re: Dragon Quest XI - The last old school JRPG franchinse standing

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The notion that VI has 10m is pretty insane. The original release sold around 2m WW

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I should have removed it, I meant to remove all before 7. As 7 is when the series became what it is.

Just a copy and pace from VG. Seems to be just an error. They have it as 3 million on SNES.
Sorry about that.

The best comparison to me would be 13 to 15.
Square went all in with the marketing for 15.
Both flawed games and both successful.
With 15 doing better mainly because of it's huge 5 million launch day. FF 15 doesn't seem like the type of game that will continue to sell as a classic but I may be wrong.
Was that because of the marketing and hype around the game or because of the change in combat style?
It is my opinion that turn based FF will still sell just as good as action. People just want a good game.

But anyways sales had nothing to do with my original comment. Which is why I was asking, why bring it up? I was told turn based is outdated and not fun, yet games continue to use turn based and continue to be successful critically. Successful commercially as well since we are talking about it now.