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[Pooya]

next week it's going to drop like 80 percent, something like that. Maybe if you add in digital sales, in 6 months, maybe it hits a million. maybe...

 

[random25]

Super Mario Maker also did well. I dunno what's the expectation but that's pretty good numbers for a port of an already good selling Wii U game.

 

[Dark Cloud]

PS4 hardware numbers are pretty good at least.


FF is not dead, not even in Japan. It's just putting "poor" numbers compared to what it used to.

You can spin it however you want. FFXIII sold 1.5 million. It doubled FFXV sales. It's a huge decline.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

700k is less than half than the previous numbered titled did. Said title being the highest selling title on the PS3

I see what was FF13 first week anyway?

 

[raven777]

Maybe they should have focused a bit more on Japanese marketing instead of "FF is coming"

I see what was FF13 first week anyway?

I think somewhere along 1.5 million?

 

[LordKano]

I see what was FF13 first week anyway?

1.5 millions.

 

[hiska-kun]

Pokemon is so so this week (better drop than last week), i guess it will start to climb next week...

 

[Principate]

I see what was FF13 first week anyway?

1.5 million first week

 

[falconxcrunner09]

How does FFXV compare to Persona 5?

 

[kuroneko0509]

Damnit XY doesnt deserve the better sucess than sun and moon
Guess that is what hype does.
Also wonder what dogital would be?

to be fair, that sun moon numbers is missing extra 300k-ish from the double pack, so the total sales should be close

 

[MakotoYuki]

Looks like japanese people don't want a Pro for FFXV, or is it short in supply?

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

1.5 million first week

Oh thats bad..like real bad

 

[zeromcd73]

Yo-kai Watch will die next week. Poor Level 5 too.

It's hard to keep track of all the death.

 

[Busaiku]

90% digital!

 

[Santiako]

Oof. That's a rough number for FFXV. With the shrinkage of the console market in Japan it was kinda expected, but still.

 

[Chris1964]

Breaks not only series records all around the world but Nintendo records as well. Can't even beat XY in Japan

Says who?

 

[jonno394]

Breaks not only series records all around the world but Nintendo records as well. Can't even beat XY in Japan

Hasn't the game done well digitally? DO the Famitsu numbers (coming later) include those?

 

[Waji]

lol, found that pretty funny. XBOX ONE LIVES!

And for the FF 690k, I think it's not terrible, although it's definitely weak for the Final Fantasy franchise. With digital we are looking at 700k +. It will be interesting to see how much it sells next week.

No, it is terrible. And I don't see it have much leg before they release a finished version in the future. They could have done worse of course, but it's still terrible.

 

[Greninja96]

FFXV opening is close to to 1 million when you consider digital ( Biggest ever in Japan )



You guys are forgetting Double pack for pokemon which makes it 2.4 million sold.

 

[Wiseblade]

Is FFXV's performance really under expectations? I wasn't expecting it to replicate Sun/Moon's sales and ~700,000 sounds good for a franchise that has been through better times and a game that has struggled to maintain consumer excitement through a LONG development cycle.

 

[dracula_x]

DQXI at least has the handheld versions which should hold up nicely.

3DS will be dead at the time of release. Switch won't help either.

 

[jett]

That's much less than I thought FF15 would do. I figure it doesn't reach 1 million without re-releases.

That's the last time we see that kind of Japan-centric character design in a FF game, I bet.

 

[Chris1964]

3DS will be dead at the time of release. Switch won't help either.

Ahaha

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

3DS will be dead at the time of release. Switch won't help either.

We will see I hope for its success on all 3 platforms though.

 

[sanstesy]

to be fair, that sun moon numbers is missing extra 300k-ish from the double pack, so the total sales should be close

XY didn't have a double pack or is that already included in the overall count?

 

[gconsole]

Japan just isn't a fan of the new direction, I guess. I'm sure it did fine WW, though.

It's more like console is dead.

 

[LordKano]

FFXV opening is close to to 1 million when you consider digital ( Biggest ever in Japan )



You guys are forgetting Double pack for pokemon which makes it 2.4 million sold.

It's not the biggest digital ratio ever in Japan and if you seriously think it can come close to one million with the digital ratio, I have bad news for you.

 

[allan-bh]

That's very bad for Final Fantasy standards, even if has a high rate of digital sales.

 

[1st Course]

Is FFXV's performance really under expectations? I wasn't expecting it to replicate Sun/Moon's sales and ~700,000 sounds good for a franchise that has been through better times and a game that has struggled to maintain consumer excitement through a LONG development cycle.

No, if anything it actually did much better than expected.

Most people had it at 400-500k in the predictions.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

XY didn't have a double pack or this is already included in the overall count?

Media create doesnt count digital or the double pack as two right?

 

[Principate]

3DS will be dead at the time of release. Switch won't help either.

Depends on when it releases. The 3DS is still surprisingly alive now and ed Pokemon games still sold well after the 3DS had released.

 

[JetSetRadio]

So roughly 1 out of 5 PS4 owners bought FF? yikes
How was the PS3 userbase when FFXIII launched?

 

[Rymuth]

Good HW bump for PS4

Tsk...that's a disappointing debut for FFXV..

Awaiting the PS3/PS4 FF13 vs FF15 bump graph.

 

[kuroneko0509]

XY didn't have a double pack or this is already included in the overall count?

nope no double pack during launch for XY. can't remember if there's one months later. double pack on launch started with ORAS

 

[Zedark]

So roughly 1 out of 5 PS4 owners bought FF? yikes
How was the PS3 userbase when FFXIII launched?

4.3 million.

 

[jett]

And the PS4 Pro is dead as fuck in Japan, that's for sure.

(tangentially, also doing pretty terribly on Amazon US too)

 

[random25]

3DS will be dead at the time of release. Switch won't help either.

3DS has guaranteed at least 2 games next year that will keep it alive, MHXX and DQXI.

 

[kewlmyc]

Honestly, FFXV did better than I thought it would.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

How does FFXV compare to Persona 5?

01./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) - 690.471 / NEW
19./00. [XB1] Final Fantasy XV # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) - 3.791 / NEW

01./00. [PS4] Persona 5 # <RPG> (Atlus) {2016.09.15} (¥8.800) - 264.793 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Persona 5 # <RPG> (Atlus) {2016.09.15} (¥8.800) - 72.974 / NEW

 

[sanstesy]

nope no double pack during launch for XY. can't remember if there's one months later. double pack on launch started with ORAS

Swell. That's legitimate then.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Not great sales for FFXV will have to make up for it in Asia and the west .
Okay PS4 sales but i wonder if the Pro still in short supply .

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Final Fantasy decline is real, making a game for "fans and newcomers" didn't help at all.
I wonder what Square Enix can do to fix this.

If I was them, I'd make the next one cel shaded, with atb and target it for mobile and/or switch if the switch turns out to be successful.

 

[Mpl90]

Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS had a better debut than the original, at least at retail

Media Create

01./00. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) - 138.242 / NEW <56,03%>

Famitsu

01./00. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) - 143.514 / NEW <60-80%>

 

[Greninja96]

It's not the biggest digital ratio ever in Japan and if you seriously think it can come close to one million with the digital ratio, I have bad news for you.

200k is possible tho.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

nope no double pack during launch for XY. can't remember if there's one months later. double pack on launch started with ORAS

Luckily Sun and Moon is doing so much better everywhere else so hopefully it stays ahead of XY.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

The first Playstation console in Japan that won't have a million seller, sad!

 

[Gotdatmoney]

FFXV opening is close to to 1 million when you consider digital ( Biggest ever in Japan ) .

You're really expecting us to believe this game sold 300k in digital?

At absolute best you are looking at an aditional 150k.

 

[Wiseblade]

No, if anything it actually did much better than expected.

Most people had it at 400-500k in the predictions.

500k was where I was expecting it to land, but I would have considered that a poor opening. FFXIII did 1.5 million in 2009, a very different market from the one we're looking at now and with the Final Fantasy brand being in a very different place too.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

690k means getting to 1 million+ might be a struggle unless this has notable legs.

 

[Interfectum]

And the PS4 Pro is dead as fuck in Japan, that's for sure.

(tangentially, also doing pretty terribly on Amazon US too)

If you are looking at the bestsellers list I believe it's low because the Pro has seemingly been out of stock since Black Friday (though I haven't checked day to day).

As of right now it's only available from third party sellers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LOP8EZC/?tag=neogaf0e-20