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Forums - Sales Discussion - PS3 sets a record for the highest hardware sales during Final Fantasy week

jarrod on 28 December 2009
Hus said:
Gilgamesh said:

^I still see it as a success, even if FFXIII had a lot in it's favour, it's still the most expensive console this gen.

Its also the most expensive FF ever.

No it isn't.  The later SFC games sold for over 10000 yen.



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psrock on 28 December 2009

It's the highest week no matter the many excuses I have read in this thread.



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SaviorX on 28 December 2009

It should've been a timed PS3 exclusive in the US. Sony should've worked towards 6 weeks or somethin.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 28 December 2009
ioi said:
Absolutely - you have to accept that around 120k or so PS3s would have been sold this week due to holiday lifts so that has quite a large influence on the numbers. You also have to take into account the fact that (as far as I know) previous Final Fantasies never had limited edition hardware bundles (the kind of thing that the Japanese love)...

A ~125k boost, so. Considering all the factors involved, which FF titles does it compare well with, then?

 



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jarrod on 28 December 2009
psrock said:
It's the highest week no matter the many excuses I have read in this thread.

Well, if we're not taking any context into account, the highest week is actually for DS when FFXII: Revenant Wings released (~285k).



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psrock on 28 December 2009
jarrod said:
psrock said:
It's the highest week no matter the many excuses I have read in this thread.

Well, if we're not taking any context into account, the highest week is actually for DS when FFXII: Revenant Wings released (~285k).

fine, it's second if it's mean so much to you.



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jarrod on 28 December 2009
psrock said:
jarrod said:
psrock said:
It's the highest week no matter the many excuses I have read in this thread.

Well, if we're not taking any context into account, the highest week is actually for DS when FFXII: Revenant Wings released (~285k).

fine, it's second if it's mean so much to you.

Doesn't mean anything to me.  The reason hardware sales were so high at FFXIIRW launch was due chiefly to timing (it was golden week) and the extremely high baseline popularity of the platform (DS Lite in early 2007).

In FFXIII's case, I'd say the game did push hardware directly, and likely moreso than any previous FF ever has (at launch).  But there are reasons for that (PS3 being a relatively unpopular platform, huge 100k shipment of "limited" bundles for collectors) and it wasn't the only hardware driver (holiday ramp up, slim/pricecut sustained momentum).  Context is key, I'll always favor a better understanding to a superficial one.  It's not about "excuses", it's about getting the full picture.



psrock on 28 December 2009
jarrod said:
psrock said:
jarrod said:
psrock said:
It's the highest week no matter the many excuses I have read in this thread.

Well, if we're not taking any context into account, the highest week is actually for DS when FFXII: Revenant Wings released (~285k).

fine, it's second if it's mean so much to you.

Doesn't mean anything to me.  The reason hardware sales were so high at FFXIIRW launch was due chiefly to timing (it was golden week) and the extremely high baseline popularity of the platform (DS Lite in early 2007).

In FFXIII's case, I'd say the game did push hardware directly, and likely moreso than any previous FF ever has (at launch).  But there are reasons for that (PS3 being a relatively unpopular platform, huge 100k shipment of "limited" bundles for collectors) and it wasn't the only hardware driver (holiday ramp up, slim/pricecut sustained momentum).  Context is key, I'll always favor a better understanding to a superficial one.  It's not about "excuses", it's about getting the full picture.

here we go:

Now how many PS3 did you predict for that week? For all the context, none of you expected the ps3 to sell that much or FFXIII to have any impact, infact, i remember people saying most FFXIII  fans bought their systems already.

Many of you downplayed how big that week would be, but now context is being used, give me a break.



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Hus on 28 December 2009

^ true ture.

AC already sold PS3s to the FF fans, i remember that very well.



jarrod on 28 December 2009
psrock said:
jarrod said:
psrock said:
jarrod said:
psrock said:
It's the highest week no matter the many excuses I have read in this thread.

Well, if we're not taking any context into account, the highest week is actually for DS when FFXII: Revenant Wings released (~285k).

fine, it's second if it's mean so much to you.

Doesn't mean anything to me.  The reason hardware sales were so high at FFXIIRW launch was due chiefly to timing (it was golden week) and the extremely high baseline popularity of the platform (DS Lite in early 2007).

In FFXIII's case, I'd say the game did push hardware directly, and likely moreso than any previous FF ever has (at launch).  But there are reasons for that (PS3 being a relatively unpopular platform, huge 100k shipment of "limited" bundles for collectors) and it wasn't the only hardware driver (holiday ramp up, slim/pricecut sustained momentum).  Context is key, I'll always favor a better understanding to a superficial one.  It's not about "excuses", it's about getting the full picture.

here we go:

Now how many PS3 did you predict for that week? For all the context, none of you expected the ps3 to sell that much or FFXIII to have any impact, infact, i remember people saying most FFXIII  fans bought their systems already.

Many of you downplayed how big that week would be, but now context is being used, give me a break.

Er, I've already said it did better than I expected (~200k) and that FFXIII's likely pushed hardware more than any previous entry?  I'm not really sure what you're arguing over?