Quote Originally Posted by Aizm View Post
I was under the assumption that even though the majority of people disliked XIII, it was still a financial success. Besides, the other XIII games (Agito which is now Type-0, and Versus XIII) are not sequels, but merely based off the fabula nova engine. XIII-2 is likely proof enough that XIII turned a profit, no? And although I've not seen figures for the units sold/shipped for Dissidia, its a huge stretch to say they detracted players by including ONE character from XIII.

And I'm pretty sure that this article is not anything new. Didn't they revise their earnings for the last fiscal year shortly after XIV's release, noting they would take a major loss? Yoshi-P himself discussed this in a letter, saying XIV's near future is safe because SE independently funds this (maybe all?) project rather than seek investments externally.

EDIT: Here's some financial info pulled from wiki:

In March 2010, Square Enix stated that Final Fantasy XIII was the fastest-selling title in the franchise's history.By April of the same year, American game sales for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 reached an estimated 800,000 and 500,000 units respectively. As of May 18, 2010, Final Fantasy XIII had shipped 5.5 million copies worldwide.

I wouldn't call that a failure
I also don't know why so many people call ffxiii a failure... but many do and the numbers are extremly high, as far as i know ffxiii was one of the biggest success they had in the ff-series....
- i liked ffxiii tbh, wasnt the best game i played but i had fun -

Its like people saying ffxi wasnt successful.