This game has dropped out of the top 20 in Japan, it's now at 23rd, one spot behind Professor Layton (Media Create)! A train game (Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan, not listed on simExchange) that was released on the same day as FFXII:RW is back in the top 10! That is totally not what I expected. Apparently, there are more train lovers than FF fans in Japan.
Unfortunately, I can only see this game falling on the wayside in Japan much sooner than I have expected.
@lassiterb
I agree with you to a certain extend. Yes, US has an immense FF following (and so does Japan, if not more so), but historically, especially on the handheld, FF hasn't done as well as its TV cousins. Looking at the VGC, FFTA on the GBA sold 800K, while FFIII on the DS sold over 500K (and still going) (no data on other GBA games).
Granted, FFXII:RW is not strictly an RPG game (it's more of a RTS game), and US love RTS games. But 1.5M in the US alone? Not impossible, but no likely. As I've mentioned before, America is most likely to sell more copies than in Japan, but I wouldn't bank on it to sell over a million.
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Unfortunately, I can only see this game falling on the wayside in Japan much sooner than I have expected.
@lassiterb
I agree with you to a certain extend. Yes, US has an immense FF following (and so does Japan, if not more so), but historically, especially on the handheld, FF hasn't done as well as its TV cousins. Looking at the VGC, FFTA on the GBA sold 800K, while FFIII on the DS sold over 500K (and still going) (no data on other GBA games).
http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=final+fantasy&console=&publisher=&sort=Total
http://vgchartz.com/aweekly.php?page=4&date=39236
Granted, FFXII:RW is not strictly an RPG game (it's more of a RTS game), and US love RTS games. But 1.5M in the US alone? Not impossible, but no likely. As I've mentioned before, America is most likely to sell more copies than in Japan, but I wouldn't bank on it to sell over a million.