I notice you used the FF12 sales in your analysis.

Lately we've been hearing about how FF13 sales will be far more than FF12 because "the first FF on a new system always sells the most" or something like that.

FF7 and FF10 both sold over half their copies outside of Japan. Combine that with all the other JRPG news on the 360 and I have to agree with starcraft and say you're trying to spin this and lessen the blow.

The worst thing is that XIII will not be avaliable simultaneously worldwide, well apart from PS3's sales in Japan will be dramatically decreased...

DMeisterJ said: starcraft said: The damage control is strong with this one. I suppose so. Or the realism... You be the judge.

I vote "damage control." The PS3 version will probably outsell the 360 one, but I'm pretty sure this prevents at least a few PS3 sales later on.

I don't think the PS3 is dead, far from it.

This just puts a very large dent in the console's plan for reaching second place anytime soon.

I'm still just gobsmacked.  I always thought MGS4 would go multiplatform, but not this.

Exactly.

Oh, I'm not doubting that.

I'm also not an analyst or anything like that.  I'm simply putting all of this into perspective.

@ starcraft

I don't think I'm taking a "glass half-full" approach for sony, or damage controlling, or "spinning (you're the king of that)".  I took data from the last game of the franchise, on a larger install base, and applied it to a game on a much smaller install base, launching on a console that has a bigger install base in the country where the game has sold the most at.  I call it facts.

Forgot it man, unlike MS Sony can't even secure timed exclusives let alone full exclusive games.

FF12 only sold 5 million copies? Huh. I thought it sold more like 7.

Go figure.

I actually think the PS3 version will probably sell more--would even if it released simultaneously in Japan. But the fact that I've already seen a few people on here who would have bought a PS3 solely for the game and are now sticking with their 360 is telling.

Anyone saying this will kill Sony is being reidculous. Sony will still probably take second place in the "console wars".

This is just a huge blow to not only Sony but to people that were going to or already had bought a PS3 for FF XIII. Anyone with any length of time here knows we have quite a few posters that have or were going to do just that. FF XIII was one of the only reasons people were saying 360 didn't have a complete lock on JRPGs, because only FF XIII mattered to them. Not to mention it's the last big third party exclusive Sony has, while Microsoft is still scooping exclusives up left and right. Regardless of how this happened, whether it be money exchanging hands or a change of heart at Square Enix, there is now one less reason for someone to consider a PS3 over a 360. Netflix didn't help Sony's cause either though. Personally I'm more psyched about that, than FF XIII.