500k in Japan only for a DQ on rails spinoffs is pretty amazing if you ask me. Still the best selling RPG on consoles in Japan this gen.

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I don't think it'll be that much of a failure, but I do think it'll probably be about on par with or perhaps a little better than or under 500K for DQS.

Considering the Xbox 360 userbase is what 8-9x smaller that the wii and many of the releases for the 360 were new IP's (LO, ES, IU, LR, BD), I wouldn't go calling 500k a rousing success.

Train wreck said: Considering the Xbox 360 userbase is what 8-9x smaller that the wii and many of the releases for the 360 were new IP's (LO, ES, IU, LR, BD), I wouldn't go calling 500k a rousing success.

The Wii userbase in Japan when DQS came out was 2 mil IIRC so not really.

Plus, all those games have more effort than DQS.

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I don't think it has a chance of matching the DQS numbers in Japan. It'll probably settle at around 250-300k

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trestres said: Oh well, looks like this game will bomb. That score is terrible for a FF game, even if it's a spin-off. No wonder, it's not SE's best effort and it's a fairly short game I've heard. I wonder if SE will give the Wii a top tier game before DQX. I don't think so.

isnt it like 15 hours? thats not so short right?

Even then, though, the 250-300K isn't TOO terrible. It is low, yes, but it could be worse. I expect that the game will get more sales stateside (perhaps the reviewers will be more enthusiastic here).

Also, we don't really know if the game will be a hit or not.  It depends on how the public responds to it.  I don't expect to be a super-huge hit, but I think it'll be fairly successful.  300K isn't anything to scoff at in Japan.

I don't know what Square-Enix will have next for Wii after this before DQX, but hopefully the game will do respectable business for them to continue their support (or perhaps improve it a little).

shadowD said: trestres said: Oh well, looks like this game will bomb. That score is terrible for a FF game, even if it's a spin-off. No wonder, it's not SE's best effort and it's a fairly short game I've heard. I wonder if SE will give the Wii a top tier game before DQX. I don't think so. isnt it like 15 hours? thats not so short right?

I guess it depends what you were expecting.  For an RPG I expect longer, but for an action/adventure game which I've heard this game is more like than an RPG it would be really good.

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The main story is 15 hours. But come on...it's FF. The game will last more than that with side stuff.

Also, 250k-300k in JP only would be great IMO. I expect it to sell more in the West (or, more specifically, NA since EU doesn't seem to like buying RPGs :/)

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Initially, I came across as predicting doom for this title when I saw the score, but after I realized I was overreacting, I decided to delete my "trolling" posts. So now I'll say this:

The score isn't super-high, and it does cool my anticipation for the game somewhat. But it could've been much worse. 30/40 is by no means a bad score, but this is only the first review. We'll have to wait and see what other reviewers will say.

Anyway, I don't see this game being a particularly huge title, but it'll definitely acheive cult status and find an audience on all three sides of the globe.