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They did with Patch 1.01
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NPD - FFXV experienced the best console launch month in franchise history
They did with Patch 1.01
From the 4chan leak thread:
If it's not true, then fair enough, but if it's true then my point stands.
At the end of the day, they added some Kingsglaive scenes to the game. Now imagine if they had some real CG content to flesh out the story in the game, Ardyn's past, Ifrit etc. It would have done wonders.
Freeglader
Member
Final Fantasy is thriving
HerroRygar
Member
Super happy to see this. I really don't understand why some were rooting for it to fail and pleased to see it having low numbers in Japan (though still very high for this gen). Yes, the game is flawed and we didn't get what was promised by Versus XIII trailers. It's still a good game, and as Jim Sterling says in one of his videos, they appear to be trying to improve it post release because they have artistic integrity.
Even though I'm definitely disappointed with what is clearly an unfinished back half, I'm really happy to have gotten the game; it still had really touching moments and felt like a smart, modern Final Fantasy. That it did well will ensure the franchise has a future.
Now give us that damn Pro patch, Tabata!
Even though I'm definitely disappointed with what is clearly an unfinished back half, I'm really happy to have gotten the game; it still had really touching moments and felt like a smart, modern Final Fantasy. That it did well will ensure the franchise has a future.
Now give us that damn Pro patch, Tabata!
Devilinthiscity
Member
Lol, some scenes from the movie are in there. A portion of the Omen trailer is in there as well.
While I didn't enjoy the game as much as others, i'm glad it sold well. Hopefully XVI is more to my liking.
Well deserved. I do have some issues with the way that the story is presented in the later chapers of the game and some of the linearity towards the end, but I am a fan of most other aspects in the game. It also has one of the best endings in the franchise. Overall, I enjoyed the game quite a bit.
YankeeDonB
Member
Tabby just wants to drink a cold one (juice no doubt) with his daughter.
I generally agree with you on this. But I think they would have addressed these deficits if they were able in the time they had. The game was a giant compromise from start to finish. But I think, in general, they made the right compromises to preserve a fun and playable game. Would I have preferred a better story execution? Of course. Do I feel confident that if they'd delayed again to work in more cutscenes the story would have been way better? Not really. I don't think cinematic storytelling was their strong suite, and past a certain point you have got to make do with the assets you've put together.
NoctisVsStar
Member
The King
so the FF franchise may see the dawn again.
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If you see NPD list they dont say the sales are excluding digital sales like with the pokemon games
Not counting digital which was 0 for XIII.
The Emperor
Member
Including digital we are seeing around 1.8-1.9 million for XV
I wonder how it would have done had it kept the September launch date
LordKasual
Banned
Well deserved.
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ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
FFXIII never had a digital version on consoles I believe.
If you include digital it could easily be over 2M. Keep in mind that the digital version was on sale both on PSN and XBL.
You think a game that placed 3rd in a Holday month on a platform that did 1.5 million in hardware sold 300k.
Now that is what I call silently wishing it did bad on a platform you don't own because reasons.
It did have one eventually, like 3 or 4 years after launch.
The 1.5 million included digital
http://cdn.gamer-network.net/2017/articles/1/8/8/0/0/0/5/148486770793.jpg/EG11/resize/714x-1
The Emperor
Member
Oh interesting. I didn't know NPD tracker digital sales
Die Squirrel Die
Member
People are working out the 1.5 million+ from that comparison. So no it doesn't already include digital.
No it doesn't. The 1.5 million figure is calculated from the total of FFXIII physical sales.
Moon Presence
Member
FF, stand by me.
It's nice to see FFXV have success...even though I have my disappointments and problems with it...The Emperor
Member
Good so including digital we are indeed looking at 1.8 Mill +
This is a massive increase over FFXIII and should pass XIII LTD in no time in USA
I am really surprised, I thought the hype wasn't as high as XIII had.
Yay for FF
This is a massive increase over FFXIII and should pass XIII LTD in no time in USA
I am really surprised, I thought the hype wasn't as high as XIII had.
Yay for FF
gundamkyoukai
Member
The 1.5 million comes from working out physical only sales using FFXII numbers +19% .
We don't have the NPD number for FFXV.
Either way we are looking at least 1.8 million sold in the US .
I actually think open world is still do-able; all they would need to do really is mess with the scale of the world a bit. I actually think if they took something that was half the size of Lucis, added that to the current landmass of Lucis, and then separated that out over 2/3 continents, you could have enough diversity in locations while still feeling "large". Lucis itself is already a collection of quite a few different environments (Duscae was was wetlands/grassland-ish area. Leide was desert. Cleigne was a lot of rocky mountains as well as forest/lakes/rivers)
That and I think how FFXV handled cities was actually pretty great though. Most towns in previous FF were basically places to rest, heal up, buy new equipment and maybe there would be a sidequest or two. I think the collection of gas stations/rest stops in XV were a great substitution to that. They weren't full fledged cities, but they were large enough where it had all the stuff that you would find in a traditional FF town. And then there were some of the larger cities like Lestallum and Altissia though
you are immediately booted out out of Alissia almost as soon as you get there...
if XV had a second, smaller explorable area on the Niflheim content with one large city like Tenebrae also being explorable, I think the amount the traversable world of XV would have been the perfect amount.
The Emperor
Member
Also just to note FFXIII's sales were 48% higher than FFXII's launch sales
So FF12 sold around 896K in its first month
FF12 - 896K
FF13 - 1.3 Million
FF15 - 1.5 Million physical (1.8+ Million including digital)
So FF12 sold around 896K in its first month
FF12 - 896K
FF13 - 1.3 Million
FF15 - 1.5 Million physical (1.8+ Million including digital)
Good Guy Gone Bad
Member
Great numbers.
Impressive even considering the length of "development". This could have turned out to be a disaster but it still manage to garner favorable reviews and sell well commercially.
Congrats to Tabata and Co for a job well done. Now get to work on that Pro patch plz.
Impressive even considering the length of "development". This could have turned out to be a disaster but it still manage to garner favorable reviews and sell well commercially.
Congrats to Tabata and Co for a job well done. Now get to work on that Pro patch plz.
Obliterator
Member
It's entirely possible FFXV with digital did near 2 million units. That's absurdly impressive there is no way to downplay that
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
You underestimate ppl
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
I don't know about Xbox 360 but FFXIII never had a digital release for PS3, I just checked the web store and PSNow but it's not there.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Also we know that SE shipped over 6 million .
So Japan and US should be near 3 million sold .
With the other 3 million+ for the rest of the world .
Should past FFXIII rather soon if not already .
Knightsofren
Banned
Well done. FF is back and better than ever.
Yup, if you stop to think about it, it is an absolutely incredible achievement.
The game didn't seem to have anywhere near as much promotion as XIII. That game had tons of commercials, huge billboards, and that NBA commercial with an ad campaign by Microsoft. I feel like there's been a lot of positive word of mouth for this one and that might account for some of it. But Versus XIII being the legend it was probably was promo enough for some.
hanspampel
Banned
Not only possible, even likely
FF is a hardcore game, that male millennials play, because they grew up with the series.
A bigger than usual digital split is likely, imho. That demographic tends more towards digital downloads
This is not a game patents buy as christmas gift for kids, because kids these day dont really know FF.
200k in Germany as well.
Ditto. Even the most diehard fans could have not predicted this.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
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