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Game Forum / PlayStation / PlayStation / December 2007By how much will Final Fantasy XIII on PS3 outsell Mass Effect by?
Mass Effect just broke 1 million in sales. Final Fantasy XIII is supposed to be a killer app that will help win the war for Sony this generation (that, Gran Turismo and MGS4 are three apps that Sony would be banking on). If it is that, it will likely outsell Mass Effect. Can anyone here give your estimate on how much Final Fantasy XIII will outsell Mass Effect by? - Rich Who cares? I am a gamer. I don't have stock in Nintendo, MS, Sony, EA, Midway, Squaresoft, etc... So again, who cares? What does sales have to do with anything other than a reason to fanboys to pound their chest. > <richardhut...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What does sales have to do with anything other than a reason to fanboys to > pound their chest. Umm, what about tooting our own horns, patting ourselves on the back, etc. Why should we only be able to pound our chests? > <richardhut...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What does sales have to do with anything other than a reason to fanboys to > pound their chest. If you want to discuss how videogame systems are going to do, and which one will end up winning this generation, how games do matter. People do care about it, or it wouldn't be discussed on here. - Rich >> <richardhut...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > which one will end up winning this generation, how games do matter. > People do care about it, or it wouldn't be discussed on here. Oh give me a break. You of all people (hypocrite) are the last person that should be determining what people on here discuss with all your nonsense calling out blig and every other "Sony troll/fanboy". People don't "discuss" anything on usenet. There are hardly "any" threads that don't turn into mine is better than yours. Nothing but a bunch of insecure nitwit babies talking about sh.t that barely one of them know a flipping thing about. Geez now you are starting to sound like that a.shole Michael Pachter with his crystal ball pretending to be an analyst. It doesn't matter what Sony does or doesn't do you will find fault with them. > <richardhut...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > be an analyst. It doesn't matter what Sony does or doesn't do you will find > fault with them. I have sung the praise of Ratchet and Clank and even Uncharted more so. Give me a break. Tell me the last 360 game you posted a specific praise about being great. And tell me the last harsh post you have had about Sony. Go ahead and do it. I am sure you will be hard pressed to do this. Myself, I have labeled myself as biased, unlike you. I own up to it, unlike you. You, unfortunately keep whining about my bias, without owning up to your own. This thread is valid. It raises valid discussion on sales and the future of Sony as a competitor in the console business. With this recent discussion raised and Economist article/graph stating that the PS3 will surpass the 360 in total sales by the end of 2008, it is good to look on what basis that will happen. What game or games will make a difference, and will any game in any genre surpass what is on the 360. - Rich On Dec 12, 5:21 pm, richardhut...@gmail.com wrote: > > <richardhut...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > had about Sony. Go ahead and do it. I am sure you will be hard > pressed to do this. COD4 In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 boodybandit <allaboutgamez@comcast.net> wrote: > Who cares? > I am a gamer. I don't have stock in Nintendo, MS, Sony, EA, Midway, > Squaresoft, etc... > So again, who cares? > What does sales have to do with anything other than a reason to fanboys to > pound their chest. Well.... The big question is, with PS3 sales lagging worldwide, how much of an impact is FFXIII going to have? The FF series has always been strong in Japan but is it strong enough to sell a $400 console all by itself? Will it be successful enough to (finally) convince other developers to start releasing for the PS3? The larger implications from how well FFXIII does in Japan could determine the fate of the PS3, and even Sony's future in the console market. As a gamer, surely you can see the benefit of having multiple consoles competiting against one another, as opposed to just one 500lb gorilla - especially if that gorilla was wearing Microsoft's colors. Surely you also remember what happened to Sega when it dropped out of the console race prematurely then tried to make another console for the following generation.  SignatureIt's not broken. It's...advanced. > Well.... The big question is, with PS3 sales lagging worldwide, how much > of an impact is FFXIII going to have? > > The FF series has always been strong in Japan but is it strong enough to > sell a $400 console all by itself? Will it be successful enough to > (finally) convince other developers to start releasing for the PS3? Well, for it to be a big seller, it is going to have to beat the current flagship RPG on the 360, Mass Effect, right? So, I am curious to see what people's thoughts are on the subject, and how much they see FF13 surpassing Mass Effect by. > The larger implications from how well FFXIII does in Japan could determine > the fate of the PS3, and even Sony's future in the console market. As a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > race prematurely then tried to make another console for the following > generation. I am not a fan of Microsoft, and have been a critic. I was a Sega fan, and was disappointed when they dropped out. I, therefore, have mixed feelings about Sony, particularly when the fanboys end up in the mix. But I also know consoles don't deserve mindless loyalty either. - Rich > In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 boodybandit > <allaboutgamez@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > race prematurely then tried to make another console for the following > generation. Their sales are not lagging these past few months, if you care to follow trends. The PS3 has been neck to neck with the 360 in total console sales going steady now for almost 5 weeks straight. If you consider the install base of both consoles, cross-platform games are selling better in ratio on the PS3, so that is a good pick up for the PS. Don't get me wrong, the 360 still has the stronger overall game sales, because they have more titles selling big. But as an example, Heavenly sword has actually picked up in sales the past few weeks, more than doubling its worldwide sales in just that span since it initial release Sept 12. That says something is going on with Sony game sales, that consoles are moving and because the buyers obviously want some games. Developers will notice this and start making more commitments. >> In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 boodybandit >> <allaboutgamez@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Developers will notice this and start making more commitments. You're wasting your keystrokes Tom. > > In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 boodybandit > > <allaboutga...@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Developers will notice this and start making more commitments. COD sold over 900k on the PS3 alone, as did Asassins Creed. More than a third of their sales are because of the PS3. Most of the PS3s sales for software are from outside the US. Quite simply, while the PS3 is lagging in the US, it's doing gangbusters everywhere else, and third parties are noticing that. A game goes from selling just over 1.5 million thanks to the 360 to selling another million, with minimal effort, on the Ps3. Easy money. XBOTS refuse to admit this, and refuse to admit that the PS3 is picking up massively accross the world. > Well.... The big question is, with PS3 sales lagging worldwide, how much > of an impact is FFXIII going to have? PS3 is doing better than X360 in Japan and said to be doing better than X360 in Europe except UK in recent months. >Mass Effect just broke 1 million in sales. Final Fantasy XIII is >supposed to be a killer app that will help win the war for Sony this >generation (that, Gran Turismo and MGS4 are three apps that Sony would >be banking on). I wouldn't assume Final Fantasy XIII is going to be "killer app". RPGs are becoming more of niche genre. The long term tend in sales in the Final Fantasy series have been falling since the release of FF VII, depsite the fact the number of people with consoles keeps increasing. >If it is that, it will likely outsell Mass Effect. Can anyone here >give your estimate on how much Final Fantasy XIII will outsell Mass >Effect by? It'll probably sell 2 million in Japan just for being a Final Fantasy game, but a lot depends of on the game. Outside of Japan, what the game is actually like is going to be an even bigger factor. Not much is known about it at this point, so it easily could end up being a disappointment like IX and XII or a hit like VII, VIII or X. Ross Ridge Signaturel/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU [oo][oo] rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca -()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rridge/ db // |
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