Japanese SW Down 10 Million From 07 to 08

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Zuhyc on 30 December 2008

RPG said:
SE will take care of this years number by themselves next year. SO4, DQ 9, all those DS and PSP games.

Don't forget Final Fantasy XIII and Agito XIII.

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johnsobas on 30 December 2008

dolemit3 said:

bigjon said:

johnsobas said:
no it'll probably get better. This year had no main final fantasy or dragon quest games except for dissidia. If you look at square's 2007 lineup compared to 2008 sales are down 75-80% due to the small number of titles and lack of big names. I don't know why they did that but they did.

because they released like 3 on the 360 that sold like crap,

So the three 360 releases were supposed to make up for that 10 million deficit then?

did you hear me when i said square sales were down 80%. It's not just because of the lack of big titles, but the lack of titles in general.

currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

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johnsobas on 30 December 2008

it's not just that square sales are down, the recession has a lot to do with it also. However unlike the US and Europe, sales change drastically depending on what titles are released. You release a 1 final fantasy and 1 dragon quest title and all the sudden half the gap is gone. Last year there was several final fantasy titles and this year there was really only 1.

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