Over a Million Copies of Final Fantasy XIII Shipped
But already people are profiteering.
Square Enix is doing its best to make sure retailers have enough Final Fantasy XIII stock to satisfy ever-increasing demand ahead of the game’s release this Thursday - but already profiteers are looking to turn a fast buck.
MCV reveals that Squeenix has already shipped 1 million copies of the RPG to Japanese retail - with another 150,000 to arrive in time for Thursday and yet another 150,000 by the weekend. Despite this, Amazon Japan apparently sold out of available orders yesterday, according to fanpage Unofficial Final Fantasy Site.
Early buyers saw an opportunity and were reselling their copies for 13,500 Yen, says the fansite. That’s £92, with today’s exchange rate, and a whopping 4250 Yen markup on the standard retail price. As we check, SPOnG notices that Amazon Japan appear to be in stock, so perhaps it was a temporary sellout while more copies were arriving ahead of Thursday.
Anticipation for Final Fantasy XIII is at a crazy high in Japan right now, with countless electronic stores covered in posters for the game, and even using the title as a vehicle to sell HDTVs. It is expected, above all else, to do great things for Sony’s PlayStation 3, which is on the edge of muscling out the Nintendo Wii as the dominant home console in Japan.
MCV reveals that Squeenix has already shipped 1 million copies of the RPG to Japanese retail - with another 150,000 to arrive in time for Thursday and yet another 150,000 by the weekend. Despite this, Amazon Japan apparently sold out of available orders yesterday, according to fanpage Unofficial Final Fantasy Site.
Early buyers saw an opportunity and were reselling their copies for 13,500 Yen, says the fansite. That’s £92, with today’s exchange rate, and a whopping 4250 Yen markup on the standard retail price. As we check, SPOnG notices that Amazon Japan appear to be in stock, so perhaps it was a temporary sellout while more copies were arriving ahead of Thursday.
Anticipation for Final Fantasy XIII is at a crazy high in Japan right now, with countless electronic stores covered in posters for the game, and even using the title as a vehicle to sell HDTVs. It is expected, above all else, to do great things for Sony’s PlayStation 3, which is on the edge of muscling out the Nintendo Wii as the dominant home console in Japan.
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