Final Fantasy XIII 300k units sold on PS3..160 on 360!

Final Fantasy XIII sells half a million in US only selling nearly 300K on PlayStaion 3 in its first day and lower than 170K on the Xbox360. a big success for the PS3 version.

http://www.playstationuniversity.com/final-fantasy-xiii-sells-450000-copies-on-day-one-2994/

Pretty damn solid sales. I hope it continues to sell well.

Edit: Ouch.. VGChartz.

Yup amazing sales. the game is a gem, couldnt play anything else since it launched, hopefully SE learned their lesson to never forget about the PS3. we need more SE RPG's!

Isn't that kinda low?

Looks like MS should have payed a little extra to make the 360 version superior.Swift_Boss_A

Somehow I knew once I saw the username that the source would be crap....

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]Looks like MS should have payed a little extra to make the 360 version superior.Eddie5vs1

[QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"][QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]Looks like MS should have payed a little extra to make the 360 version superior.toxicmog

Yup amazing sales. the game is a gem, couldnt play anything else since it launched, hopefully SE learned their lesson to never forget about the PS3. we need more SE RPG's!

finalstar2007

Their most expensive game ever underperforming will certainly get them to make more rpgs for your platform. Oh yes.

[QUOTE="toxicmog"][QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"] It was developed on the PS3 and ported to the 360, i.e., games usually look better on the system they are developed for. And I still don't understand why people are so irritated that it went multiplat. Developers like to make money and gamers like to game. It's a win-win situation. Eddie5vs1

i dont understand what the absurd costs are.

I mean you already have the staff who are on salaries, so they are working regardless.

And then you have the equipment which you need to purchase. Other then that i dont see how it becomes so high, i mean its all in house not like movies with special effects costs

i dont understand what the absurd costs are.

I mean you already have the staff who are on salaries, so they are working regardless.

And then you have the equipment which you need to purchase. Other then that i dont see how it becomes so high, i mean its all in house not like movies with special effects costs

smartcriminal

Time and Money perfecting Lightning .... sheesh it isnt rocket science to figure that out. Also there are far more jrpg fans on ps3, and fanbase from before etc.

But if those 160k didn't get sold on 360 they wouldn't have been bought at all, so shouldn't Square be happy they got the sales at all?

[QUOTE="smartcriminal"]

i dont understand what the absurd costs are.

I mean you already have the staff who are on salaries, so they are working regardless.

And then you have the equipment which you need to purchase. Other then that i dont see how it becomes so high, i mean its all in house not like movies with special effects costs

SaltyMeatballs

Where did you get the information that Killzone 2 had a 50 million budget?

Looks like MS should have payed a little extra to make the 360 version superior.Swift_Boss_A

They couldnt have paid anything to make it superior unless they purposly sabotaged the PS3 version.

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"][QUOTE="smartcriminal"]

i dont understand what the absurd costs are.

I mean you already have the staff who are on salaries, so they are working regardless.

And then you have the equipment which you need to purchase. Other then that i dont see how it becomes so high, i mean its all in house not like movies with special effects costs

RadecSupreme

Where did you get the information that Killzone 2 had a 50 million budget?

[QUOTE="smartcriminal"]

i dont understand what the absurd costs are.

I mean you already have the staff who are on salaries, so they are working regardless.

And then you have the equipment which you need to purchase. Other then that i dont see how it becomes so high, i mean its all in house not like movies with special effects costs

SaltyMeatballs

A) Add months onto a games development cycle (aka, delay the game)

B) Expand their team (meaning hire several more programmers to take the workload off and make the process go faster)

or C) borrow resources from OTHER aspects of the game, to focus on ONE aspect.

Option B is the most favorable, and the most expensive out of all of those options. Although, option A is the one most often picked.

Looks like MS should have payed a little extra to make the 360 version superior.Swift_Boss_A

Microsoft should have put more money into the 360 system itself instead of all the money to Live.

[QUOTE="RadecSupreme"]

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"] So when a game like KZ2 gets a $50 million budget, you think that is to pay the dev team? Lol.SaltyMeatballs

Where did you get the information that Killzone 2 had a 50 million budget?

Similarly, God of War 3 had a $44 million budget, and Uncharted 2 (and Uncharted 1) had a $20 million budget.

For comparison, GTA4, and MGS4 EACH had a $100 million dollar budget. Modern Warfare 2 had a $50 million dollar budget (however a $250 launch campaign)

Not really suprising at all since Final Fantasy fans probably favored the PS3 at launch since it was the big exclusive franchise for the system.. and those with both systems almost certaintly purchase the PS3 version, Im sure SE is quite happy with the 360 units regardless.. it could also be that the reviews scared people off and 360 fans have the superior ME2. I almost completely skipped out on FFXIII.. I ended up picking it up regardless and am really enjoying this game. This is the possible the best turn based battle system ever, and SE seems to have taken notes on the much more complex Atlus Shin Megami Tensei battle systems... this game is all about strategy, I just wish it would get harder faster... I wish you could start with a super hard mode also. The linear nature of the game is sort of nice after being at work all day.

Pretty good and I'm kind of not suprised. Got my copy a couple days ago on th ps3 and going to spend the weekends playing it.

I expect the 360 version to win in the end. Lots of people playing BFBC2 will want to "try something pretty and new" and more will come from 360 than anything else.

25 hours into the 360 version myself now, pretty damn good game :)

Now Cows think 170k on the first day is bad :lol: Also, VGChartz :|SaltyMeatballs

For Final Fantasy?

Isn't that kinda low?

NoobisMaxcimus

Isn't that kinda low?

NoobisMaxcimus

Yes we all know sales estimates from VGChartz will bode well on here............/sarcasmmoose_knuckler

Seriously, why is it so trendy here to bash VGchartz???

Most agree that they are usually accurate within a +/-10% error margin compared to NPD. So if you can show me a website that freely gives weekly sales data for consoels and games that is MORE ACCURATE, please post it.

So even at the worst scenario if we add an extra 10% to the 360 sales and subtract 10% from the PS3 sales, PS3 still outsold 360 by a large margin.

I expect the 360 version to win in the end. Lots of people playing BFBC2 will want to "try something pretty and new" and more will come from 360 than anything else.

25 hours into the 360 version myself now, pretty damn good game :)

Cali3350

Are some 360 fans really so bothered by the fact that a multiplat is going to sell far better on PS3?

So bothered that you can actually convince yourself that all of a sudden millions of 360 fans are just gonna wake up one day and go buy XIII for no specific reason???

This is about as likely as Modern Warfare 2 all of a sudden selling millions more on PS3 than on 360, for NO REASON WHATSOEVER:roll:

[QUOTE="Cali3350"]

I expect the 360 version to win in the end. Lots of people playing BFBC2 will want to "try something pretty and new" and more will come from 360 than anything else.

25 hours into the 360 version myself now, pretty damn good game :)

mztazmz

Are some 360 fans really so bothered by the fact that a multiplat is going to sell far better on PS3?

So bothered that you can actually convince yourself that all of a sudden millions of 360 fans are just gonna wake up one day and go buy XIII for no specific reason???

This is about as likely as Modern Warfare 2 all of a sudden selling millions more on PS3 than on 360, for NO REASON WHATSOEVER:roll:

actually 360 sold more ff13 disc than ps3, that's 160x3=480k discs and ps3 only sold 300k discs, so 360 won.

I'll get it for PS3, if I get it.

If the versions were 99% the same, I'd go with the 360 version... also... I worry that my 360 might up and die on me... and it has a tendency to grind my discs... all the games I play on my 360 are installed for 3 reasons...

#1 To stop the dvd drive from eating my discs

#2 To make the faulty Dvd ROM last longer (don't have to replace my 360 until further down the road)

#3 Noise reduction

actually 360 sold more ff13 disc than ps3, that's 160x3=480k discs and ps3 only sold 300k discs, so 360 won.

oajlu

Hey its SW's... I think this counts... :P

But if those 160k didn't get sold on 360 they wouldn't have been bought at all, so shouldn't Square be happy they got the sales at all?

xXDante666Xx

I remember when the multiplatform decision was announced. I can't count how many times I saw comments like "FFXIII's coming to 360, now I don't need to buy a PS3".

Most Final Fantasy fans are like Halo or Metal Gear fans, they will buy whatever console they need to play the games they love.

actually 360 sold more ff13 disc than ps3, that's 160x3=480k discs and ps3 only sold 300k discs, so 360 won.

oajlu