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FFXIII sales is so hard to predict... I'll point out why I think it's hard to predict:

Why it might dissapoint in sales:
1) It's no longer an exclusive title. Probably one of the most popular series in history to drop it's exclusiveness, but also when you look at history.. games that lose exclusivity usually see a drop in sales per console. (overall it could go up though, however)
2) Related to the first reason.. It looks like from all reviews I've seen that the system with the bigger base is getting the worse version of the game. This may have a negative effect on sales.
3) And related to the second reason.. The game is only getting mediocre scores. This generation has been extremely harsh to mediocre games on 360 and Ps3.

Why it might sell well:
1) This is a popular game franchise, and their first release games for the Psx and Ps2 sold a lot, and they seem to be following in those game's footsteps with the cutting edge visuals and the great advertizing campaign. This could weigh in over it's faults.
2) It's the first major JRPG release of this generation, and there's a lot of people who were waiting for this for a while.
3) Xbox fans may suprise us, and dispite the game's faults.. The excitement of getting the series from Sony alone may drive in some extra sales.

I'm leaning towards the idea that sales for this game may be lower then expected, but it's really hard to tell. God of War III will not be able to compete in sales though. They're not advertizing for that game enough, and God of War I and II combined sold less then Final Fantasy XII (And final fantasy XII sold less then FFX). Final Fantasy's hype will be enough to stomp out GoW3 in the first month easy.