oniyide posted 28/07/2014, 04:52
I'm willing ot be that MS put up alot of money to keep these games on their system. They dont really care aobut the series perse but having this on the Xbox takes a weapon away from their competitors. They arent expanding anything lets get real. Combined sales of FF13 proper is still less than 7,8 and 10. and this has done even worse.
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T.Rexington posted 23/01/2014, 02:08
Only really sold 70,000? They sold double within the first month of the US release. As far as an exact number, none of us know that type of data unless the publisher releases it. VgChartz doesn't have access to that type of information, so none of us will know. This idea however that this game was a bust is a bit ridiculous in my opinion. If this game was really unprofitable on the 360, does anyone here honestly thinks that Lightning Returns would be on the 360? That SE would take that chance? I'm not saying it's driving mega profits or anything, but SE has to be pleased with FFXIII-2 sales to some extent otherwise they would have cut off the extra fat and maximize their profit. Let's also not forget that this game had a ton of DLC, which might have added to the overall profit.

At the end of the day, let's not try and put too many unknown factors as reason for why SE shouldn't try and expand Final Fantasy when there's definitely a market to be had there. They really have to make a quality game though and hopefully LR will at least be a positive swan song to the XIII series.
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oniyide posted 13/01/2014, 05:35
@T.Rexington you know the game dropped from 60 bucks to 20 within 6months right? How much money did they really make if this game only sold about 70k?
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T.Rexington posted 13/01/2014, 05:09
Also, I agree with Kresnik. I don't see LR sales being too hot for the 360. Combination of XIII's rep, new console, and that it'll be smashed in-between two other RPGs (Fable Anniversary and South Park). LR has the cards stacked against it for sure.
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T.Rexington posted 13/01/2014, 05:06
@think-man Unless it's unprofitable to do so, I'm wagering that 630,000 units is something SE looks favorably on overall for a multiplat. In my opinion, porting some older games to the 360 or X1 could net them a nice side profit as well. Especially now that there's a void in the general RPG department for the X1. Just about no competition.
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A203D posted 17/05/2013, 06:51
@Kresnik. Hopefully. Nobody wants to see anymore of these sequels.
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