Final Fantasy XIII-2’s first week sales figures reveal it has been outsold by Tales of Xillia, a fact which is being greeted as a massive humiliation and confirmation that Final Fantasy brand now lies in ruins.
The sales figures (with weekly and total sales)
1. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) 524,217/524,217
2. Monster Hunter 3 G (3DS) 208,427/730,386
3. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) 182,418/789,871
4. Inazuma 11 GO (3DS) 135,259/135,259
5. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)112,533/837,143
6. Kirby Wii (Wii) 71,028/398,516
7. Minna no GOLF 6 (PSV) 61,412/61,412
8. Uncharted (PSV) 48,224/48,224
9. JUST DANCE Wii (Wii) 44,021/323,293
10. PokePark 2 (Wii) 43,829/164,018
For those wondering, Vita sales stood at 324,859 – compared to 367,691 for the 3DS.
Meanwhile, Tales of Xillia sold 525,605 in its first week, a fact which has not gone uncommented upon:
“It’s dead, completely dead.”
“Bloody hell, FF can’t even outsell Tales now!”
“So the brand has finally collapsed. I suppose it was to be expected, they’ve just gotten too bad.”
“It sold even less than I thought it would… Maybe I’ll buy it cheaply second-hand.”
“Everyone will wait for the second-hand copies. They’ve learnt their lesson from the first one.”
“It can’t even win in the first week. There’s no chance for it now.”
“This is seriously dangerous:
FF13: 1,516,532
FF13-2: 524,217 (Xbox 360 too small to register in sales figures)Refer back to this:
FF10: 1,749,737
FF10-2: 1,472,914”“They were saying it would sell a million without difficulty…”
“And it was released in the holiday season.”
“The Vita is already finished… it can’t even beat the 3DS even now!?”
“Both FF and the Vita are dead.”
“The 3DS is at its peak. I think we can expect Vita sales to grow from here.”
“Considering how bad it is I think FF13-2 did well to sell what it did.”
“Final Fantasy can’t even manage a million now. It’s done for.”
“TOX: 525,605
vs
FF13-2: 524,217
This is a historic moment.”“Maybe now that awful company will realise how bad a fix it is in.”
“Tales is now the leading JRPG!”
Ha thats what u get for making ff in ps3 only
It’s a shame to see Final Fantasy having declined so much. And it’s sad that Japanese games overall are in the doldrums. Bought a PS3 just for FFXIII and hugely regret it. The last great FF for me was XII, Godly game, but XIII failed. And XIV is the worst Main FF I have ever played, god damn awful.
But What annoys me though is people going on about how Western games are so awesome now and Japanese games suck etc.
The only reason Western Games are dominating this generation is because Japanese gaming really has fallen so very very far.
Western Games maybe the best they have ever been but thats not really saying much as they are still mediocre in the grand scheme of things. I keep playing these so called great games of this generation and they are nothing compared to the average good Japanese game’s of previous generations.
Playing Skyrim right now. It is a good game to be sure, enjoying it immensely, but the game is only a stand out by this generations poor standards! Probably is game of the year, but not saying a lot is it?
This whole generation has been a bust for so many different reasons, Japanese gaming’s huge decline being the major reason. Games are going the same way as Movies Anime and Music…A tidal wave of supreme tat 🙁
My opinion is more right than all of you guys, f♥♥k you!
Just summed up this and EVERY SINGLE THREAD ON THE INTERNET
🙂
Am I the only person in Japan or the West to notice that the Tales game outsold the Final Fantasy game by a mere thousand copies?
Half a million copies sounds pretty damn successful to me.
As a long time hater of Final Fantasy:
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!