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Millennium on 19 December 2008

Probably. FF games always do. I doubt it'll push many extra console sales, though: FF fans got impatient and started buying PS3s a long time ago.



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c0rd on 19 December 2008

Sigh... and my post goes ignored. Why do I even bother putting sales info up, I wonder... apparently it doesn't mean anything.

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outlawauron on 20 December 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
XanderZane said:

Don't know if it'll sell over 1 million it's first week, but it will definitely sell over 1 million copies on the PS3 in Japan within a few weeks I would think.  If it doesn't, Sony is in trouble.

 

 

It will most likely sell 300,000k-500,000 in the first two weeks given the current installed base in Japan. Why do Sony fans put so much faith in Japan when the west has far larger sales? I don't even care if its exclusive  in Japan. It still makes no sense. Japan will not carry any sales that count this gen.

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MontanaHatchet on 20 December 2008

So S.T.A.G.E. expects Final Fantasy 13 to do around the same numbers (if not less) than Metal Gear Solid 4? That's a bet he's bound to lose.



 

 

RPG on 20 December 2008

S.T.A.G.E really is a clueless little man, I don't usually label people as fanboys but boy does he have a distaste for the PS3. Him and that other guy called Neoraf, that guy really takes it to another level.



 

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RPG on 20 December 2008

MGS4 is the game which really makes me think FFXIII can break 1 million first week in Japan with utter ease. That one hit 450k first week in Japan and does not have nearly as much of the worldwide appeal which a FF game has. Install base does not matter much but easily another million PS3 sales in Japan should happen within a year with games like SF4, RE5 and Yazuza 3 releasing.

I dont usually care for game sales but FFXIII, Versus and GT5 are 3 games which I hope do very well, so much time and effort go into those games. I will buy those 3 so devs get my money, everything else nothing but a rental. :D



 

Rei on 20 December 2008

1 million first week would be a disaster for the series. Anything less than 1.5m would, actually.

If PS3's install base will not be big enough to support the game's launch by the end of 09 then I think Square-Enix should delay the release.



saicho on 20 December 2008
Kasz216 said:

If it only broke 1 million first week it'd be a giant disappointment.

It should be well over 1.5 Mil.

FF13 should hit 3 million in japan when all is said and done.

one million first week - yes.

three million life time - highly unlikely

On the other hand, DQX would break 3 mil.

Off Topic: we'll see if DQ is bigger than Pokemon when DQ9 is released on DS next year. Pokemon is only good on portables and DQ dominates on home consoles.

 



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

RPG on 20 December 2008
Rei said:
1 million first week would be a disaster for the series. Anything less than 1.5m would, actually.

If PS3's install base will not be big enough to support the game's launch by the end of 09 then I think Square-Enix should delay the release.

 

Maybe Sony are also holding back there big first party game GT5 until install base increases as well.



 

outlawauron on 20 December 2008
Rei said:
1 million first week would be a disaster for the series. Anything less than 1.5m would, actually.

If PS3's install base will not be big enough to support the game's launch by the end of 09 then I think Square-Enix should delay the release.

lol, I think they already have.



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