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[Avarice-ness]

I think it's common knowledge that in the entertainment industry, or any contemporary market, really, the majority of sales will occur in a short period of time following its release.

So I'm not sure what you're trying to say, Avarice. FFXII is the 10th best selling game on the PS2; I think that's pretty amazing considering it's just over a year old.

I don't think the aim at nostalgia for FFXIII has much to do with sales or a crisis, either. The only things indicating that it is nostalgic is the theme of the crystals and the presence of the moon. VII had 4 crystals, VIII had a crystal, IX had a crystal, XI had crystals (5 i think), and XII has a crystal, it was just done more subtly rather than obvious.

I'm only comparing FF sales to FF sales, not FFXII sales to PS2 sales. The reason comparing FF sales to FF sales than FF sales to platform sales is because doing that would then over shadow the PSX from the PS2 because a majority of the sales were from FFVII which would then, in numbers, look like the ONLY good final fantasy is 7 and that all the others fail in comparison, which would be true. Not to mention, PS2 games will be going off the market soon, so comparing the PS2 sales in general to lets say, SNES sales would make the PS2 look bad. Therefore, if the ps2 looks bad and the only think keeping FFXII from looking good is the fact it's on the PS2, the general response will be "Yeah but as a system it's sales were low"

I read the nostalgia part in this.

http://forums.eyesonff.com/final-fan...al-shadow.html

If it has old factors that were put into the fondation of FF, I'll buy it. If it's something "New" and "EXTREME" I won't. Therefore the nostolgia factor does give some sales.