Which is why FF XIII is multi now.

 I didn't, did I? I just said my fair predictions on the sales. Why wuld a Famitsu 29/40 game on PS3 sell better in the West than IU & LR on the X360?

But yeah, I admit I kinda avoid commenting on the PS3 exclusives that I do belive will be successful (like God ov War 3). Probably it's the fanboy in me...

 ...what?

320k first week, 700k-1m Lifetime. 1.5-2m WW.(lifetime)

I hope you follow Square Enix news and don't just generalize everything.

SE always said that their goal is to reach the Western market, and they know that in America, gamers are favoring 360 over PS3. 360 is somewhat popular in Europe too. They are trying to pull-a-capcom and make their franchise as successful as possible and to do this, they have to release on the 360. DMC4 proved that was the right decision. PS3 is still a big question mark for game companies. It's not hardcore enough, it's definitely not casual at all, more a blu-ray machine than a game machine for a certain percentage of the PS3 userbase, etc.

And they're not selling in the Western Market

They are morons because they release such crappy games w/c they shouldn't have made.

MS and Sony should just stick w/ Mistwalker and Level5

hear that MS

This strategy of counting on western sales is a complete and total failure, and DMC4 was part of what proved the total failure. How come some people manage to get the wrong conclusion on this?

The West audience won't support what they're making, it's just not sustainable.

Capcom understood it well enough and came quickly back to what they know best: making eastern games.

Why oh why did japanese devs choose to change two things at once in their strategy? When you want to know what is the problem/solution, you change one parameter at a time, not two. This gen, japanese devs changed at least two at once: change their game to try to mimic western ones, and release on platforms with more western market share. And it's pretty obvious, up to the high production value JRPG that look more like WRPG.

I say (and repeat) that Sony and SE (the Square part mostly) are destroying their franchises right and left, and it will come to bite them in the ass soon enough.

Given that their strategy to cater more to the West clearly failed, WKC clearly shows that the PS3 is the best HD candidate for JRPG. Still, it's not enough to sustain them.

I hope WKC reaches 500k in Japan, so that it has a chance to sustain its development costs by reaching 1M sales worldwide. It will depend on how well the online part is received in Japan, but the chances are low it will work actually. At least it looks more like a JRPG than the other, but it's still not enough.

Its a spin off. Spinoffs never sell what the original sold. Its not a full tales game. Everyone knows this. NMH has been the best selling suda 51 game, ToS has sold more than ToV, FE sold well, Brawl sold well. The problem is that people try and judge wii sales by shitty ports and crap games and then point out that "omg wii cant sell hardcorz". You can deny the fact that wii is winning, but you will be swept away as it begins to get the RPGs and other japenese games. DQ X is only the beginning.

Anybody that denies WKC as a success is just a sad fanboy... sad.

I think that it's more so when crappy games or ports sell less than their PS3 or 360 counterparts. Or in the case of Call of Duty, much less.