Final Fantasy XIII Ships 1.8 Million Copies on First Day
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Dec 17, 2009 18:02 JST
- Tags: Final Fantasy, Marketing, PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Final Fantasy XIII is unsurprisingly shaping up to be a major hit, with the game, a PS3 exclusive in Japan, shipping over 1.8 million copies on its opening day.
Square Enix have practically staked their commercial reputation on the game, a move which seems entirely justified if these sales are anything to go by.
This total brings the Final Fantasy series to 92 million copies shipped – 100 million cannot be far off.
The international version has been delayed until March 2010 due to the belated decision to port the game to the Xbox 360; the Japanese version is available now.
Via Famitsu.
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Cant beat Modern Warfare 2.
Dude, no matter how linear FF XIII would be, it'd still be longer than Modern Warfare 2.
That asides, 1.8 million copies shipped ain't an achievement yet unless they're all actually sold.
How can you compare a RPG to a shooter? Rpg's are longer becuase they are a singleplayer experience mostly.
Shooters are fairly short in singleplayer, but make up for it in multiplayer.
And you can get more hours out of the multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 then the probably 30-40 hour experience that FF has to offer.
first of all FF13 is said to take a good 40-50 hours excluding sidequests and extras, second of all i dont see myself playing ANY shooter's multiplayer for more than 10-20 hours max.. stuff gets old quite fast.
so no, you're pretty much wrong in just about everything
well if you are good, shooters multiplayers are real fun
hmm just stick to your RPGs, and i'll stick to games that require skill.
It's just a matter of taste. Some like FPS games and some prefer games like the FF series. There is too much difference to even compare these two.
I also have to say I can play FPS but many start to get boring fast (there are a few exceptions). I like RPGs a lot, though.
If you total all the Counter Strike time I have been wasted for the past few years, I think it can add up to 1 year.
@18:51
Not everyone has the Asperger syndrome.
"How can you compare a RPG to a shooter? " then why did you leave a foolish comment like "cant beat modern warfare 2" in a post of FF13 in the first place? Aren't you just asking to get hated on? *sigh*
With all the advertising, awesome trailers and controversial Sera-bible black-look alike, people are definately curious about it.
And a few weeks from now, we will be trolling about a flaw or two in the game. But we'd still enjoy it ^^
>How can you compare a RPG to a shooter?
Like Anonymous said, you just did so yourself.
Don't most good RPGS end up being 67-70 hours?At least the FF games do, at least on one's first run through.
Yes, if you don't eat, sleep, or take toilet breaks, just play the game non-stop.
I duno I played FF XII for a month or so. :D
I had beaten that red dragon in desert AND Adramelech BEFORE the battle with Phoenix.
Ofc gone thru every extra boss etc too. Was more like afk battling by then.
Except MW2's crappy multiplayer doesn't make up for its short single player.
I say all mainstream games have degraded into pointlessness. It's simply the some old stuff formatted in different ways by using different artwork.
I'll stick to Visual Novels tah.
Amen to that.
It'll probably be all sold, given Japan
I hate online multiplayer anyway. No matter how many people play or how much fun they be they can't never compare to single player campaign(compact story,interesting characters,CG and cut-scenes and an actual plot to boot). And that was taking the bright side of online play, how about swearing heard every fucking sec by kids, logging out when they're loosing or every single thing being labeled "gay" ?
Stick to single play, it's a must.
Well, the game didn't exactly get cable news coverage like MW2 did. Activision Blizzard, and by extension Vivendi, likes to flex its gigantic PR muscles. I saw NBC news channels talking about MW2 pretty frequently; guess which French conglomerate has a stake in them, too.
The name Final Fantasy is already an advertisement itself. You don't need to promote it, It's already known worldwide before it was even decided to create it.
Damn those french...
just wait and see, its because the International version is not out yet, no point going to promote Japanese language game, majority cant listen/read! Just wait for English to come out!!!
Call of Duty has had similar name recognition as the FF franchise for a while now. Have you seen the sort of coverage MW2 got? It was like the Evony ads, except there were no boobs and it occurred in every medium, from billboards to sandwich men.
rpgs gets old for me sometimes, but strategy rpgs always keeps me engaged. i swear final fantasy tatics was a total revolution for me. itll be to see a next gen sequel for that series.
got bored with Mw2 within 1 week. This on the other hand will be on the must buy for games of 2010 including Mass effect 2/God of war 3/and Conviction.
mw2 sucks, cs:s ftw
That's like comparing sour milk, or rather diarrhea, to exquisite milk from a firm breast. FFXIII being the breast milk.
You cant argue that more work was put into Modern warfare 2 though and it came out with an experience that wont get old like an RPG
Are you saying more work was put into MW2 then FF13? Son, you crazy.
the story in MW2 is predictable and just not fun after a while, MW2 wasn't a good game really only good thing is prolly the multiplayer, COD games arent played for their singleplayer. totally different ideas, and FF13 does take more work, took about a year and a half for MW2 to come out after COD5, FF13 has taken much much longer.
You forget that breast milk tastes awefull.
um JAPAN ONYL not the hole world, so id say the beats all sell so far.
I'm interested to know where this Hole World is.
LOL
Uranus.
lol, i was about to say "they are 2 completely different types of games." then i realized he ment saleswise. stupid xbox port delays the game im looking forward to the most this year. *(pisses and moans.)
I'll play it but I swear it will be just like the 11 other games that preceded it just with a different skin and names.
this is 13. you know that right?
not counting the sequel and spin offs
you should also not count sequels and remakes
FFIV2, FFX2, the GBA remakes, the DS remakes, although FF3 NEEDS to be played in remake form unless you speak Japanese
Umm... I think most people would ignore FF11 as being non-cannonical, given that one cannot complete an MMORPG.
Well, i feel sad to not live in Japan
uh, ever heard of imports? >_>
apparently not
going in with low expectations so if it' actually good i can be surprised.
Well, that's just shit to be released in March 9 next year. I'm taking my national exams in April. FUCK!
March 2010? It's 3 months away... The good thing is that it'll be perfect as a birthday present
I agree, anon. I'm going to buy it as a birthday gift to someone special.
They're going to push it back again...and probably another time.
FPS game, they are all the F***ken same. Modern Warefare 2 is a good game at best, but nothing compare to FFXIII. And 1.8 millions in Japan alone is already an huge achievement already, and when the world wide release you will see even more. From this post it has been less than 20 hours since its release, 1.8 million in 20 hours is CRAZY.
My copy is coming soon, hopefully next week.
You can say about JRPGs..they're typically the fucking same thing. I doubt it will do as well in the United States. I would be surprised if FFXIII overall beats MW2 sales wise with the PS3+X360 combined (or just the 360 sales), when it's released to state side.
And do you own FFXIII? or is this based on WOW GOOD GRAPHICS AND HAWT GIRLS AND IT HAS THE NAME FINAL FANTASY SO IT MUST ROXOR?!
Actually NM. You don't have it but i'm sure you will say something like "OH it's good because I'm going to have it soon." BAH=P