{"id":30085,"date":"2012-01-04T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30085"},"modified":"2012-01-04T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T10:56:30","slug":"final-fantasy-xiii-2-not-impressing-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/30085-final-fantasy-xiii-2-not-impressing-in-japan","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIII-2 not impressing in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a general rule of thumb: if a JRPG doesn’t sell well in Japan, then things do not bode well for other markets around the world – and if that JRPG is carrying the Final Fantasy brand and doesn’t sell well in Japan, well then those Mayan 2012 apocalypse rumours may very well be true.<\/p>\n

Despite getting a 40\/40 in Famitsu, sales of Final Fantasy XIII-2, which was released in Japan last month, are not looking hot. In its first week of sales, it only managed to move 500,000 copies, making Square-Enix<\/a> execs poo a little.<\/p>\n

Now, 500,000 copies may sound like a lot – but for a Final Fantasy game in Japan, that’s actually pretty bad. In comparison, Final Fantasy XIII sold three times as many copies in its first week – and even J-Pop, Charlie’s Angels-esque Final Fantasy X-2 moved 1.5 million copies in its first week.<\/p>\n

Further indiciations of trouble: according to an article on Gamerevolution, the author witnessed stores in Japan already selling second-hand copies of the game – 3 weeks after launch.<\/p>\n

Any Final Fantasy fan will tell you – one does not simply resell a Final Fantasy game (I still have my PS1 copy of FF7).<\/p>\n

The game was also initially being sold at 7,000 Yen (R740) but has now been discounted to 5,500 Yen (R580) – indicating that Squeenix is really trying to shift sales here.<\/p>\n

The silver lining here might be that bad sales means that Square-Enix might be forced to pull out their trump card and actually release a Final Fantasy 7 remake. That, or they could keep making buckets of cash with their other IPs, which seem to be doing pretty well.<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is set to be released here on 3 February 2012, and expect MyGaming’s review soon thereafter.<\/p>\n

Source: Gamerevolution <\/a><\/h5>\n

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