FFVII tops 100,000 downloads on PSN
- Posted June 23rd, 2009 at 20:30 EDT by Adam Dolge
- 28 Comments
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Final Fantasy VII, arguably the best and most progressive RPG of its time, has become the fastest selling PSone title on the PlayStation Network. Since its addition to the North American PlayStation Store on June 2, FFVII has been downloaded more than 100,000 times for the PlayStation 3 and the PSP.
The classic Japanese role-playing game was originally released on the PlayStation in 1997. Within two weeks on the PlayStation Store, Square Enix and Sony Computer Entertainment sold 100,000 digital copies at the premium PSone Classics price of $9.99 USD.
In addition, Sony announced today that it plans to release more PSone classics, confirming Wild Arms 2, Mobile Light Force, and Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol. None of the forthcoming titles have release dates at this time.
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Aizen-Sama
- 8:34pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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I bet it did 3 or 4 times that in Japan
EU numbers shouldn't be that far from these
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AaronSOLDIER |
AaronSOLDIER- 8:42pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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TBH I expected a bit more from the US, at least 300K - this is a classic
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xtigerz
- 8:49pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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So now 23 Million Units sold is bad. Since When!!!!!
When PS3 was released it was 8 Million consoles behind the it's competition. Guess what. It's still 8 Million Consoles behind the competition. If that gap was widening I would agree with you. But it has not. They have kept pace with the competition.
And just like you stated, these new games have more content than before. I think the reason why the attach rate of the PS3 is lower than most would "want" is because the games last longer. I am now spending days (all hours added together) playing one game versus hours playing 4 or 5 games (compared to my PS2 Days).
The PS3 price drop will occur this fall. During the console's third (3rd) year. Hey, isn't that when Xbox's price cut was. In the console's third year of it's life cycle, right. Makes sense if you really think about it.
You have two products with two different lifecycles. Please please please keep this in mind.
When it comes to developing for it, this is where I give it M$. Since the Xbox functions just like a PC, the developers have a low (really low) learning curve. The PS3 has a huge learning curve. But look at what is possible if the time is spent learning it. You have great multiplatform games (COD4 & 6:MW2, EA Sports Games, Devil May Cry, Assassin's Creed, Burnout Paradise, etc). Then you have awesome exclusives (MGS4, Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, Killzone2, etc). I know that there several flops out there (Ghostbusters, Half Life 2, etc.)
These games are evident that it is very possible to put out a very solid game on the PS3 that also looks and plays great.
If the developer does not invest the time into the console how can it expect to the get the returns into the console. If you only go in with 50% you will get back 50% if you are lucky. See Developers like EA, Insomniac, Guerilla Games, Konami, Naughty Dog, and Media Molecule.
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AaronSOLDIER |
AaronSOLDIER- 8:50pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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@8 - ?
I've just thought, thats $8,000,000 from North America alone
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residentevilrocks91 |
videogameman6- 8:54pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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I was about to buy it but my sister already has it
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TomAssBender
- 9:15pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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Is there a big difference between downloading this title and getting Crisis Core for the PSP? Just curious, cause I want one of them, and this is $10 cheaper.
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ToonAssassin |
ToonAssassin- 9:27pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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i'd like to see the worldwide numbers for the 1st year on the PSN ! it's a classic, i'm not surprised at all.
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Snoopy_16
- 10:18pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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Holly Sh... cow i wonder how many metal gear solid will sell...i have metal gear solid but it's in french completely ... i hate it... i remember when i had the game back in the day it's with out a doubt best game ever... and the english voices are incredible... specially that weird accent from Sniper wolf... that love letter from her gun to his heart...
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mcwups1
- 11:48pm BST - June 23rd, 2009
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Geez, I wonder what a FFVII remake in HD and better graphics would do for the PS3?
What the heck will it take for someone to actually use their brains and imagine the potential of a remake for FFVII?
I mean, they keep reaping the benefits from the spinoffs, but won't actually hit the nail on the head.
The more I think about it, the more pissed I get.
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Stef Nighthawk
- 7:32am BST - June 24th, 2009
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Now how about some more Euro PSOne love from Sony!
Too bad for Sony they haven't released Resident Evil 1 in EU yet. Now I'll be getting the Resident Evil Archives for the Wii.
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Alga--zero |
Algazero- 10:25pm BST - June 24th, 2009
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as great as this game is, where is Chrono Trigger???
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