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Nintendo Zealot on 25 June 2008

Hmmm...... I doubt FFXIII will even match FFX in Japan so

Japan: 1.7 million

US: 2.3 million

Others: 2 million

Total: 6 million



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sc94597 on 25 June 2008
tombi123 said:
sc94597 said:




Here is why it won't sell more than 6 mIn lifetime maximum


 

My predictions for FFXIII's lifetime sales are

Japan- 2mln

Others- 1-2 mln

U.S-  3 mln

Total- 6-7mln

 

 

Nice...

That was yesterday and before I did research. It was a guess on top of my head before looking more into it. Can I change my mind?

 



tombi123 on 25 June 2008
sc94597 said:
tombi123 said:
sc94597 said:




Here is why it won't sell more than 6 mIn lifetime maximum

 

 

My predictions for FFXIII's lifetime sales are

Japan- 2mln

Others- 1-2 mln

U.S-  3 mln

Total- 6-7mln

 

 

Nice...

That was yesterday and before I did research. It was a guess on top of my head before looking more into it. Can I change my mind?

 

 

What? Read your OP again. First you say that it wont sell more than 6M maximum. Then at the end you predict that it could sell 7M.

 



sc94597 on 25 June 2008
tombi123 said:
sc94597 said:
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That was yesterday and before I did research. It was a guess on top of my head before looking more into it. Can I change my mind?

 

 

What? Read your OP again. First you say that it wont sell more than 6M maximum. Then at the end you predict that it could sell 7M.

 

Ah that must be a typing error then. Sorry.

 



CrazzyMan on 25 June 2008

Ok, short.

MGS3 first week sales:
Region Japan - America - Others - Total
Week 1 493,827 - 183,805 - 411,100 - 1,088,732 with 73 mln. PS2 sold.
MGS4 first week sales:
Region Japan - America - Others - Total
Week 1 480,695 - 502,427 - 429,318 - 1,412,440 with 13 mln. PS3 sold.

I don`t know how big will be second week, well i know in Japan - +70k, in Europe total shipped 1 mln., and some in USA.
BUT i do really know, that the BIGGER userbase of PS3 will be, the bigger will be sales.

MGS4 will easy reach 5 mln. by the end of 2008.
FFXIII will easy sell 10 mln. LTD.



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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

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Leetgeek on 25 June 2008

Anyone got hardware sales stats for systems before and after a major Final Fantasy title came out on said system?



leo-j on 25 June 2008
Leetgeek said:
Anyone got hardware sales stats for systems before and after a major Final Fantasy title came out on said system?

 

 

I believe the ps2 was around 17 million when FF X was released.



 

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Ail on 25 June 2008

I believe FF XIII will do less than the previous iterations in the serie in Japan but has the potential to do more in Others. Of course having a WW release as opposed to a Japan only release first would help.

For hardware it all depends your expectation.
When all is said and done MGS4 will probably have helped sell 100k extra consoles or so in Japan, doesn't seem like much except it's 5% of PS3 Japan sales.

I think you can reasonnably expect FFXIII to sell 200-300k extra PS3 or so in Japan, which will be around 7-10% of the install base at the time it comes out..



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

Chrizum on 25 June 2008

Disappointed by FFXIII sales? The game isn't even coming out in the next 18 months!



sc94597 on 25 June 2008
Ail said:
I believe FF XIII will do less than the previous iterations in the serie in Japan but has the potential to do more in Others. Of course having a WW release as opposed to a Japan only release first would help.

For hardware it all depends your expectation.
When all is said and done MGS4 will probably have helped sell 100k extra consoles or so in Japan, doesn't seem like much except it's 5% of PS3 Japan sales.

I think you can reasonnably expect FFXIII to sell 200-300k extra PS3 or so in Japan, which will be around 7-10% of the install base at the time it comes out..

Yes that is a good amount, but is that really saving the ps3 in japan? How much do you expect sales to go back to after this?

@Crazzyman MGS4 worked because the MGS series never sold as much as the Final Fantasy series in japan. Even if it does sell 1 mln lifetime in japan( which I doubt it will) that is 50% compared to 100% attach rate. The ps3 does have the advantage of all of its owners being hardcore, but loses the advantage of the mainstream appeal of FF targetting casuals as well. Also the MGS series  is limited by a certain fanbase, because its very very niche. For htose of you who don't know what niche mean, it means only a certain group of people like it, not that it sells bad, but in most cases niche games do. Final Fantasy is more mainstream and could allow for better sales, but it is highly constricted by it's install base.