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firebush03 14 hours ago

23k [NS2] copies sold in Japan during opening weekend according to Famitsu. A bit lower than I was expecting though solid figures all-in-all. I believe this makes for the largest non-first party debut on NS2.

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Chrkeller 14 hours ago
curl-6 said:
Chrkeller said:

Fair.  Though if expedition 33 hits the S2, turn based aside, give it a go.  Has a dodge and parry system, so feels modern even though it is turn based.

Cheers; my gf actually already picked it up on PS5 so I may give it a go there sometime, probably won't be my thing but it can't hurt to try.

If you give it a go, I would be curious on your thoughts.  Between dodge, parry and jumping counters.  it doesn't feel exactly turn based.  Feels like Final Fantasy + Dark Souls + Sekiro.  The battles are quite intense.



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A203D 12 hours ago
firebush03 said:

23k [NS2] copies sold in Japan during opening weekend according to Famitsu. A bit lower than I was expecting though solid figures all-in-all. I believe this makes for the largest non-first party debut on NS2.

Thats really not as much as I expected, maybe it dosen't include digital copies. I was hoping to see it do a lot better because there is a huge market for RPGs in Japan, but it seems Final Fantasy no longer meets the demand for that market compared to Square Enix's other powerhouse franchise, Dragon Quest, which has been monumental in Japan. 



Greykun 12 hours ago
It's digital only. Propably around 50-60k with digital. 
A203D said:
firebush03 said:

23k [NS2] copies sold in Japan during opening weekend according to Famitsu. A bit lower than I was expecting though solid figures all-in-all. I believe this makes for the largest non-first party debut on NS2.

Thats really not as much as I expected, maybe it dosen't include digital copies. I was hoping to see it do a lot better because there is a huge market for RPGs in Japan, but it seems Final Fantasy no longer meets the demand for that market compared to Square Enix's other powerhouse franchise, Dragon Quest, which has been monumental in Japan. 



Pinkie_pie 12 hours ago

23k in Japan so world wide that's less than 100k? Roughly 1/4 of Switch 2 sales are from Japan

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firebush03 11 hours ago
Pinkie_pie said:

23k in Japan so world wide that's less than 100k? Roughly 1/4 of Switch 2 sales are from Japan

Physical only, though still I’m not sure the sales figures can simply be multiplied by four to accurately estimate WW figures. Accounting for digital, a debut of 200k WW would be pretty darn solid for 6yo port of a game frequently listed at $10-20USD.



IcaroRibeiro 11 hours ago

I believe the sales worldwide are better than the Japanese ones. Overall FF is much more popular abroad now. Japan is simply an unimportant market for the IP going forward.



Pinkie_pie 11 hours ago
firebush03 said:
Pinkie_pie said:

23k in Japan so world wide that's less than 100k? Roughly 1/4 of Switch 2 sales are from Japan

Physical only, though still I’m not sure the sales figures can simply be multiplied by four to accurately estimate WW figures. Accounting for digital, a debut of 200k WW would be pretty darn solid for 6yo port of a game frequently listed at $10-20USD.

I think multiplying by 4 is too much since FF is still the most popular in Japan even though it's declining. 23k could be half of it's sales world wide tbh



Shikamo 10 hours ago
Pinkie_pie said:
firebush03 said:

Physical only, though still I’m not sure the sales figures can simply be multiplied by four to accurately estimate WW figures. Accounting for digital, a debut of 200k WW would be pretty darn solid for 6yo port of a game frequently listed at $10-20USD.

I think multiplying by 4 is too much since FF is still the most popular in Japan even though it's declining. 23k could be half of it's sales world wide tbh

Nah, FF XVI sold 336,027 units in the first week in Japan, and the game sold 3M units worldwide in 5 days.



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Pinkie_pie 10 hours ago
Shikamo said:
Pinkie_pie said:

I think multiplying by 4 is too much since FF is still the most popular in Japan even though it's declining. 23k could be half of it's sales world wide tbh

Nah, FF XVI sold 336,027 units in the first week in Japan, and the game sold 3M units worldwide in 5 days.

336k in Japan without digital. Including digital that's easily over 600k in Japan so that's around 1/5 of it's sales in Japan and don't forget PS5 sales in Japan is like less than 1/10 worldwide