WOW!! FFXI Sales are the BOMB(ing)!!!!

Why clutter your own thread?

I\'m glad to hear FFXI is 56k also. Means I might get a chance to try it.

Reduce the topic clutter? Bring this topic back in 6 months, when we\'ll have an idea of how things are really going. Only 40,000 have signed? I guess that means the other 46,000 just threw the whole expensive mess in the trash when they got home:rolleyes:

you mean 43,000?

you want a link or something? Don\'t ask me why people aren\'t signing on. Maybe 43,000 people bought it to sell on eBay for high prices to dumb Americans?


Eric Jacob

Hmm.

Well, I\'d say they\'re doing pretty dang good for being the first game of it\'s kind on a console (PSO doesn\'t count, it\'s not a true MMORPG), considering how many add-ons are needed to get the game to run, and considering it\'s a country where online isn\'t as big as it is here, especially online games.

Heck, look at Everquest for the PC.  They just reached about 500k subscribers not even a year ago I believe. On the PC, a place where MMORPGs are insanely popular.  I don\'t know about you, but I\'d consider what Square is doing with this MMORPG OK in my book, I don\'t think of it as poor sales or a failed game like some of your are making this sound to be.  They did just release the game after all, and it is a MMORPG.  You can\'t sell 500k copies of those types of games right away on any platform, you have to build it up.  It took EQ 4 years and 3 expansions, with a 4th coming up, to get the userbase it has now, it\'ll most likely take FFXI somewhere near the same.

I thought Everquest was at 400,000 monthly subs, UO was at 300,000 and Asheron\'s Call was at 200,000. Maybe I am wrong.

Even so, you have to actually sell the game, and have people keep playing it, if it continues to sell 8,000 a week, don\'t expect anymore MMORPG from Square on any other console game dev. (barring Sega and Verant) for a while


Eric Jacob

It might be 400k, I dunno.  It\'s been a few months since I quit the game and seen some sales figures, so I don\'t really remember.  I didn\'t feel like looking them up, either.

Let\'s not forget FFXI isn\'t available worldwide, either.  Once it is these numbers might change completely, you never really know.  The US seems to love those MMORPGs and online games.

Excuses are okay for Sony, but not MS.  You guys are priceless.

You mean 43,665?:yawn:

The point was, those people will sign. You\'re being knit picky about facts and throwing in what if\'s at the same time, not very consistent.   500-400 thousand makes no difference , nataku\'s observations are important. It\'s a unique situation and way too early to be declaring FFXI a bomb.

What you don\'t understand is if they are only selling 8000 in the second week of availability, It is pretty safe to say it ain\'t going anywhere but down, slowly maybe, but down.


Eric Jacob

Altered, you don\'t understand, we\'re talking about Sony, not MS--there are different rules.  It\'s an honest mistake, I\'m sure one of these guys will stop hugging his PS2 long enough to give you the rule book.

I understand very well this is not an ordinary game. There are contributing factors already stated that could change these numbers. In this particular case, the numbers only going down is not necessarily a safe bet.

point taken, Watchdog. I forgot it is GOOD to be out of the top ten your second week out.


Eric Jacob

FFXI had a great launch, what remains to be seen is if people resubscribe after the intial free period.
If they don\'t, MMORPGs will take a back seat in japan until... well.. who knows when?
Cause if they don\'t resubscribe its either cause the game got boring (which everquest did to me) or the japaneese culture just does not apreciate the genre. Its obviously not beacuse of the expensive add-on if they don\'t resubscribe.

You, at this point and time, cannot say it failed.. anyone that does is a fanboy, plain and simple.
If after the trail period is over, and things don\'t improve and people quit, then you call call it whatever you want

Originally posted by Chrono


You, at this point and time, cannot say it failed.. anyone that does is a fanboy, plain and simple.
If after the trail period is over, and things don\'t improve and people quit, then you call call it whatever you want

I\'m impressed, did something hit you in the head?

I think people are a little underwhelmed that a FF title sold like this.  Usually you hear numbers in the millions by day 2 or 3.  

I\'m sure the US will meet FFXI with open arms...

8,000 copies last week

all i got to say is, " did the addon sell more units than xbox\'s last week?"

 

/me points at altered and waits

I\'m impressed, did something hit you in the head?

No, actually i\'m overtired and i\'m in a bad mood

I think people are a little underwhelmed that a FF title sold like this. Usually you hear numbers in the millions by day 2 or 3.

Yep, I said we would hear these same comments weeks ago. FFXI is not a normal FF.. i\'m still ashamed they called it FF11, it should have been called FF online IMO.

I\'m sure the US will meet FFXI with open arms...

Yeah, the toll free local calls and cheap 56k access allows more people to access it.. and the strange nuts that allowed Everquest to become so successfull