Well well well... look who finally caught up to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Took 'em long enough.

Man, getting gaped and raped by Stellar Blade must be hard for Japan.

>>713253184 (OP)
no no, 2m was the assumed number when the free demo was included in rebirth's count
actual sales are probably bellow that

>>713253220
>Elden Ring
>Monster Hunter
>Death Stranding 1/2
These are more fit competitors to Stellar Blade. Comparing SB to two failed JRPGs is a bit apples to oranges.
The Japanese ARPG is kicking ass and puts koreaslop to shame.

Is this the part of the FF-cope where we pretend 2m sales is -actually- really good for the biggest JRPG franchise on the planet?

>>713253559
Nah, Larry hung himself after pic related.
There is no further FF cope.

>>713253296
>posting this old thing
*yawn*

>>713254415
is there something newer?

>>713253184 (OP)
kek didn't ask

>>713253184 (OP)
Now let's compare profit.

Isn't that good tho?

>>713256640
Wdym?

>>713258174
It is. 2 million in less than a year is great for the genre as JRPGs are notorious for having awful legs outside of a few exceptions like Pokemon and Persona 5.

>>713258541
it's a little pathetic that final fantasy has fallen so low

>>713253184 (OP)
>XVI sells 3 milly in 3 days
>FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP
>not-Persona sells 2 in a almost a year
>a stunning triumph for JRPG's
kek, the hateboner for Square and FF is insane

>>713259296
What do you think cost more to make Anon? The shiny PS5 exclusive made by the 4000-employee company or the game that looks like it belongs on PS3 made by 50 people?

>>713259296
>brand new IP in niche genre compared to the 16th entry into the (former) gold standard of JRPGs

>>713260162
>Everyone riding Atlus dick over the past few years
>their critically acclaimed and fellated game can't sell more than a million on launch
Damn, maybe they should've put some underage romance for the pedos in this one, probably would've sold better kek

>>713260162
You fags can have your pissing contest but let's not pretend metaphor wasn't riding the coattails of persona hard.

>>713261437
Didn't work for Square Enix.

>>713253184 (OP)
You know japanese games are failing when expedition 33 aka a french one didn't need to compare itself to a second part of a remake to remain relevant

>>713261735
I don't think people even remember metaphor story
Meanwhile, everyone remembers Verso, Maelle and Lune's feet

>>713260162
retards haven't realised FF has been irrelavant and unknown to normgroids for the past 15-20 years

Metaphor is kino
Rebirth is kino
Expedition 33 is kino
damn it feels good to be an actual JRPGchad and not a whiny series-warring faggot

>>713263018
Only 1 of those titles is a JRPG.

>>713263228
E33?

>>713263228
is it fun being a pedantic faggot?

>>713264915
This site is not your bathroom mirror.

>>713253184 (OP)
Everyone says how Persona is now mainstream but I think Metaphor is proof that those games are still a bit of a niche and Atlus will struggle to recreate, let alone surpass the success of P5.
P5 was very much astroturfed by youtubers. Many games in that genre are one off experiences

>>713253184 (OP)
>remake of the most popular entry of one of the most popular IPs on the planet
vs
>new IP by some dudes that make high school dating sims
grim

Not a white person ITT.

Who cares?

ITT:

What's funny is Metaphor will probably get a switch 2 release and do decent, while even if Rebirth gets a switch 2 release it will flop hard on it due to performance issues and just not being very appealing.

>>713253717
now post the judges for the VGAs

>>713267126
be funnier if tendies never got either

>>713265674
All jrpgs are niche now. Xenoblade always ends up hovering around 2M sold too.
Persona and Dragon Quest are the only games in the genre that break through the 2M wall consistently anymore. Expedition 33 has outsold every other franchise besides those that's released in the last decade.

>>713253184 (OP)
You atlusfags always changing the argument whenever it fits you

2 million units for a game that took like 7 years to make is not good at all. And dont come to me with that "BUT MUH NEW IP" bullshit. This game was shilled EVERYWHERE like "from the creators of persona", and persona is an established franchise.
In fact, the thing with persona is that its popularity changes depending on FF, lol.
Sometimes, Atlus are king of JRPGs, very popular and better than FF/SE in every way, right? Then, their games sell like 1 million and thats it, but then you claim it is "just atlus". So which one is it? are they kings or not?
It took like an entire year and multiple platforms to sell lower than FFXVI on one platform. Imagine that. YoshiP was right, turn based dont sell.

That being said, I care more about the quality of the games and Metaphor is certainly a mediocre game. It had the right ideas and concepts, but the execution feels like Atlus was like "but we only know how to make persona games" and hamfisted it with badly designed mechanics (the job system) and social links that are important gameplaywise but it affects NOTHING in the story

>>713265786
FF never sold THAT much. 7R is also a remake divided in THREE parts, nobody wants to wait a fucking decade for that.
And metaphor changed its style to fit Persona 5 aesthetic better to get P5 fans.

>>713268753
You should know that every jrpg is the best ever in FF threads but as soon as those games get some threads suddenly you are a shill and their company must die, just look at the Sega sales thread how suddenly P5 sales are fake (but not smtv of course) and nobody played it despite P5 probably being the only jrpg that tuned with zoomers while the rest flopped

>>713268753
>turn based dont sell.
They sell if they don't look that japanese