Final Fantasy XIII has sold 5.55 Million Copies

[Rad Bromance]

As of May 18th. Which means it outsold XII. It also sold faster than any previous FF game.

Link (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1090703p1.html)

And yes, I know "Blah blah sales don't make the game blah blah this doesn't change the fact it's crap blah blah people are idiots blah", but I'm happy to see that despite all the complaining about it it's proved successful. I know I had fun with it and would love to see more games like it. :D

[Ragebrain The Enraged]

Sweet. :D

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

w00t~

[black orb]

>>> Well, they put the "Final Fantasy" title in the game so it does not surprise me..:luca:

[VeloZer0]

The defining factor of a game's success isn't it's total sales, it is the ROI. If game sells twice as many copies but costs three times more to make it is not a success at all. I have no idea how much FFXIII took to make, but judging by how long we had to wait I'm guessing it wasn't cheep.

So in other words we just know it sold a lot of copies, not that it was a success or failure at this point.

[Shin Gouken]

I imagine it being the first PS3 FF and first Xbox FF that made the difference. Personally, i think a lot of people, myself included, will completley pass on the next garbage SE decides to spew at us.

I bought FFXIII because it was FF and i expected something amazing, even after reading some less than flattering reviews. I wont make that mistake again. I know a lot of people who traded FFXIII days after buying it, aparantley they were fooled too.

[ANGRYWOLF]

on another thread...
I don't think the sales figures prove the game was successful by any means.

My saying so doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the game.

I believe the fans will buy any numbered FF game.:roll2

[Bolivar]

It's not a bad game.

I'm just glad for Square Enix to have a hit, period.

[Wolf Kanno]

I'm not surprised, I mean FF titles always sell well since the mid 90's. Though its legacy to the series will be interesting to see in a few years.

[VeloZer0]

I'm not surprised, I mean FF titles always sell well since the mid 90's. Though its legacy to the series will be interesting to see in a few years.

[td]FF7 [td]FF8 [td]FF9[td]FF10 [td]FF12 [td]FF13 [td]9.8[td]7.9[td]5.3[td]8.0[td]5.7[td]5.5
Certainly shows a downward trend to me. :(
And I don't think they are getting any cheaper to make.

[Ragebrain The Enraged]

FFXIII hasn't been out for very long though so it's bound to be lower. :D

[Wolf Kanno]

A downward trend yes, but it still has the ability to sell a couple million from name recognition alone, especially considering the negative reaction the last three installments got from fans and the media.

[ShinGundam]

A downward trend yes, but it still has the ability to sell a couple million from name recognition alone, especially considering the negative reaction the last three installments got from fans and the media.
It's in a sub-genre that has rapidly lost popularity both in the east and west. Also, the recent JRPG games being viewed as totally lack of evolution.

[Dreddz]

As much as I dislike FFXIII im sure there were good intentions behind some of the design choices. For that, im glad the game has sold well. I just hope Square has learned some valuable lessons from FFXIII's reception.

[Loony BoB]

I prefer to compare it to other 'big name' games out there to see if it can be considered a success. Compare it to the likes of LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted 2, GTA IV etc. and then we'll have a better idea of where it stands in sales.

[ANGRYWOLF]

some people are already saying they will sell their copy of FFXIII to get this game.

I would never sell my copy of an FF game....
To me the fact people are selling or trading their copies for other games shows a lot.:roll2

[Ragebrain The Enraged]

You wouldn't. I sell most of my games because lots of us don't have much money! :D

[ShinGundam]

some people are already saying they will sell their copy of FFXIII to get this game.

I would never sell my copy of an FF game....
To me the fact people are selling or trading their copies for other games shows a lot.:roll2
Funny because SE's president like RDR a lot :p
http://twitter.com/yoichiw/status/14666282486

[VeloZer0]

I prefer to compare it to other 'big name' games out there to see if it can be considered a success. Compare it to the likes of LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted 2, GTA IV etc. and then we'll have a better idea of where it stands in sales.
More than fair.

For the majority of you who won't look it up: (PS3 numbers only)(Sales in Millions)
CoD:MW2 - 7.8
GTAIV - 6.5
CoD4 - 5.1
MGS4 - 4.8
CoD:WaW - 4.0
FFXIII - 4.0
GTA5 - 3.7
Assasin's Creed - 3.7
Resistance - 3.7
MotorStorm - 3.5
Assasin's Creed 2 - 3.5
Little Big Planet - 3.4
FIFA Soccer 10 - 3.3
Uncharted 2 - 3.2

[Flying Arrow]

I think the real issue is whether it's successful enough that SE deem the series worthy of another shakeup or not. If they make a marginal profit, will they maintain this direction with the series and just do a better job budgeting the next game, or will they interpret the marginal profit as evidence that FFXV should be Final Fantasy: Oblivion?

[Loony BoB]

I prefer to compare it to other 'big name' games out there to see if it can be considered a success. Compare it to the likes of LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted 2, GTA IV etc. and then we'll have a better idea of where it stands in sales.
More than fair.

For the majority of you who won't look it up: (PS3 games)
CoD:MW2 - 7.8
GTAIV - 6.5
CoD4 - 5.1
MGS4 - 4.8
CoD:WaW - 4.0
FFXIII - 4.0
GTA5 - 3.7
Assasin's Creed - 3.7
Resistance - 3.7
MotorStorm - 3.5
Assasin's Creed 2 - 3.5
Little Big Planet - 3.4
FIFA Soccer 10 - 3.3
Uncharted 2 - 3.2
Is that in millions? 'cause if that's the case then you can bump FFXIII above CoD4 as it's reached 5.5m (according to this thread).

[VeloZer0]

Yeah, millions. I probably should have mentioned that. All the titles listed are PS3 only sales. All the titles you listed to compare it to are PS3 only titles, and 70% of FFXIII's sales are on the PS3 so I just went with that. If I made a list of cross platform games I would have to add up the PS3 and 360 numbers manually. (And FFXIII would drop on the list majorly, as most cross platform games are stronger on the 360).

vgchartz's data base seems to be down at the moment, so no new information today.

[Loony BoB]

Ah, gotcha.

[VeloZer0]

Ok, here we go with PS3 and 360 games on the same list. (Millions of copies)
1)CoD:MW2 - 18.8
2)GTAIV - 14.3
3)CoD4 - 13.5
4)Halo3 - 11
5)CoD:WaW - 10.4
6)Assassin's Creed - 8.6
7)Assassin's Creed2 - 7.5 (interestingly enough PS3 and 360 sales were near identical)
8)Guitar Hero 3 - 6.4
9)Gears of War - 6.1
10)Resident Evil 5 - 6.0 (Sold over half a million more copies on the PS3)
11)FIFA Soccer 10 - 5.8 (good lord who buys 5 million of these every year)
12)Gears of War2 - 5.7
12)FFXIII - 5.5
14)Fallout 2 - 5.2
15)Halo ODST - 5.1
16)Oblivion - 5.1
17)MGS4 - 4.8

Draw your own conclusions.

[seiferalmasy2]

hang on is 5.5 a combined total from 2 machines? If so that is unfair on the other games....

[ShinGundam]

Ok, here we go with PS3 and 360 games on the same list. (Millions of copies)
1)CoD:MW2 - 18.8
2)GTAIV - 14.3
3)CoD4 - 13.5
4)Halo3 - 11
5)CoD:WaW - 10.4
6)Assassin's Creed - 8.6
7)Assassin's Creed2 - 7.5 (interestingly enough PS3 and 360 sales were near identical)
8)Guitar Hero 3 - 6.4
9)Gears of War - 6.1
10)Resident Evil 5 - 6.0 (Sold over half a million more copies on the PS3)
11)FIFA Soccer 10 - 5.8 (good lord who buys 5 million of these every year)
12)Gears of War2 - 5.7
12)FFXIII - 5.5
14)Fallout 2 - 5.2
15)Halo ODST - 5.1
16)Oblivion - 5.1
17)MGS4 - 4.8

Draw your own conclusions.
ٍُSE aimed for 6 million sales of FFXIII and they can pull "International release" adding more content:eep:
Cut content from Final Fantasy XIII could create an additional game — Scrawl (http://scrawlfx.com/2010/01/cut-content-from-final-fantasy-xiii-could-create-an-additional-game).

[VeloZer0]

hang on is 5.5 a combined total from 2 machines? If so that is unfair on the other games....

The list I posted is combined totals for both machines for all multi platform releases. Several of those games sold less than FFXIII on the PS3, but were higher over all when 360 sales were added.

[Mirage]

ٍُSE aimed for 6 million sales of FFXIII and they can pull "International release" adding more content:eep:
Cut content from Final Fantasy XIII could create an additional game — Scrawl (http://scrawlfx.com/2010/01/cut-content-from-final-fantasy-xiii-could-create-an-additional-game).

Sounds like standard procedure to me.


hang on is 5.5 a combined total from 2 machines? If so that is unfair on the other games....

Huh, no. It isn't unfair. Many of the other games on that list are actually multiplatform too, not to mention it's not SE's fault that some of the others aren't multiplatform. Other companies *choosing* not to do multiplatform releases is their own loss.


I think the real issue is whether it's successful enough that SE deem the series worthy of another shakeup or not. If they make a marginal profit, will they maintain this direction with the series and just do a better job budgeting the next game, or will they interpret the marginal profit as evidence that FFXV should be Final Fantasy: Oblivion?

Also, Implying Oblivion sold more than Final Fantasy anynumber.

[Loony BoB]

Personally, I think that any company with sense, regardless of sales, regardless of how defensive they are about their product, will still take on criticism and, even if not accepting it upfront, will still have it in their mind when creating the next version of their product. So for FFXV, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a little less linear than this game because they won't want to have to defend their product again and again.

[Future Esthar]

People love superfluous things it seems.