps3 was past 4 million in japan when ffxIII was sold...

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think-man on 08 December 2016

Its disappointing, don't blame decline. There are a thousand excuses why it sold so badly but at least from here you can only improve. If SE can manage over 1 million opening with ffxvi or FFviiR then we can be happy cause we see improvement. They definitely need to change the battle system back though! Core fans aren't interested in hack an slash. SE have done their little experiment, it didn't work lol now it's time to return to its roots. We are seeing mass reboots atm, people are getting nostalgic, now is the time to bring final fantasy back and what better way then with the game that really put them on the map.... FFVII. Get rid of the current ffxv rip off battle system and make an advanced turned based system with full control of your party and i the fans will love you again.

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squibbfire said:

its more of an issues about console sales in japan then actual game sales...you are not gonna sell 3.8 million copiers to every ps4 owner in japan day week one. since...thats how many consoles they had..

Comparing it to other FF games and saying the sales sucks means you arent looking at the big picture of the gaming industry.

FF13 - 1.5 million on a 4.3 milloin install base.
FF15 - 690k on a 3.8 million install base.

This is why people are concerned.

FF13 - 1.5 million on a 5.5 millin install base.(xb360 and PS3)
FF15 - 694k+ on a 3.8 million install base.

This is why they shouldnt be...