WKC vs SO4 which one has bigger chance at first HD jRPG to sell 1 Milion

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waron on 11 May 2009

None. except Final Fantasy games there probably won't be any jrpg game that will hit 1mln mark on hd twins this gen. jrpg fanbase moved to handhelds this gen and same goes to games.

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CrazzyMan on 11 May 2009

Probably FFXIII at this rate,
depends on when WKC is released.

WKC probably will be second. =)

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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.

Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
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1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
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papflesje on 11 May 2009

Hephaestos said:
looking a VC sales i'm not sure WKC will beat the million...
RPGs in general don't have good sales on PS3... even the western ones, Fallout 3 is the only above 1Mil...

LO is the only one so far that has decent sales in the west... it just lacks in the JP departement (that is due to being 360 before it became interesting in JP).

I'd say it (WKC) has a 10% chance of reaching 1M... assuming 400K US and 250K EU like LO (which I feel had much more buzz arround it). If it sells it'll most likely will end between 700k-800k... if it doesn't 600K.

Somehow (don't ask me why) I think that Europe is more RPG-friendly. Anyone feel the need to research this to back it up /disclaim it? :p

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Hephaestos on 11 May 2009

papflesje said:

Hephaestos said:
looking a VC sales i'm not sure WKC will beat the million...
RPGs in general don't have good sales on PS3... even the western ones, Fallout 3 is the only above 1Mil...

LO is the only one so far that has decent sales in the west... it just lacks in the JP departement (that is due to being 360 before it became interesting in JP).

I'd say it (WKC) has a 10% chance of reaching 1M... assuming 400K US and 250K EU like LO (which I feel had much more buzz arround it). If it sells it'll most likely will end between 700k-800k... if it doesn't 600K.

Somehow (don't ask me why) I think that Europe is more RPG-friendly. Anyone feel the need to research this to back it up /disclaim it? :p

I only based this on HD RPG sales... which it seemed to me sold better in the US

and Kylie... it's especially because there are no quality RPGs (VC and fallout excluded as they are not jrpgs) that this holds true... the low quality ones don't even sell to in need RPG fans...

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