Wait, do people really have that hard of a time believing the Erebonia arc isn't popular? I was under the impression that people disliked it too. Both on 4chan and elsewhere. But I thought my opinion on it was pretty much the larger consensus? That it isn't as good as Sky or Crossbell but still pretty good?
I remember that much like when I finished Azure some people told me to get ready for the decline but I when into the arc just ready to take it in for what it was.
As for sales...I ain't the biggest expert but even I how have only used this general for maybe a year and a half have not once bought a single Falcom game the day it gets released. That's changing with Sky the 1st. People on the fence like me I feel really got pulled in around Reverie's western release as that's when you could finally play the series in order which dudes like The Kiseki Nut strongly endorsed and it just made sense to me to do in a series where the main selling point is arguably its continuity.