LIGHTNING RETURNS sells poorly in Japan

[Sora96 17,256]

First week sales for LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII are in. And it's pretty poor.

 

It only managed to sell 277,082. Far from what Square Enix would have wanted. XIII-2 sold double that and it was still poor.

 

This does not include digital sales from the PlayStation Network. And the Xbox 360 version failed to sell enough to be counted.

 

Thanks to Nova Crystallis.

[NexusOmega 8]

damn, seems like a good game to me.

[Guest]

I'm sorry, but I kinda expected this. I don't know why, but I did. Still feel bad for Square though.

[BlackAceZero777 77]

  On 11/29/2013 at 8:13 AM, Crona said:

I'm sorry, but I kinda expected this. I don't know why, but I did. Still feel bad for Square though.

Somewhat as well...The series wasn't good to most fans and it felt like they were forcing fans to like it...

[Light Guardian 33]

I hope this wont happen for Final Fantasy 15

[Sora96 17,256]

  On 11/29/2013 at 9:34 AM, Light Guardian said:

I hope this wont happen for Final Fantasy 15

 

It would be the end of Square Enix and we'd never see Kingdom Hearts III or FINAL FANTASY VII's rumoured PS4 remake.

[Light Guardian 33]

  On 11/29/2013 at 9:37 AM, Sora96 said:

It would be the end of Square Enix and we'd never see Kingdom Hearts III or FINAL FANTASY VII's rumoured PS4 remake.

DAMN! thats really bad . But wait, who said there will be a remake for VII, i heard about it befor, but then i knew that they cancled it, so...

Edited November 29, 2013 by Light Guardian

[Sora96 17,256]

  On 11/29/2013 at 9:41 AM, Light Guardian said:

DAMN! thats really bad . But wait, who said there will be a remake for VII, i heard about it befor, but then i knew that they cancled it, so...

 

There's rumours of a PS4 remake planned for after Kingdom Hearts III.

[Light Guardian 33]

  On 11/29/2013 at 9:44 AM, Sora96 said:

There's rumours of a PS4 remake planned for after Kingdom Hearts III.

hmmm... nice, I'm gonna be the first one to buy it!

[143436611Xxcc 1,105]

As expected. Square gotta get 2.5 HD and FFXHD out to help regain the sales,..

[Sora96 17,256]

  On 11/29/2013 at 12:02 PM, Roxasman1231 said:

As expected. Square gotta get HD 2.5 ReMIX and FFXHD out to help regain the sales,..

 

HD Collections don't sell that much.

[143436611Xxcc 1,105]

  On 11/29/2013 at 12:10 PM, Sora96 said:

HD Collections don't sell that much.

Didn't KHHD sell a lot? And plus this includes KH2 and BBS, it will sell nice.. And FFX is considered by most thee best FF game... So that'll sell. And if they release the Sleeping Dogs sequel next year... They got some good games lined up, but I'm afraid most people are disinterested in anything to do with FFXIII (both American and Japanese audiences), as for the upcoming games, they're sure to sell.

[Sora96 17,256]

  On 11/29/2013 at 12:28 PM, Roxasman1231 said:

Didn't KHHD sell a lot? And plus this includes KH2 and BBS, it will sell nice.. And FFX is considered by most thee best FF game... So that'll sell. And if they release the Sleeping Dogs sequel next year... They got some good games lined up, but I'm afraid most people are disinterested in anything to do with FFXIII (both American and Japanese audiences), as for the upcoming games, they're sure to sell.

 

HD 1.5 ReMIX sold like 100,000. It sold well for a HD Collection, but it sold less than LIGHTNING RETURNS. 

 

Sleeping Dogs didn't reach their expectations either. I can't see the sequel selling more.

[Kodakliv 558]

But the story and gameplay look so awesome! whats wrong with you japan gamers!

[Ragnorok23675 1]

It sold poorly in Japan? I sort of expected the game to be selling little bit more than this. The gameplay actually looks good, and in my opinion, better than XIII and XIII-2's.

[Cyber Shaman 990]

Not surprised, this is Xiii we're talking about. Still I like it, the gameplay is good, Lightning is still sexy.

[Dio Brando 5,810]

I expected much less sales than this because,let's face it.

 

As much as I'm willing to play LRFFXIII,the XIII series really wore out of it;s welcome

 

Not to mention that the console market in Japan is dying.

 

People are either playing a 3DS,a Vita,a PSP or an iOS

 

if a game isn't on those three,most Japanese people will overlook it especially since handhelds are much cheaper

 

Not to mention,the time system in LRFXIII is literally ripped off from Majora's Mask.....it's really similar to it it's ridiculous

 

the only difference is that you have 13 days instead of 3

 

If you've played Majora's Mask,you've already experienced LRFFXIII

Edited December 2, 2013 by Metal Snake

[Kodakliv 558]

It's sad that this game sold poorly, even though

  SPOILERS: Click to reveal

Lightning is happy at the end of this game cause she gets her sister back

 

Edited December 3, 2013 by Kodakliv

[Dio Brando 5,810]

  On 12/3/2013 at 6:32 PM, Kodakliv said:

It's sad that this game sold poorly, even though

  SPOILERS: Click to reveal

Lightning is happy at the end of this game cause she gets her sister back

 

Please don't tell me that the ending is.................(highlight the white text)

 

 

That they went back to Cocoon for some reason!!!

[Sora96 17,256]

  On 12/3/2013 at 6:32 PM, Kodakliv said:

It's sad that this game sold poorly, even though

  SPOILERS: Click to reveal

Lightning is happy at the end of this game cause she gets her sister back

 

 

-cries myself to sleep-

[Master Keeper 687]

I am so annoyed from those Japanese gamers. What do they want more than that?! They probably get everything and they are still not happy!