The game will sell well because it will release in North America shortly after the Japanese release. The hype will carry it in to the American market. Of course this all depends on the reviews, but I got a good feeling about this one. It looks to be a winner.

Ah, I think this is an emerging trend with JRPG sales in the West. It *seems* that the longer the delay, the worse the game sales. Lost Odyssey, Tales of Vesperia, The Last Remnant, and Infinite Undiscovery all saw releases pretty close to their Eastern releases (usually within 1-3 months)....All did pretty respectible vs. the Japanese sales. Whilst Blue Dragon and Valkyria Chronicles were pretty late, and sold rather poorly given the Japanese sales numbers.

I know in Blue Dragon's case, it was pretty atrocious. The game got Western reviews (before it came here) in the high 80's and low 90's. Once it released here, the reviews were horrible, and gave the game high 70's....Which was wierd given the glowing previews of the game. Methinks the delays can hurt anticipation for any given Eastern title, and hurt sales.

 Of course it sold more in 2008 then it did in 2007 you twit.

In most markets the PS3 was not even launched till March 2k7 or even later.

Well they are at the price point when buying arcade just to play 4 or 5 games isn't impossible.

That's exactly why SO4 has a pretty good chance of getting a million copies(or close to it) no matter what system it is on.

holy shit the ps3 is a ship too? damn it really can do everything good thing ships come with life boats so they can get away safely

star ocean will sell i think around 1 million at least on the 360. and by the time star ocean comes out, lost odyssey will be extremely close to hitting 1 million in lifetime sales. i think rpg's can sell on the 360, lost odyssey and last remnant have certainly proved it. blue dragon over 500k sold, tales of vesperia will do over 500k as well. thats all pretty damn good for a console that wasnt even romotely close to being known for a rpg system. and i think this gen , m$ has proved that a well made rpg game , that is shown support through ads and trailers can and will see a very good amount. i think all systems will have a good share of rpg games when this gen is over, wii and 360 i think will have the most with the ps3 having a still healthy amount.

dude....not cool

so4...japanese devs....atomic bomb....too soon dude

I am really suprised by TLR's legs which are very good for a JRPG.  And we all though LO's legs were good.  Then again, I think releasing the game in November during the holiday season might have a bit to do with it.

Don't forget that Star Ocean is a well known series which WKC is a all new fresh game.