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Final Fantasy XIII Demo ignites PS3 sales in Japan

April 22, 2009 in Demo comments 9

Man, who would have ever thought we gamers wanted this new Final Fantasy so desperately that we'd be willing to fork over hundreds of dollars (or thousands of yen) just to fondle a demo for one hour? Imagine the explosion of sales when the actual game launches? Rock on!

Final Fantasy. Man, this franchise is so damn enormous, that even its demos manage to move dozens of thousands additional hardware units in a week. A demo! A few days ago, you may recall that we reported the PlayStation 3 sold about 16.5k systems in Japan for the week ending April 12th. That number was high enough to make the PS3 the best selling home console in Japan, beating out even the Nintendo Wii, which sold a paltry 13k systems.
ChozenMaster via psxextreme.com »
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    Red 9 Apr 23, 09
    Because we just didn't see this coming...
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      BANDITO ATTACK Apr 23, 09
      what can i even say that this man already hasn't
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    Bale Fire Apr 23, 09
    I suppose this truly goes to show that Square Enix own Japan, which console has their game dominates. The exception being the Wii.
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    phowell23 Apr 23, 09
    Man if people are shellin out for a demo i wonder how many units will be sold when the actual game comes out.
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    Pyrazor Apr 23, 09
    Man I mean I knew FFXIII was a big deal but if the demo is a console seller then that's shocking.
    • 1
      Ameer Apr 23, 09
      It's Japan. Hardly shocking.
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        Mr Gray Apr 23, 09
        ^What he said.

        Tho', if Gundam games could sell consoles instead of just hitting #1 on the Japanese charts all the time, then Sony would be king of the ring, and the PS3 would cost 200 bucks by now.



        Also, calling it. Microsoft will throw tons of cash as SqueenixEcmo to become Squeenixecmosoft.

        Soon in year.
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          BANDITO ATTACK Apr 25, 09
          lolol
          i haven't seen that one in forever, man [soon in year]
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    xegaldis Apr 23, 09
    Well, duh. this was obvious.

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