^ Drop-offs like that are normal in the game industry.

Overall this thing is probably on track to do 1-2 million in Japan alone. That's a lot. Yakuza 3 sold like 500k in Japan and was considered a massive success and one of the most popular games at its time.

I don't know if the 360 numbers should surprise anyone. We know it won't come close to PS3 in Japan and we already have considerable evidence of how games like this sell more on PS3 in the States as well. The console wars have died down to a nice level these last few years, if anyone wants to reignite it, comparing sales numbers is probably the least meaningful and most wasteful way to go about it.

Anyway, I'm sure Square is going to recover on this game. I know we all want a higher caliber of product from them right now, but hoping for failure isn't necessarily going to do that.