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Final Fantasy XV needs to sell 10 million units to succeed in team's goal
- Thread starter James Scott
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I thought FF7 RE was suppose to be their next FF7
Kidding aside, I do agree that they want this game to be the new symbol of what they're known for. I hope the game performs well in the market. We've waited to long only to see it fail and shunned by Square like DMC 2 is by its devs.
vainglorious
Member
I really don't understand how the Souls games have become a paragon of RPG combat. There is so much hubris from the Souls community about those games sometimes. The combat is rewarding because of its simplicity and the difficulty of the enemies - its not like the combat itself is mechanically deep. It just isn't.
recklesscognition
Member
Probably will wind up watching the CGI movie but not buying the game. I thought last night's reveal thing was awesome but I have no real drive to play the game, it just doesn't make sense to me but the movie looked awesome.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Umm did you miss that pre show..
This is just as far from reality as it can possibly be.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Lol yup sure will be lucky if it makes it to five mil
FINAL FANTASY XIII sold in 5.5 million units during its first month on sale Worldwide (March 2010).
Over 7.5m LTD
via twitter
/s
Nocturno999
Member
Lightning DLC confirmed.
Well... I bought FFXIII and FXIII-2 and I can not, for the life of me, muster strength to care about FFXV. Men only cast, black only clothes, action RPG instead of turn based or instead of using ATB, some other questionable choices, everything I've seen so far after the initial trailer has made nothing but to hamper my excitement about this game. I'm sure they are trying to aim to a western market, but unsure if they will be able to please anyone western or eastern with it. Unless it turns out to be a stellar game that can produce the amount of hype FFVII produced back in its days (which seems most unlikely based on the impressions so far) it will fall short from that mark by more than a few millions units. I wonder at what price the 10 million units estimative has been set, though.
ethomaz
Banned
PS4 and PS4k are the same game... same retail copy or digital download.
Well, it wouldn't really be that hard considering how TW3 was a borefest.
Uh...there are probably even more female fans for this game now for that exact reason.
Is there another action RPG with better gameplay or something?
The game is what it is because of the well crafted gameplay. No, it isnt DMC or Bayonetta in terms of complexity of controls but what it is does take a lot of craftsmanship to balance the challenge the way it does. They aren't just spamming you with difficult enemies, each encounter requires strategy, often unique ones.
Simple to me is Elder Scrolls.
Exactly.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Not gonna happen, but good luck trying.
I feel like the game will either live or die by it's world. TW3 has a really well crafted world and was really atmospheric with some really good characters populating it. I have yet to play a FF game with decent writing so that's not what I'm leaning on when I'm buying this. I'm buying it for the world we've seen because it looks pretty interesting to explore. Hopefully it really is.
YuriLowell
Member
Just like how DOAX3 locked out all the males.
When I read the title I was like '' yeah, they should get 10m easily!' With all the hype around it and how , after 10 years, people are finally getting the ff13 ''versus'' we all wanted''
Then I read the thread, and woah, almost nobody believes they will do it. Hmm...
I guess Final Fantasy just isn't as big as I thought =/
Then I read the thread, and woah, almost nobody believes they will do it. Hmm...
I guess Final Fantasy just isn't as big as I thought =/
Didn't you get the memo? Only males get the hots for the opposite sex. Females would NEVER buy a game just because it has some hot guys in it!
DiipuSurotu
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If you support Tabata, #buytwocopies!
Flakster99
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Good luck SE, you're going to need everyone who bought FF 13 and then some to reach that lofty, silly goal.
I bought and paid for FF 13 PS3 day one and it was a giant disappointment. I skipped both FF 13-2 and FF 13-3 for 2 main reasons; apathy and lack of quality in the brand. I've come to realize the main series is no longer my cup of tea. I did not like FF 12, and I did not play either FF 11/14.
Before I played the FF 15 demo, from everything I've read and heard I was indifferent to meh about the game. After playing the demo I am further turned off from SE's direction of their main cash cow and I will not be purchasing the game.
The hype the series once generated for me is long fucking gone.
I bought and paid for FF 13 PS3 day one and it was a giant disappointment. I skipped both FF 13-2 and FF 13-3 for 2 main reasons; apathy and lack of quality in the brand. I've come to realize the main series is no longer my cup of tea. I did not like FF 12, and I did not play either FF 11/14.
Before I played the FF 15 demo, from everything I've read and heard I was indifferent to meh about the game. After playing the demo I am further turned off from SE's direction of their main cash cow and I will not be purchasing the game.
The hype the series once generated for me is long fucking gone.
This pretty much tells me you know nothing about this franchise. You could just look at the preshow they did before the Uncovered event, most of the fans that came to speak were females and it's pretty clear they are fine with the all-male cast. FF is one of the few huge franchise with a large female audience, because it's not just about random male protagonist killing dudes with guns.
Going by the assumption that the game gets positive reviews and good word of mouth, i think it will reach it.
Launch Day - 2 Mln
1st Year (Sept 16 - Aug 17) - 5 Mln
2nd Year (Sept 17 - Aug 18) - 7.5 Mln (1.5 PC, releases Sept 2017)
3rd Year (Sept 18 - Aug 2019) - 9 Mln (500K NX*, releases Fall 2018)
4th Year (Sept 19 - Aug 2020) - 10/10.5 Mln (1 Mln PS5/XB2**, releases 2020)
If it comes out and its very good, and i mean FFVII-level of legendary status. it will get it by 2.
*assuming NX releases Fall 16/Early 17, the PC port will take priority at least for a year
**assuming they release by Fall 2019
Launch Day - 2 Mln
1st Year (Sept 16 - Aug 17) - 5 Mln
2nd Year (Sept 17 - Aug 18) - 7.5 Mln (1.5 PC, releases Sept 2017)
3rd Year (Sept 18 - Aug 2019) - 9 Mln (500K NX*, releases Fall 2018)
4th Year (Sept 19 - Aug 2020) - 10/10.5 Mln (1 Mln PS5/XB2**, releases 2020)
If it comes out and its very good, and i mean FFVII-level of legendary status. it will get it by 2.
*assuming NX releases Fall 16/Early 17, the PC port will take priority at least for a year
**assuming they release by Fall 2019
FF12 had a solid story and solid writing if you separate out the shoehorned meddling S/E brass forced in with Vaan that required re-writes to give us a boring main character that only takes away from the interesting characters and components of the original story. That and the apparent rushed final couple acts of the story.
What? Isn't sausage fest something the males complain the most?
#yesallwomen
DiipuSurotu
Banned
In an alternate timeline, Kingsglaive is an Ivalice film written by Yasumi Matsuno with a script by Alexander O. Smith.
The Silver
Member
The age of the AAAA game is almost here, thank you Square *clap clap clap clap*
Shadow_FFVI
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The franchise is so big that Square managed to sell 7.5 million copies of FF XIII. They'll be fine.
Sumio Mondo
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^That was over 6 years ago...and XIII & XIV 1.0 didn't help the IP. Nor did the XIII sequels. Or even Type 0...
But that would have to sell 30 million to make a profit!
But that would have to sell 30 million to make a profit!
But that was before FFXIII made lots of people unhappy. There was a big chunk of goodwill floating around.
I mean, did you see the sales drop after FFXIII? FFXIII-2? FFXIII-3?
exmachina64
Banned
Ironically, Tomb Raider cost less to make.
Lmao people really have no idea what they're talking about. FF is a much bigger than MGS.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Yeah, I don't see why people are bringing that up. Unless you're proving point that it won't get close to that.
Silly me, yeah FF12 had a decent story compared to the rest of the series.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Nowadays? I dunno...
Efren is G.O.A.T.
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The game would have to have very bad reviews to sell badly I believe. Final Fantasy XIII left a bad taste in a lot of player's mouth(including me) but please remember that its Final Fantasy we are talking about. Even their "bad" Final Fantasy still sold more than good games from other companies.
Some people may not like the games which is all good but I feel that the people who can't acknowledge their brand power and prestige are either too young to "have been there" at their beginning and prime or just blatant blind.
Some people may not like the games which is all good but I feel that the people who can't acknowledge their brand power and prestige are either too young to "have been there" at their beginning and prime or just blatant blind.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Its the division and starwars battlefront all over again, the games are incomparable but the thread sounds the same. Not reaching at least ffxiii would be bomba status and i just dont see that happening
I find what was shown of FFXV to be quite unappealing yet I think FFXV will most likely ship more than 5M units worldwide without any miracle.
Western retailers have demonstrated that can absorb that kind of quantity for blockbuster franchises (note I don't equate blockbuster with exceptionally good games) and Square Enix seems commited to push the game as hard as it can.
Of course I also expect FFXV prices to quickly fall down.