Troubled blockbuster corridor marathon Final Fantasy XIII is now the subject of humiliating ¥1,980 sales, whilst its sales figures have dropped to record lows.
The sale in question, for new copies of the game:
Presumably the store in question found itself completely unable to shift its stock.
Second-hand, as reported the game is now being bought by stores for ¥1,500-2,500, although some stores are apparently no longer willing to buy. Second-hand stores are routinely offering the game for as little as ¥3,500.
More ominously, the sales figures for Final Fantasy XIII, whilst initially healthy enough, have plummeted to levels far lower than previous titles in the series.
(Columns: weeks 1-8, total sales, percentage of sales concentrated in week 1)
We don’t need no Square-Enix, burn mutherfuckers
BURN!
troll…….shakes head…..
The reviews world wide are a likely contribution to the lackluster sales, assuming this information is accurate. Reviewers nowadays have this convoluted philosophy that video games, regardless of genre must be open-ended and explorative, which may not be a necessity. Final Fantasy X is a prime example of an immensely popular, yet remarkably linear game. The release of Mass Effect 2, and Dragon Age, both of which are the WRPG creme de la creme may have further factored into the scoring. Nonetheless the game appears intriguing and with similarities to my favorite game in the series (FFX) I am certainly going to allot Square the opportunity to impress me. I do concede since FFX, Square has not produced stellar titles, granted your opinion may vary.
For what they’ve done to this game, I hope it does bad. Only because I want Toriyama and Watanabe to never team up and touch a main numbered Final Fantasy game again. They’re destroying the Final Fantasy name.
I did play FFXIII and didn’t like it at all. T_T
Disappoint.
Many ears ago I was made fan of FF by FFVII.
FF13 is very bad game play, not RPG really, not what I expect FF must be. The girls are pretty but everything else is bad.
Replay value is zero, don’t want to keep it that is why.
SE fail.
So I shouldn’t probably buy it on release date huh…