FF XIII is no longer the most popular game in Japan

marinelife9 - 362 days 4 hours ago

They must have gotten tired of waiting for so long like the rest of the world.

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mint royale - 362 days 4 hours ago

being so far from release date its done well.

Especially considering franchises like dragon quest and pokemon are much bigger in Japan.

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mohib-uddin7986532 - 362 days 3 hours ago

If ff13 like ff12 it will be suck

Also ff13 has NO MP system.

Digusting digusting Square Enix

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tetsuhana - 362 days 2 hours ago

Multiplayer or Magic points?

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mohib-uddin7986532 - 362 days 2 hours ago

No Magic Point system

because they are lazy

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whatis - 362 days ago

What about a world map? There hasn't been one since the Playstation One days (FFIX) and it is very important to me that they include one in FFXIII.

Surely the PS3/360 can allow them to get this part right.

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ThanatosDMC - 361 days 20 hours ago

Cant wait for Resident Evil 5!

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Helghast - 361 days 19 hours ago

Maybe the japanese lost some respect for Square Enix after their recent 360 abominations.

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eatlimegreen - 361 days 19 hours ago

Wow the MP system is just called the cost system now you don't have to freak out because its no longer called MP.

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Akiira - 361 days 10 hours ago

pretty sure ff12 was awsome

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GlibGamer - 361 days 5 hours ago

There was no MP in FF8, either. That was handled by the magic draw system, which I enjoyed.

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mohib-uddin7986532 - 362 days 6 hours ago

I wonder if the Japanese feel abondones that STart Ocean 4 is no longer on a playstation consoles

The cobnsoel fans have been playing on it for all their life

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AclayPS3 - 362 days 5 hours ago

Star Ocean 4 is 2 months away from release and recently there's been a ton of Star Ocean 4 info/screenshots.

There hasn't been nearly as much info on Versus XIII lately, while there's been more coverage on FFXIII because it's coming out first and further ahead in development, so it kinda makes sense that Star Ocean 4 might be higher than Versus XIII regardless of the console it's coming out on.

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Kigmal - 362 days 4 hours ago

I have no idea what the hell Versus XIII is about, but Star Ocean 4 looks like a good game.

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Danja - 362 days 4 hours ago

not much is really known about FF Versus , where as SO4 has had alot of coverage and info thrown out to the public lately..

funny that the Japanese are still looking forward to The Last Remnant..lol

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NaiNaiNai - 362 days ago

@Kigmal

funny you get negatives for saying SO4 is going to be a good game.

FYI
jpn gamers don't care what system there fav game is on, they will buy it, they are not console loyal. like the rest of the world seems to be. if they were, then the 360 would have never moved even 10,000 systems.
-nai-

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bakasora - 361 days 16 hours ago

have you played SO3 b4?
it rocked so much.

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pansenbaer - 361 days 15 hours ago

Ha. Nai fits right in with all those "sales" nut jobs that thinks America is "the rest of the world". Do you live in Japan? Do you know what they think and feel everyday? Do know what anybody but you and your friends think and feel about consoles everyday? I'm going with no. I'm sure there are some brand loyalists in Japan and I'm sure you don't know them.

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NaiNaiNai - 361 days 14 hours ago

@ ^^^
you say i cant talk yet you turn around say i asure you there is. come on, your just being arrogant.
-nai-

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Akiira - 361 days 10 hours ago

whats with all the disagrees on kigmal just for saying star ocean 4 looks like a good game? im gona go so far as to say it looks like an awsome game. bring on the disagrees!!

PS
GO NAI!!!!!

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GlibGamer - 361 days 5 hours ago

Remember that games closer to release will naturally be more popular as excitement builds up to the release date.

That's possibly what happened to the swap in positions between #1 and #2.

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AclayPS3 - 362 days 5 hours ago

"Hopefully it can still give the PS3 the boost it so desperately needs in Japan, but after the hardware numbers from WKC cant really expect too much"

The PS3 needs a "desperate" boost in Japan? Ummm.... NO it doesn't. PS3 sales have been around the 30,000 unit mark weekly and higher ever since the new 80GB PS3 bundles came out.

I think you meant to say "Hopefully Star Ocean 4 can give the 360 the boost that it desperately needs in Japan". With the amount of JRPG's the 360 has, it should be selling much more.

You shouldn't question Final Fantasy XIII's ability to push PS3 hardware in Japan because it WILL.

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ultimolu - 362 days 5 hours ago

Lmfao!

Desperate push? What, are you serious? What desperate push do you speak of?

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Kamikaze135 - 362 days 5 hours ago

I hope you know the PS3 outsells the 36o in Japan at a ratio of 3:1 and 2:1 at times >_>

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IzKyD1331 - 362 days 4 hours ago

Omega got it wrong, the 360 is the desperate one.....

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kewlkat007 - 362 days 4 hours ago

But just watch when FFXIII is release, how much hardware it pushes over there...

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Voiceofreason - 362 days 4 hours ago

I see the SDF as usual thinks Sony only needs to beat MS to win.. However that is not the case. You children are forgetting the Wii. Which beats down the PS3 far more than the PS3 beats the 360.. Please no fanboy BS about it doesnt count as a console because you personally do not own one.. That makes no difference. Also WKS flopped hard in Japan.. The last big game for PS3 couldnt even manage to outsell Animal crossing by more than 50k and AC has been out for months. I knew it would flop though. No AAA game goes as long AS WKS did without showing anything about the game but thats exactly what they did. When the developer doesnt even hype the game it never ends up being AAA.

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harry190 - 362 days 4 hours ago

released on the 360 in Japan.

Guy above is not even a stealth troll. Learn from Snake my friend.

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mint royale - 362 days 4 hours ago

the wii is ignored because it is convenient to ignore it. If it wasn't ignored then all these fights between the ps3 and 360 would be rendered useless and we all know fanboys love a good argument. People in the know realise that of course the wii is competing but just leave the fanboys to it. Their ignorance is not going to change the market.

If you don't think the wii competes then ask yourself this. The ps2 was at 8 million in Japan at the same point in its life as the ps3. The ps3 has sold just over 2 million. Where have these 6 million sales gone? The answer is clear whether you like to admit it or not.

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locos85 - 362 days 3 hours ago

Who is talking about the Wii here????

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kewlkat007 - 362 days 2 hours ago

some were thinking Xbox 360. The game doesn't come out over there on the 360.

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Sarcasm - 361 days 19 hours ago

Yeah the PS3 needs saving in Japan, much like how Blu-Ray is doomed am I correct?

Is it me or they just keep getting stupider and stupider.

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Rhoic - 361 days 16 hours ago

Isn't 'stupider' not even a correct word? rofl.

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Monkey521 - 361 days 4 hours ago

No one is forgetting the wii. No one will deny that the wii is doing amazing. The fact is, is that it is a really cheap console. So considering that all consoles (better SKU's such as 80GB PS3 or 60 GB 360) get to its price range, the people who bought the wii will buy by PS3's or 360's. I love the wii as much as any other person, but it remains a party console. IMO it is not fun to play it by yourself. Well, that's my analysis.

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Voiceofreason - 362 days 4 hours ago

They are making a next gen Dragon QUEST.. WARRIOr is a name it was given just for the US and that was dropped long long ago. They are making it for the Wii though. I guess they just dont want to risk another flop on Flopstation 3. Lair,Haze,LBP,Resistance 2 and now WKS.. Why would they even want to release a PS3 game when PS3 owners care more about movies and dont even buy the games they hype as AAA must own??

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SAiOSiN - 362 days 2 hours ago

@voice of reason
R2 flopped? Gemme proof. It sold over a million and got good scores. LBP flopped? It sold over 1.5 million and is one of the highest rated exclusives...EVER. Go do some research before you open your mouth. WKC sold over 200k in Japan in the first 3 days. That isn't a flop either. No one likes you. Get your tired ass home.

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Sarcasm - 361 days 19 hours ago

Possible.

But one thing to realize is that SE doesn't give a flying crap about its fanbase or supporters.

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Wiimaniac - 362 days 5 hours ago

This means the same as for fanboys that keep looking for stupid articles saying that the PS3's a sinking ship when is not... Nothing.

But this actually proves my point that DQ series is bigger than FF series in Japan while everybody have been telling me that I'm wrong. Besides, this game is a Japan exclusive and if it does bad the only one that's going to get hurt is the PS3 in the eyes of Square. Expect even less support if this game does bad in Japan so, sonyboys pray for this FF game to do well...

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PirateThom - 362 days 4 hours ago

Yeah, well, the 360 has no games and Microsoft are more concerned with getting streaming movies off the ground.

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Snake Raiser - 362 days 4 hours ago

You are a fanboy. Already we have some cause to question your intelligence. On top of that you say that FF13 going to the 360 makes PS3 fans in JAPAN unhappy... Son, it is still PS3 exclusive in Japan.

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gersh - 361 days 21 hours ago

"but but teh game is stolen from our Playstation! They stole it! Awwww now teh game isn't so important anymore to me... Really... It isn't... Really really really!"

Why must Xbots always depict us PS3ers just as stupid as themselves?

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mxdan - 361 days 19 hours ago

"Keep crying that to yourself PS3 fantards, you might cry yourself asleep tonight again."

I'm crying after I read the level of intelligence behind that butchered sentence...

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gersh - 361 days 21 hours ago

Hot milk is gross you sicko.

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