Even despite some controversy, Final Fantasy XIII is selling well.
Square Enix sent word today that the RPG has sold more than a million units in North America, in the five days following its March 9 launch. This makes it set the record for the best first-week sales in Final Fantasy history, which is no small feat considering the pedigree.
The name still carries a lot of weight, even as the game is facing some negative feedback based on its departure from the traditional tropes of Japanese RPGs.
The news comes on the heels of last week's announcement that the company had shipped 3 million units to North America and Europe alone, helping the series as a whole cross 96 million units. The game is still readily available in stores and Square is shipping to retailers, so we should see a strong showing in the March NPD data.
We may even find a tight race between it and PS3-exclusive God of War 3 for the month's top seller.
Source - http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178427
IDK how I feel about 13 yet as imo the no towns and no traditional level up system has really gutted my enjoyment for the game and also that it takes you nearly god knows how many hours to slog through a five or six chapter tutorial until it FINALLY opens up and lets you do something even remotely traditional. And I am not liking how you upgrade your weapons and can only equip accessories and no armor or head pieces and so on.
I really want to like this game but so far am very jaded and is anyone else still finding the panagram system and the fact you only get control over lightning really completely frustrating and a shit move on Square's part ?
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