Blackleg-sanji1
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Oooo yea lol.
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Final Fantasy XV needs to sell 10 million units to succeed in team's goal
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"At a press conference this morning, director Hajima Tabata answered that question: it needs to sell 10 million copies, worldwide, over entire the life-span of the game. "
Last part puts it in context, it doesn't say 10m in its first month. Says 10m during its entire life-span, yeah, 10m witht that time-frame is definitely doable.
Last part puts it in context, it doesn't say 10m in its first month. Says 10m during its entire life-span, yeah, 10m witht that time-frame is definitely doable.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Your cats number is inflated. A good portion of them are going to still be playing Final Fantasy All the Bravest.
Dreamwriter
Member
Especially since most people didn't consider XIII to be damaging to the brand at all, since it was a good game that got good reviews and sold high numbers (almost 8 million). It's only really here on GAF where there are a lot of XIII haters, which started before the game even came out.
mrmickfran
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Got that bookmark ready.
KnightimeX_Legacy
Banned
This almost confirms the high possibility of a PC release.
itsbenoclock
Member
1 year = 1 million
Reasonable when you put it like that I suppose
Reasonable when you put it like that I suppose
Same, no matter what its gonna be interesting when this game launches and the following months with the eventual PC release.
I expect 7 million for the first three years counting all platforms. No way this game sells worse than FFXIII. Life time? Maybe 10 million. There's always ports and remasters and rereleases.
10 million to succeed so 7 million is roughly good enough for them to break even. The film can break even by itself.
If this bombs. Prepare for FFVI and FFVIII remakes.
Tabata said this game doesn't cost as much as GTAV and Destiny, I believe him.
10 million to succeed so 7 million is roughly good enough for them to break even. The film can break even by itself.
If this bombs. Prepare for FFVI and FFVIII remakes.
Tabata said this game doesn't cost as much as GTAV and Destiny, I believe him.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
All that helps...You know that right
Dark Cloud
Member
If the game releases on PS4, X1, PC, NX and gets great reviews then there's a chance it will sell 10 million.
With no PC version release? MorganFreemanGoodLuck.gif
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Square-Enidos taking lessons from Capcom.
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Square-Enidos taking lessons from Capcom.
GhostTrick
Banned
Depends if their plans remains the same. Depends on the game quality. Then again, People in this thread are on the "this depends on X factor" way for now in general.
vainglorious
Member
This is interesting -
So Square is banking huge on China. And I think we're getting a hint of what that Final Fantasy 15 Lite rumor is - some type of Cloud based version of the game. Hrm.
So Square is banking huge on China. And I think we're getting a hint of what that Final Fantasy 15 Lite rumor is - some type of Cloud based version of the game. Hrm.
Sure, but being on the largest platform in the world would help more if they had to sacrifice any one of those things.
The cost of a PC port is tiny compared to the costs of the anime or CG movie, and would greatly expand the game's potential audience. Making the other marketing things much more effective, too.
GhostTrick
Banned
Cloud based is, I think, a streaming version. And highly likely from a PC version at that, lol.
Then again, it's their loss. People loves to take GTAV as an exemple, because the game sold really well despite being 2 years late on PC. The thing is, it's the same reasoning as a student getting a B grade without studying. Sure, the student did well, but if he did studied, he would've been more likely to get a A grade.
Plus, Final Fantasy isn't GTA. Basically, releasing after the huge marketing period not only will cost them sale volume on PC, but also in term of revenue because of the game price. In other words, instead of aiming for a 500k to even 1 million target at full price, they'll get twice less than that, at a lower price. That is, if the game doesn't get a bad word of mouth, which is the risk with a later date release.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
It'll do fine. I'm not pessimistic. It's a blockbuster game set for this year, with a relative lack of software competition and a huge marketing budget. It should hit 10M, barring any quality issues, easily.
Romars202129
Member
One figure I'm really thinking is important and not seeing ( sorry if I missed it) is Final Fantasy XIV sales numbers.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Final Fantasy had a great run , that's it I guess.
Turn it into an Action RPG? Dunno, that's all I've got.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Didn't 13 sell like 500,000? I think i saw that in here nd that came pretty lat And we all know how 13 is looked upon, i think It'll be fine
Very good for an MMORPG. It requires a monthly sub fee and is still doing well, that should give you a good indication.
MutonCommander
Banned
How? They are going all in and the movie/ cheap 11 minutes long animes serve as a marketing tool. And this is only the beginning. For them to hit 10 million they have to have a large ad/marketing campaign. Right now the core base is most certainly excited for this ancillary media
says during its entire life-span. that could mean 10 years if they re-release it on different platforms in the future, we don't know what time-frame they are using. They are still making money off FFVII almost 20 years later.
Not exactly relevant, since it's an MMO.
But they say "over 5M registered accounts." And you can't subscribe without buying a client.
It had 5 million registered subscribers in August.
MulderYuffie
Member
probably gonna make half that.
SneakersSO
Member
Man, talk about putting all your eggs in one basket. Its really unreasonable to think that FFXV will be the entry to reach this milestone. If anything, FF is in a sales slump as a series thanks to the last few years of direction the series has had. As great as FFXV looks, and it does indeed look like a fantastic return to form for the series, it has a long ways to go to reach the public mindshare it used to enjoy back before FFXIII.
Kingdom Hearts as a series was on track to surpass FF in terms of sales before SE sidelined KH into a mobile franchise. Depending on how they leverage the Disney properties in KH3, I could foresee that game coming close to these numbers. But FFXV? It's gonna have to really deliver to stand a chance.
Kingdom Hearts as a series was on track to surpass FF in terms of sales before SE sidelined KH into a mobile franchise. Depending on how they leverage the Disney properties in KH3, I could foresee that game coming close to these numbers. But FFXV? It's gonna have to really deliver to stand a chance.
Trigonometrize.
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It's going to approach that, much like the rest of the upper echelon of FF sales. People that are saying this will only do 5 million (lifetime btw) are insane.
GhostTrick
Banned
He said lifetime sales. It's possible, especially incorporating rereleases. They might make a 'game of the year' or some such Director's Cut release down the road after a few years. Maybe a port next get as well, with spiffed up graphics.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
By the end of 2016 sure
All of that is far more expensive than a PC port, and does very little to expand the potential audience of the game. Especially the CG movie.
Based on budgeting the anime opening for our new game, I'd estimate that a port would cost about as much as one of those anime shorts.
And these are not mutually exclusive - money is clearly no object, so why not also simultaneously release it on PC? And being on PC would only make that other marketing much more effective.
Instead, we'll get the PC version 6-12 months after the launch. And the marketing hype will have died down. And unless the console release gets stellar reviews and holds up with players, the PC sales will suffer greatly as a result.
Romars202129
Member
I see. I was just thinking if that thing did ten, I could see square expecting it to translate. At this point, with this info, I'm confident saying they know its going to bomb.
How can you be so sure. Anime is far reaching and this isn't the only marketing they'll be doing. This is building up the brand. A PC port is coming now matter what. I can't be mad at SE for putting thei muscle behind this.
DarkLordMalik
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2 million with Japan + Asia including China. If it doesn't hit that despite the efforts by SE to localize and market this in China and launch it worldwide, it is already dead.