The sales were amazing actually (I'm including Japan), and it won RPG of the year in Japan. It has a huge fanbase, and I can see why. If any FF were to appeal to a female audience it was this one. Also, the sex appeal brought alot of fanboys to it.

I personally had a great time with it. Is it the greatest FF ever? Certainly not in my opinion, but it was still fun. I don't see why people need to go on and on about how much it sucks...I mean, there are things you could do against the game that required less effort and wasted less time....like, not playing it and ignoring it's exsistence.