FFVII Gets 100,000 Downloads
Nostalgia sells lots, but we're not overly surprised.Published 23/06/2009 at 20:00 by djhsecondnature
Sony has stated that the old-school classic, Final Fantasy VII, has been downloaded over 100,000 times in North America already on the PlayStation Network, having only been launched in the first week of June. What’s remarkable about this, is that it makes it the fastest selling PS1 download for the network of all time so far. That’s a hundred thousand downloads in just two weeks, solely in America, and I’d be confident that Europe’s numbers would also be rather high. I mean, I bought it, didn’t you? FFVII is one of “dozens” of classic PS1 games that Sony plans to release during 2009 via the PlayStation Network.
Sony also noted that there are now 25 million registered users on the PSN, who have downloaded a total of 500 million pieces of content. Now we all know that this takes both PS3 and PSP accounts into, well, account, as well as users with multiple accounts. However, the increasing figures are always beneficial and will obviously increase more over time.
[Source: Gamasutra]
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DarthSharkey | 23/06/2009 20:03
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Good going FF7, I bought it like most people and I’m loving it on my PSP.
C_S15 | 23/06/2009 20:07
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They should combine those figures with the EU!
Jumping Monks | 23/06/2009 20:13
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That’s fairly impressive. Bet they’re glad they finally got round to re-releasing it.
Sweetums | 23/06/2009 20:44
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true but I want them to re-release FFVIII
YOURMUMANDME | 23/06/2009 20:16
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When you think about how old FFVII is , it sort of brings it home that games sell well forever if they really are good .
Especially if you look at how Bionic commando only sold 38,000 units ‘worldwide’ in it’s first week and it’s brand spanking new and it had more press coverage !
Carl | 23/06/2009 20:16
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Does this mean they have made…
ONE MILLION DOLLARS http://tinyurl.com/cdl9nr
?
TheDeathAvenger | 23/06/2009 20:17
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Bought FFVII off the store straight away, and am loving it. Been quite some time since I last played it.
v2049Design | 23/06/2009 20:24
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great! i hope they decide to release other FF’s now. Namely: FFVIII which happens to be my favorate.
Roynaldo | 23/06/2009 21:13
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second best imo….maybe, its preety awesome so cant make up my mind really
stefhutch20 | 23/06/2009 20:29
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I bought this too, mainly so I could play on my PSP, but then I realised it was too big for my memory stick, and I don’t go on my PSP enough to justify purchasing one with a bigger capacity. Roll on PSPgo!! lol
Alex_Assassin_08 | 23/06/2009 20:30
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best game ever?
toutski | 23/06/2009 20:44
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Is this despite everyone complaining about the price?
cc_star | 23/06/2009 20:56
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Yup,
Although I’ve read that Flight Control for the iPhone has had over 1,000,000 million downloads
So quality game & good value beats quality game and rip off pricing 10 fold
Chogoria | 23/06/2009 22:54
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might want to change that figure for the number of downloads cc_star… a trillion downloads?
Roynaldo | 23/06/2009 20:54
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I bought it, even though I have it on disc also. It has to be in the top 3 greatest games ever….seriously! It is THAT good!!
Glad it has done so well even after so many people moaning and groaning about its price tag.
ChoZanWan | 23/06/2009 21:20
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I bought it too, and for once the price on PSN wasn’t an issue!
benny boy | 23/06/2009 21:39
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I think that this must be the nostalgia factor. I only started gaming about 3 years ago and that was when I recieved my PS3 on launch day after the massive internet hype.
I downloaded FFVII after hearing about how amazing it is from everyone. I found it really difficult to get into it and have just got bored and given up now. I just found the controls difficult to figure out and a bit unintuitive and the quality of the game compared to the best games nowadays just made it feel a bit tacky.
I would have thought this is the same for many gamers like me who have been spoiled by modern touches like great voice acting, great graphics, online play and being eased into controls by tutorials etc. It’s just too hard to get into outdated games like this after being brought up in this craze of everything having to be the latest newest technology.
I suppose it’s similar to trying to use that Nokia 3210 rattling around in a drawer somewhere after owning and using an iPhone for a year. If the iPhone is your first mobile then going to the 3210 is going to make you go insane with the huge lack of features and the unknown and unintuitive interface. Compare this to someone who goes back to the 3210 after having used it for 3 years in the past. They might still get a bit annoyed with it, but it will be familiar to them and the nostalgic effect will kick in so it become second nature.
benny boy | 23/06/2009 21:43
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Now that I’ve written that, I realise that the analogy isn’t that great as mobile phones have nothing to do with gaming but it does represent how I feel when trying to play FFVII.
BryOnRye | 23/06/2009 22:01
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Outdated game? Wash your mouth out young man!
peespee63 | 24/06/2009 00:52
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Huh? Controls difficult to figure out? I take it you haven’t played many JRPGs before?
I think it’s just awesome, exactly as I remember playing it on the PS1 all those happy years ago.
Plus with the phone thing, all that matters is the phone itself anyways, I vote we go back to monochrome screens with only a few lines of text, enough just to read it clearly, strip out all the guff and just let it be a pure phone.
And you have to remember that this was one of the greatest games of it’s time. It was ‘97 and we were just getting into the Playstation and (what were)fantastic graphics for the time, so please cut it some slack.
LiquescentShadow | 26/06/2009 22:20
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How old are you? 10?
benny boy | 27/06/2009 14:14
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Wow. I wasn’t expecting such a negative response. I guess some people really love this game. This is just an opinion. No need for the insults.
Snebjnr | 23/06/2009 22:32
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Wow thats impressive!
Pingu | 24/06/2009 07:26
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Everyone said that if they released the FF games on the PSN they would be bought! And guess what, everyone was right! I bought it, and I love it – need a new memory stick for my PSP though. Great game, hopefully they release VIII and IX too! I’d love to play through IX again, even though I just did!