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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Bombing in Japan?

Posted on Tuesday, January 3 @ 15:30:48 Eastern by Heath_Hindman

When Final Fantasy XIII-2 made its Japanese retail debut on December 15, it did so in lackluster fashion. For 99% of games coming out, having a first-week Japanese sales total of over half a million would be a triumph -- huge success. But Final Fantasy XIII-2's 524,000 performance (PS3 version) is a mere one-third the size of the original Final fantasy XIII, and even stands distantly in the shadow of Final Fantasy's first direct sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, which also sold over 1.5 million right out of the gate. For a Final Fantasy title, XIII-2 is performing far below expectations.

Things get worse for Square Enix when one considers that XIII-2 is supposed to be a game kept interesting in the long term with frequent DLC updates. This does not stop people from trading the sucker in, even a mere two or three weeks after its launch, however. Getting back from my Christmas vacation, something really stuck out at me as I made my rounds in the game shops: there are a lot of used copies of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Above, I am holding one small store's hearty supply of five used copies of the barely three-week-old Final Fantasy XIII-2, selling for 4,980 yen each. The game launched with a price closer to 7,000 yen for new copies, but has already plummeted to 5,500 in most stores.

Sales were well under half of what Square Enix expected, the price has fallen like a rock, and trade-ins are rampant. From the looks of things, Final Fantasy XIII-2 isn't the comeback S-E was hoping for.
Related Games:   Final Fantasy XIII-2
Tags:   Final Fantasy, Japan, Square Enix, hot


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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 4:20 pm
    Considering how awful XIII was, this news comes as no surprise. SE gave up on quality gaming years ago in favor of shiny graphics.
    1 1
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 4:26 pm
    Oh hey, we're Square Enix! We were born out of the combination of possibly the two most successful RPG franchises of all time! And now, our biggest game this year and biggest future prospects are all coming from an American developer we picked up in 2009.

    Go us.
    1 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 6:43 pm
    They at least stuck it out until the middle of the ps2 era.
    1 0
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 pm
    I won't lie, XII was one of my favorites. The world just felt so rich to travel through, and the real-time combat complimented that feeling.

    FFXIII had one incredible moment when you step out onto the plains, and the entire world just opens wide before you. There's this entire ecosystem of creatures running in packs, fighting, flying, and in some cases shambling with such monstrously huge strides that you aren't even noticed as they trample by. Now, I enjoyed XIII for what it was, but knowing that the entire game could have been like that just makes me sad.
    1 0
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 5:16 pm
    It's the bland packaging.
    1 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 6:38 pm
    That's how the spines of Japanese games typically look.
    1 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 7:50 pm
    No, it's the latin alphabet that makes them skip right through it.
    1 0
  • jleack
    jleack
    Joined: Mar 2011
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 5:29 pm
    Wait, people bought XIII-2?
    1 1
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 5:34 pm
    Haha nice XD

    Apparently only 5 of them, and they regret it.
    1 0
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 5:34 pm
    I haven't forced myself to play all of 13 yet.
    1 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 5:36 pm
    Why anyone would think the sequel to a bad game would be good is beyond me
    1 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 6:45 pm
    I think the biggest issue is the schedule. The initial outing is too ambitious and overblown and the direct sequel is a rushed pile of unused assets from the previous game.
    1 0
  • C_nate
    C_nate
    Joined: Apr 2009
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 6:30 pm
    The game sounded promising. It seemed like they took in the feedback from 13 and made changes to this one so it would be better. I'm still holding out hope on this one.
    1 0
  • Leon_Gehste
    Leon_Gehste
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 7:43 pm
    At first when I got FFXIII i didn't like so I took it back. One day I decided to buy one on ebay and wouldn't you know I liked, I'm trying to beat it before the release of FFXIII-2. FFXIII was the first Final Fantasy game on the new generation of consoles so they tried something new to see what would happen. Last i heard FFXIV was the worse Final Fantasy released. I'm getting FFXIII-2 the day it comes out.
    1 0
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 8:23 pm
    The last Final Fantasy game I cared about was VII.
    1 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 pm
    Instead of FFXIII-2 why not make a Dragon Quest for the Xbox since DQ9 kicked all sorts of ass. I swear if they made a sequel for the Xbox that was better than DQ9 I would buy it twice.
    1 0
  • Daddio
    Daddio
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Jan 4th, 2012 at 6:06 am
    I enjoyed the MMO type feel that FF12 had, to then go and make FF13 so linear until the last little bit is just completely confusing.
    1 1
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Jan 4th, 2012 at 6:26 am
    The only game I could get excited about would be Final Fantasy Versus XIII, because it's been said it has almost nothing in common with the other FFXIIIs.
    1 1
  • Awaiken
    Awaiken
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 5th, 2012 at 3:33 am
    It helps to mention If the photo is the 360 version or not since those tend to sell less in Japan. I have to say I'm disappointed that they put stickers on game covers over there ala GameStop.
    1 0
  • OniAkuma2126
    OniAkuma2126
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jan 28th, 2012 at 8:54 am
    Those are PS3 styles. You can tell by the shorter box and the strip of clear plastic at the top. Also the Black band above the white box art gives it away also.
    0 0
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Jan 11th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
    You cant polish a turd, but you can release a dlc for it ;)
    0 0

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