JuanLatino
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FFXIII didn't have a digital release
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Final Fantasy XV is second fastest selling FF game in the UK [Up: Week 2 down 75%]
- Thread starter Bruno MB
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FFXIII didn't have a digital release
So
Final Fantasy XV - 115,000 - 135,000
Final Fantasy XV PS4 (79%) - 90,850 - 106,650
Final Fantasy XV One (21%) - 24,150 - 28,350
Chobel
Member
That's insane.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Not shocked at all
Bruno MB
Member
dead monkey uk
Member
That to, living in the Highlands of Scotland and having 5mb download (on a good day) I can not imagine downloading a full retail release digitally when I can get it delivered to my door cheaper on release day.
Just first week.
Always keep in mind that it isn't wise to compare figures without context and the industry sure changed a lot in these past 15 years.
I doubt XV will touch FF VII, VIII or X LTD worldwide.
For reference Final Fantasy series sales (shipment data):
You could expect that from a throw away remaster title but this is a big boy numbered ff game, that split is just unreal.
Split in the US will be similar, if not moreso like Type-0 was.
Jarod McChicken
Member
I think it's not the biggest split we will see... see you at Kingdom Hearts III launch week 
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
That's the big take away here. Good lord.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
83/17 easy! Lol. Idk maybe the Disney side can give it alil edge? Maybe?I think it's not the biggest split we will see... see you at Kingdom Hearts III launch week
No
FFXIII only had a 54:46 split in favor of PS3, so it's a huge shift.
Heinrich
Banned
This does Not include digital Sales and digitial Sales are nowadays way higher compared to 2010.
AnthonypUK
Member
Most multiplaform games in the UK are a 60/40- 50/50 split, its one of the territories where we guess the console sales are closest.
Imp the Dimp
Member
It's an incredibly fun game despite all its shortcomings. I think people will be happy with it
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Prob looking at 90% of total sales on PS4 WW.
Good stuff, Bruno. Thanks for the numbers.
If you think that's insane, try to imagine what ROTW will be like.
JuanLatino
Member
But SE should prioritize the PC in the future and also the Switch.
Its a waste of time and ressource to bring a Xbox Version at this point
Its a waste of time and ressource to bring a Xbox Version at this point
Factoring in the boost digital would have given it in sales (even though the UK might not be a big digital market, still would not be an insubstantial amount of sales) this is a good result.
The split between PS4 and Xbox One being around 80% is what I was expecting for the UK. Guessing the split in places like Germany is even more insanely skewed towards PS4 given the console's sales dominance there.
The split between PS4 and Xbox One being around 80% is what I was expecting for the UK. Guessing the split in places like Germany is even more insanely skewed towards PS4 given the console's sales dominance there.
dead monkey uk
Member
Which games have been 50/50 split? PS4 seems to always be ahead of Xbox One titles on the individual chart.
Controversial.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I don't think much will change. The vast majority of FF fans are just on PS4.
Also don't get it wrong. The XBO port will probably lead to 500k+ sales, making it easily worthwhile.
DrunkShogun
Member
Kingdom Hearts 3 gap will be even bigger.
It's not stand alone like FFXV and have cartoony/anime look.
Toadthemushroom
Member
It's a big drop than last time, but 21% on a large number (assuming the same holds true for North America) is still a fairly large number. Square Enix would have no doubt taken into consideration the 50/50 split of last gen as an indicator that their big budget RPGs need an Xbox One version to be sustainable, and I'd suspect that the 21% of sales of FFXV (1 million of the initial shipment) would still be sizeable enough to justify an Xbox One version.
The question is what happens with future games, particularly smaller ones. Other formats like PS3 or PC could yield similar returns to Xbox One, and development teams can't split their resources among too many platforms. I suspect money was involved in keeping stuff like NieR automata off Xbox One, though, as Platinum definitely can handle three formats of a game. Star Ocean 5 would be a case where Tri-Ace don't have the resources to do PS3/PS4/XBO and for that game (and its shoestring budget and audience) it made more sense to do a PS3 version instead of XBO. It was never going to be a big hitter internationally.
We're 12th on average connection speed worldwide. That's ahead of the US...
It might have come close to hitting that number when you include digital.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I think it's more that there's probably no reliable data for back then. Because FFVII was a phenomenon and I would not be surprised if it had sold more, but on the other hand games weren't so top-heavy back then and it was the first game in the series to launch in Europe so would not have been so well-known.
I doubt digital sales will make that much of a difference though.
1) The digital prices in the UK are pretty bad so I can't imagine many people would pay the premium for it digitally when they can get it significantly cheaper from Amazon, or their local super market. Hell I'm pretty sure GAME in store is even still cheaper than digital prices here...
2) The more hardcore buy digitally on the US PSN store rather than the UK one so they'd be factored into US sales anyway.
The Market in the UK has just changed since XIII, I don't think people are spending quite as much money on games when you look at the data/sales figures in general. It's also come out at a worse time, XIII released March time from what I remember, so there wasn't as many games vying for peoples attention. Where November is where everyone releases a good amount of big hitters.
It's entirely possible XV may have better legs considering it doesn't have quite the negative reaction that XIII did. I mean people have voiced problems with the game, but it's not to the level of "XIII killed my cat" which plagued XIII for months, even years after its release.
Gaming culture was different back then though. Pre-ordering wasn't as much of a thing then.
Final Fantasy 7 wouldn't have sold massively on launch anyway, because it was the first FF released in Europe. Final Fantasy IX in general didn't sell as well.
That leaves Final Fantasy VIII which I think can be attributed to what I just said, as well as the fact that the gaming industry was smaller in general. Less people were playing games. The market expanded massively over the years.
Yep. The bad thing for Microsoft is that the percentage is trending in the WRONG direction. Last gen was much closer but this gen is going back to PS2 level splits. As others have said, Kingdom Hearts 3 split and future Square-Enix titles will probably be worse as the generation gets older. People who play these games are increasingly doing so outside of the Xbox ecosystem.
Nah, with the data we have, FF 8 sold under 300k lifetime and 9 under 200k. They will have the 7 figures, they just didn't do awards then.
Hesemonni
Banned
Holy shit that series was dope.
But one thing has always been true: JRPGs don't sell great here. Even the PS2 numbers, despite the bump in popularity, weren't great.
Toadthemushroom
Member
Yup. Microsoft is stuck in a hard place until this generation "resets" itself and all competitors get another fresh chance. That's why I was surprised that Sony isn't going down the iterative route and PS4 Pro is just like New 3DS - I wasn't expecting them to start again from zero with PS5. I guess it depends on whether Sony can nail forwards-compatibility with PS4 games for PS5 so the move to next gen feels seamless rather than a fresh start.
Nightengale
Member
79% in U.K. pretty much translates to 90+ % for everywhere else in the world that ain't US, Brazil and maybe Mexico/Canada.
That is the rock and hard place.
That is the rock and hard place.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1305615
You would be surprised how many buy digital for sheer convenience. UK digital prices are around the same as GAME day 1 prices.
Dont think he is disagreeing - SE expanding to PC/Switch is more or less expected.
That article isn't specific to the UK?
The NA prices are much more reasonable in comparison to EU.
AHA-Lambda
Member
How do the install bases between 360/PS3 and PS4/XB1 compare at the release of each game?
Cos I'm quite surprised it couldn't beat 13 :/
Cos I'm quite surprised it couldn't beat 13 :/
LastMinuteHero
Member
As mentioned before, 13 had no digital copy at that time
why?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Even if you added an unlikely 30% of digital sales, it's still a sizeable drop from XIII.