VGchartz is incorrect about TLR.

Square-enix has only shipped 490k units of that one worldwide. It's probably at 400k or so. 

 VGchartz is correct about TLR. 490k shipped was of December 2008.

Star Ocean is a big franchise. The last one sold 1.3M in Japan and NA alone.

It doesn't matter which way you look at it, The Last Hope's sales have been dreadful so far.

 And when were those shipped figures given pray tell? Remebering that this is March 2009...

Probably all three on one Blu-Ray lol

/stirring the pot

So3 in usa 750k, in japan 500k+200k collector=750k.
So with Europe the game approach the 2 millions.
With the cost of a next gen game so 4 is a massive flop, with no doubt.

 So is Valkyria Chronicles. And so is White Knight Story.

The sales really don't seem bad to me, but that's probably because I view it as a niche title that only crazy people like me would enjoy. I'm not really crazy, though.

From what I have seen of the game, it should have been released for the Wii if it wanted better sales. It's not like the graphics or anything required a 360 or PS3.

 How can you say that about WHC... its only been released in Japan and its going to sell at least 350K there... who knows what it will do WW.

Valkyria Chronicles had a significantly smaller budget than SO, no doubt. It has no fancy cut scenes and the graphics really don't push the PS3 at all (although the art direction is fantastic). It also sold fairly well for an SRPG.

Remember SO has been in developement since before PS3 dev kits were available, or at least that is there excuse for why it isn't on the PS3. So SO has been in developement for longer than 3 years.