will FFXIV 2.0 beat FFXIII-2 ?

[Shneibel]

Final Fantasy XIII-2 was released in Japan on 15 December 2011. A week has passed and the numbers are in FFXIII-2 sold 524,000 units in it’s first week of sales.

the copies sold are now : 525,271

ps: only in jp

[Lienn]

Probably not. If not mistaken FFXIII had some really decent sales...so many of those who bought (even those who didn't like it) might be getting the XIII-2 for the sake of seeing a bit of RPG in it.

2.0 will have a WAY crappier release because it won't be a fresh release...even if they're relaunching, the media already know what to expect and when you search "FFXIV review/overview" you might still receive the launch ratings. Also, i really doubt 2.0 will be much better than it is now, probably not being good enough to convince the especiallized media.

IMO 2.0 might have the relaunch sales even to a ported game, like when they launched, as example, FFIV, V, VI and chrono trigger to PSone.

[Velhart]

Probably. If not mistaken FFXIII had some really decent sales...so many of those who bought (even those who didn't like it) might be getting the XIII-2 for the sake of seeing a bit of RPG in it.

2.0 will have a WAY crappier release because it won't be a fresh release...even if they're relaunching, the media already know what to expect and when you search "FFXIV review/overview" you might still receive the launch ratings. Also, i really doubt 2.0 will be much better than it is now, probably not being good enough to convince the especiallized media.

IMO 2.0 might have the relaunch sales even to a ported game, like when they launched, as example, FFIV, V, VI and chrono trigger to PSone.

True to an extent, but I believe SE and gaming sites will look upon it as "FFXIV 2.0" and not just FFXIV in general. It will probably get new reviews from gaming sites, because this is technically a new game we are getting. Of course people will come in and try to make it look bad, but as long as SE pushes it as a fresh look to the game, then I can see numbers coming in. I know PS3 sales at least will be high.

[viion]

XIV on release sold just about that much so I doubt v2 will beat it anyway at all due to 1. People giving up, 2. Competition and 3. People waiting for reviews/youtube videos.

13 sold like 1.5m in JP but now sells 500k, that kind of hit will give 2.0 a bad liftoff.

[Naqaj]

Very unlikely, at least initially. The game has been branded, and even with an absolutely stellar V2.0 it would take quite a while after release for people to change their mind.
Besides, with the XIII-2 numbers being as low as they are, lower even than the last "Tales of" game, there's another resurgence of people writing off SE alltogether.

[Belial]

Very unlikely, at least initially. The game has been branded, and even with an absolutely stellar V2.0 it would take quite a while after release for people to change their mind.
Besides, with the XIII-2 numbers being as low as they are, lower even than the last "Tales of" game, there's another resurgence of people writing off SE alltogether.

I agree. I have friends who played at launch, and they just have a bitter taste in their mouth from it. They acknowledge the game is growing, becoming better, and looks very nice and has a nice direction... But none of them are ever picking it up again, regardless of how many kinks they hammer out.

[RedAffinity]

Square Enix has a fresh start to impress the the world, and the fans with Final Fantasy 15

13-2 and 14 (2.0) are sequels/damage control. 13 wasn't well received generally speaking, and considered one of the weaker main releases, and 13-2 is riding on that set foundation. 14-2 is going to apply to a niche market, clueless casuals, and those who have it in their heart to reconsider. It'll also attract a small percentage who will genuinely find the trailer/trial cool and the ball will start rolling from there steadily increasing user base.

I'm not an expert industry analyst, but this is about how I see it.

[grandm]

thing is any1 playing through from now till 2.0 will get a free download. so would we count in the first week of sale figures? if not then how ever much the figures are, this will not be an accurate number of players

[Velhart]

thing is any1 playing through from now till 2.0 will get a free download. so would we count in the first week of sale figures? if not then how ever much the figures are, this will not be an accurate number of players

PC sales will be really low. It is when the PS3 version is released is when you will see the numbers starting to come in.

[Dawiichan]

I think that looking at the population instead of the amount of sales would make more sense to see the outcome of 2.0, considering a lot of FF14 PC copies have already been sold, and when people get a free trial to try out something new/completely changed they usually don't give up the chance of doing so.