[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Hero
Square doesn't really care about sales... If they did, they wouldn't have released Final Fantasy X-2, because obviously it would be a partial title. As it is, critics for the most part, bashed it... (well the smart critics)

I see you are aware of just how well every title with "Final Fantasy" sells, aren't you? FFX-2 wasn't treated like a partial title when it was released to the Japanese public. they lapped it up. (as in, about a million units sold in a couple of weeks.)
hell, if a funnel pumping sewage was sprayed in a public swimming-pool in downtown Tokyo, and this funnel just happened to have "final fantasy" scrawled on the side in crude marker pen, everyone and their moogle-suit wearing cousin would be taking a quick dive.

You're probably right then... Square doesn't care about sales. They just care that they've got a vault of money so that they can dive in every now and then.

but if you're really worried about friends saying "nur-nicky-nur-nur, i've got ffxi and you haven't" please, do yourself a favour, and get new friends. or at least do them a favour, and slap them round the face with a wet fish or somthing. as for how it'll effect Sony:

1. Sony definatly don't care. They've ruled the MMORPG arena with their own Everquest for years, and have developed a way to impregnate their female employees with legal currency.
2. The PC version was always set to take a very large chunk of their user base outside of Japan. MMORPGs and PCs are much bigger in the States than Japan. The effect on Sony's pocket was somthing they'd already calculated all along. Patience. Six Months. Babies take longer than that.

and legion, don't take the "why isn't this in the ff forum" thing as a question to you. I was just suprised that the moderators haven't moved it, as they often do when these little mistakes happen.