Today on Headline
RePLAY we have dueling Final Fantasy XIII-2 stories: Final Fantasy XIII-2 sells
500,000 units on the first week, but its sales numbers are a cause for concern and
video game robbers pocket-dials 911.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 made its debut this week to over half a million
in sales, topping Media Create’s weekly software charts. Interestingly, the
sales figure is just for the PlayStation 3 version despite a simultaneous release
for the Xbox 360.
However, Gamasutra
noted that these sales numbers are around one-third of the sales of the
original Final Fantasy XIII two years
ago. Most importantly, the site speculates that the sales could reflect “diminished
consumer interest in Square-Enix’s flagship franchise.”
It would also be on
par with the company’s own observations a few months ago: that the Final Fantasy brand was “greatly damaged”
by the release of Final Fantasy XIV,
a MMORPG, in September 2010.
*Source: Andriasang
& Gamasutra
In an ironic twist,
two thieves that couldn’t stop boasting about their video game spoils taken
from a Target got caught by a 911-operator that was listening in on the
conversation.
According to police in
Madison, Wisconsin, one of the robbers pocket-dialed 911 and proceeded to talk
about how well their operation went and mocked other thieves for being caught. The
two men allegedly stole the games to resell for a profit at a local video game
store.
The operator recorded the conversation for an hour and informed the police, who beat the shoplifters to the store and waited for them with guns drawn.
*Source: ABC News
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