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You do need to play Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 though, the only reason you wouldn't is if you refuse to buy the dlc til after playing Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2, because the fact is, Future Redeemed spoils the entirety of Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2's story cutscenes in its credits along with Xenoblade 3's. Other than that I agree with the rest of your points, but that I disagree with because that would mean they'd be spoiled on the other 2 games before playing them if they played Future Redeemed. So in this case its the devs' fault for making future redeemed in that way, even if its a tribute to the entire trilogy. One thing I will say is Xenoblade 3 was a disappointment to me compared to Xenoblade 2 and Torna in some ways. 1.Not enough world building and lore. 2.Too many unanswered questions. 3.Hate new aggro system and how there aren't perm aggro buffs and debuffs. 4.Hate the new gear system and how the effects aren't perm or as cool with build making. 5.Hate the new class system and the way leveling it works. 6.Hate how tanky bosses are compared to in Xenoblade 2 where you could speedrun bosses with chain attacks and solo bosses. 7. Hate how chain attacks work based on attack and RNG to extend the chain and hate the chain attack music playing all the time. 8.Hate that healers are the only ones that can revive party members now unless you waste a gear slot. 9.Hate how the main fun build people play is the sword of the end build instead of the fun builds in Xenoblade 2. 10.Hate the lack of quality of life changes from updates and dlc that Xenoblade 2 had. 11.Hate the lack of dlc content that Xenoblade 2 had. 12.Hate the endgame grind. 13. Hate the non voiced campfires instead of the emotional voiced heart to hearts from Xenoblade 2. 14. and overall I just felt Xenoblade 2 had more heart put into it.
XC3 is far ahead of what XC2 was at when we align the sales of the two titles. XC2 maintained it's legs for a large variety of reasons, including but not limited too it's long update cycle, it's DLC, and Pyra and Mythra making it into super smash bros. That's in addition to the discourse ironically serving to keep the game consistently relevant. XC3 didn't have as many updates, it's DLC was big but not a separate boxed release, and obviously Noah and Mio can't get into smash bros currently. That's in addition to the title being far less comparatively controversial to it's immediate predecessor. 1.9 Million sales after a bit over a year is fantastic when you compare that to XC2 which was somewhere around 1.4 at the same time. It shows that many of the people who got into the series with 2 stuck around for Definitive Edition and then later 3, and were excited to pick up 3 early. 3 Could still very well catch 2 later if we do get into the next smash game. But even if we don't, this is still a strong result. Consider the following, when XC2's sale were reported as being 1.7 million, Tetsuya Takahashi went out of his way to say that the sales for the game considerably exceeded the expectations placed on it. So from that we know they keep the sales expectations in check for these games. I think it's fair to say that 3 likely met or is around what Monolith Soft wanted the title to do. So we are far from being in hot water like some bad actors in the community would suggest.
I’d argue a big factor was 2 releasing in the Switch’s launch year. In addition to a lack of JRPG competition, there just straight up weren’t many games on the Switch yet. COVID might have helped to give the game legs, or maybe having the Aegis in Smash.
3:00 Wait, XB2 is outselling 3 every quarter even today? That surprises me since 2 is physically out of print, so you'd think 3 would be the better seller now. Speaking of which one thing that would boost 2's total sales is if a "Nintendo Selects" line starts soon, since we're at the end of the Switch's life. XB2 (and DE) are great candidates for Selects.
When (Jehovah) God and a prophet of God is literally the epic center of the plot, people unconsciously want it because they are programed to worship him. XB1 and XB3 hates him, mocks him, kills him, and literally abuses his divine artifacts to mess with reality against his will as a “positive”. So duh, God will let 2 thrive and make the other two drop. If it gets him another son, he will.
Is 2 million a flop for a less storied franchise in a more obscure genre that is console exclusive? I was kinda hoping Flute Guy could give it a sales boost. But for real. Go look at the combined sales of entire franchises like Star Ocean and Tales of all-time. XC3 and XC2 alone have basically matched the all-time sales of the Star Ocean franchise. If your name isn’t Dragon Quest, Pokemon, or Persona now, it’s tough sledding for jrpgs.
Also a thing people overlook is that Xenoblade 3 is the fastest selling game by far. Its easy to say that "Xenoblade 2 is selling better" its not, but theres a very high chance that Xenoblade 3 will end it run with 2.5 million sales, and thats still not including the DLC sales, Xenoblade 3 is selling fine
Even its legs are basically the same as 2. Don't overthink that it only sold 70k in a single quarter after 1.7 million was sold at launch. Because if you total that together on average, that means Xenoblade 3 is likely to sell at least 230k sales a year, which is even more than 2's yearly sales. Xenoblade 3 may not outsell 2 because of it being launched towards the end of the Switches life, but Xenoblade 3 will be the 2nd best selling Xenoblade game, and potentially could even surpass 2 best case scenario
It needs to be noted, very, very strongly that it took 3 years for Xenoblade 2 to close on 2 mil. 3 whole years. Xenoblade 3 is still very far ahead of the curve.
It needs to be noted very strongly that when x3 was realesed in summer 2022 there was 115 millions switch owners. When x2 was realesed in late 2017 there was only 15 million switch owners.
@@mikaelkarlsson8969 that really doesn't matter. The RPG audience is different from the general audience. The bulk of all console sales are to casuals who play 1-2 games per year. The core jrpg audience has always been much smaller.
Yes I know it is a more niched( targeted audience ) but still i think it should have sold faster during the first period. X2 sold 1.51 in 10 month with 15 million switch owners and x3 did sell 1.81 in 6 month period with 100 more million switch owner. I dont say it should sell 10 times more than x2 during the first 6-10 month just because x3 had 10 times more potential buyers and owners of nintendo switch. But I do think they should had sold way more than xenoblade 2 because of the 100 more million customers. When you realese a game i a time when switch has so many owners as 115 millions i think they failed to marketing it and find a great numbers of new players. That is a sales flop to me
@@mikaelkarlsson8969 and you are never go see a 10x immediate fanbase jump in any franchise. No million seller franchise is going to jump overnight to a 10 million seller franchise. That has never happened with any game series ever. RPGs also tend, aside from more casual friendly series, to sell over long periods of time rather than massive quick sales that suddenly fall off.
@@badlatency9979 Tell me where i wrote anything about 10x more ? Or that I expected it to get 10x more in new fanbase? You cant because you clearly have issues to read. Dont put in shit and made up things that i never said. I specifically wrote that i did not expect them to sell 10 times more than x2. I never wrote anything about 10 times more new fanbase. Developers had 100 million more switch owner at realese date of x3. Still it did not sell much more than x2 that had 15 million switch owners at the time. There should be many people that like this type of games that bought a switch between x2 and 3. 100 million new switch owners between x2 and x3. I dont belive that almost everybody that like this type of game bought a switch before x2. Thats why i think it is a failure and that it should have sold way more than x2. NOT 10X. Out of 100 million more people they should in my opinion marketing the game better and be able to find more new players than they did. The sales difference between x2 and x3 is abysmal and make no sense. It is a failure in my opinion.
Xenoblade 3 pretty much hasnt flopped considering its sales have been pretty much on par with DE. The game had good public reception, and FR helped give the game a bit of a boost. It wont match the sales of 2, but 2 got really lucky with sales. 2 came out early on during a nintendo console's life, which is pretty rare considering 1 and 3 came out a good ways into their respective console's life. This was also combined with a lack of high profile games on the Switch at the time, especially because of the lull in content post Odyssey and BoTW. A lot of people hate to admit this part, but 2's sales were also partly boosted by Pyra and Mythra's "assets". It wasnt the sole reason, but 1 and 3 had substantially less in your face fanservice. My point with all this is that Xenoblade overall has sold pretty damn well. 2 sold a lot more for obvious reasons, but 1 and 3 sold reasonably well.
$180 for the basic trilogy but I say if you're a fan of any game, especially one that long, you'll get more than enough value just from buying one of them.
I think that covid was a boost for Xenoblade 2. While in Covide time, people had more time for a lengthy game like a Xenoblade. Knowing how long a Xeno game is, I can imagine people looking at 3 feeling they don't have the time for such a lengthy endeavor.
It probably because people were waiting for XB 3 and felt the need to catch up, and also dont forget the Pyra/Mythra smash brothers. If the next Xenoblade/Xeno IP is announced, im pretty sure it will boost sales too.
I've been here since the demo of Xenogears came with Parasite Eve and you brought up Nier Automata i was here since the 2003 Square Enix Sampler Disc Volume 1 that had a demo of Drakengard...these kids don't know what disappointing sales truly are. We are lucky both of the series even exist at all. TLDR to the naysayers Do not recite the deep magic to me witch i was there was it was written.
X2 realesed in late 2017 and 15 million switch owners. X3 realesed summer 2022 and there was 115 million switch owners. 100 million more potential buyers than x2. X2 sold 1.53 million during the first 10 months and 15 million switch owners. X3 sold 1.81 million copies in 6 month amd at this time there was 115 million switch owner. In my opinion it is not sell as much as it should considering the amount of potential buyers
X2 had the advantage of being one the first game in switch release, people did it have a large of gaming options in that time, that's why games like Splatoon 3 or Zelda totk well selling games have not surpassed their prequels in sales even though the switch has a larger user base now
Are you _high?_ XC3 is the best selling BY FAR and put a ton of new eyes on the franchise. This isn’t even a question. I suspect this is just a clickbait video.
Isn’t 3 still the fastest selling game in the series? It’s last sales update was March, only 8 months into the game’s lifecycle and it outperformed 2 reached in over 16 months. Regardless all this shows is that this franchise is niche asf 😔
I imagine the Trails of Cold Steel games hit that same wall. You can’t realistically play 2, 3, or 4, or Reverie w/o playing the first. And then people will tell you to go back and play the 3 Trails in the Sky games and the two Crossbell games before even those. Damn. Feel bad for Falcom. Plus it’s harder to play Cold Steel 1 and 2 on consoles b/c they had a separate publish XSeed who for whatever reason, hasn’t ported them.
Wario64 and other places post sales links all the time. Yes on the eshop is not discounted all the time outside of holiday sales and then only 40. But if you actually had interested in the game and dont want to buy the full price you would look yourself for a sale. Also the average Nintendo fan is only playing a rpg if it has mario on it.
I've only just started xeno 2, the biggest issue is these games are long and as a grown adult with a life and a full time job who loves xeno 1 and xeno 2 I don't have free time to play these 200hour epics that take hours just to walk across a map 😂 It's why I stopped playing genshin impact, there's no reason the desert should take 4 hours to walk from 1 side to the other These games aren't for children, can a child enjoy them- sure, but xenoblade is a more mature deep franchise with themes of existence, loss, sacrifice, love, bonds exc Persona is a great example of a series to compare to, due to the lack of a open world you can play it in bite size chunks and not dedicate a whole day or night to playing it, an hour here an hour there. Xeno games I burn 4-8hours in a single play session just to get to a decent stopping point.
It's interesting to see that there's some bad comments about XC3 and thise people prefered xc2 way better. I'm not one of thoses comments since xc3 might be my favourite and xc2 is the one I have a lot of problems with. But it made me wonder what's the true reality of xc3 appreciation🤔 Personally, I played Xc1 on the Wii and wasn't interested at all in xc2 when it came out because it felt way too different and I didn't have a switch yet. When xc3 came out, I decided to give it a chance but I was ready to hate it. In the end I became really emotionally attached to itand when Future Redeemed was announced, I decided to finally buy xc2. But despite finding the story and world building amazing, the gameplay was really painful. Despite having already played Xc1 and xc3, xc2 made me struggle the most, as if it was a totally different game with the tone, the gacha system, the humour, all the quest that you had to complete before, the bad map system that you don't have to fill yourself, the non practical menu. It felt so weird that xc1 and xc3 were so similar, while xc2 is unique. I expected xc2 to be better than xc1 wii and less good than xc3. I'm not saying it's a bad game, it has a lot of great and incredibles qualities but in the trilogy, I think it does stand out a lot from the 2 others games
@@badlatency9979 XBC3 lacks even more. It lacks a more compelling story, it lacks blades and its quests, Merc Groups, more interesting villains like Malos and Amalthus, Gramps, more relevant themes like migration, terrorism and prejudice. XBC3 is just too metaphysical but I still love the game though. From your comment you show yourself as someone who assume too much about someone you don't even know and take a simple joke too seriously. You can add me and see how much time I have in every single XBC game.
It had no God while 2 had God and focused upon him and his creations only. The blades are literally lower dimensional angels made solely to serve and bond with mankind. Then 3 acts like everything about 2 was somehow an incomplete mistake and thrown away every basic and essential structures it had for a not-crossover.
@@justice8718 The "God" had a more concise story while 3 had this idea of a villain created by the fears of the souls inside Origin. That's lame. XB2 has a more meaningful world full of cultures, dreams, hopes, sorrows we can relate to whereas XB3 shows this eternal cicle of war that's too farfetched to relate to. It's interesting but more like a dream than an actual believable world. Love all 4 games but 2 is still the better one for me for the imaginative world that makes sense for human emotions making it easy to relate too.
Xenoblade 2 was my first xenoblade ever and i loved it. It made me buy x1 but in my opinion it was a disapointment. I bought x3 and hoped it had the same tone and combat like 2 but everything was more like x1 and it never clicked with me. I think the sales of x3 should consider to be a letdown. Why? Becasue the game was realesed when there is 115 million switch owners. When xenoblade 2 realesed in late 2017 the switch had only 15 million users.
I watched a lot of negatively review of xenoblade and I think the problem is that they said its not funny enough or just a repetition of the xenoblade formula. They also said the character are bland the games lack humor, and the story doesn't explain pivotal questions. It may make future consumers worried. I'm far from agree but the fact its safe to play 1 and 2 then 3 don't help the sells. Also future redeemed reception is really mixed on the non into lore but thats not the subjects
"Isn't as well received as expected" Did you even see public reception day 1? Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is tied for the second highest review score of the trilogy, not to mention its sales are second only to Xenoblade 2 despite 1 having multiple rereleases. It's up to you if you like the game or not, but public reception was extremely positive for 3 and the game's sales were pretty decent for the franchise.
@@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg review scores don't matter, what matters is fan consensus, and most people that aren't biased towards only xenoblade 1 or xenosaga or xenogears, that have played every xenoblade, including xenoblade x, feel xenoblade 3 was the more mixed not worth the hype one in the franchise that has too many unanswered questions and doesn't live up to xenoblade 2's peaks, alot of us xenoblade veterans that have played every xenoblade still prefer xenoblade 2 in terms of characters, story, world building, lore, and overall heart put into it.
@infern24 review scores should be taken into account along with fan reception. Fan Concensus has also changed wildly per entry. 1 was seen as good, but 2 and 3 were pretty different. 2 was seen as not great on launch, but fans were able to figure out the game was actually good and overall reception became pretty positive after a few years. 3 was seen with that high level of positivity on launch but was partly eroded away. This was mostly due to the ending being kidna controversial. You also keep saying most people prefer 2, but people are a whole lot more mixed than you imply. I've gone through various social media and learned that prefernces are all over the place and not focused on 2. I've seen people on Reddit, Twitter, Gamefaqs, Facebook, 4chan, RUclips, and others all argue in favor of all three games. It's not nearly as clean cut as you say it is. Speaking of being a Xenoblade veteran, I am one as well. I got hooked onto Xenoblade 1 well before 2 was even announced and have spent well over 200 hours per entry in the series since then. I can absolutely tell you the entire trilogy has heart and soul, especially not 2 or 3 which I'd argue have even more passion ingrained in them than 1 and X.
@@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg Fans don’t care for review scores. Five nights at Freddys, (mob fight) is this you want to be? I just don’t get it. Why do you want to stay?
I respectfully disagree. Xenoblade 3 does have similarities to Final Fantasy, but it takes far more inspiration from past Xeno games (mostly X and Xenogears).
If you're watching this and you're not into Xenoblade yet, you should try it out :)
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Still working on the Baten Kaitos video, but goddamn, the scope of it became way larger than I initially planned... So I'll be slowly chipping away at it lol.
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You do need to play Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 though, the only reason you wouldn't is if you refuse to buy the dlc til after playing Xenoblade 1 and
Xenoblade 2, because the fact is, Future Redeemed spoils the entirety of Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2's story cutscenes in its credits along with Xenoblade 3's.
Other than that I agree with the rest of your points, but that I disagree with because that would mean they'd be spoiled on the other 2 games before playing them if they played Future Redeemed.
So in this case its the devs' fault for making future redeemed in that way, even if its a tribute to the entire trilogy.
One thing I will say is Xenoblade 3 was a disappointment to me compared to
Xenoblade 2 and Torna in some ways.
1.Not enough world building and lore.
2.Too many unanswered questions.
3.Hate new aggro system and how there aren't perm aggro buffs and debuffs.
4.Hate the new gear system and how the effects aren't perm or as cool with build making.
5.Hate the new class system and the way leveling it works.
6.Hate how tanky bosses are compared to in Xenoblade 2 where you could speedrun bosses with chain attacks and solo bosses.
7. Hate how chain attacks work based on attack and RNG to extend the chain and hate the chain attack music playing all the time.
8.Hate that healers are the only ones that can revive party members now unless you waste a gear slot.
9.Hate how the main fun build people play is the sword of the end build instead of the fun builds in Xenoblade 2.
10.Hate the lack of quality of life changes from updates and dlc that Xenoblade 2 had.
11.Hate the lack of dlc content that Xenoblade 2 had.
12.Hate the endgame grind.
13. Hate the non voiced campfires instead of the emotional voiced heart to hearts from Xenoblade 2.
14. and overall I just felt Xenoblade 2 had more heart put into it.
Honestly the fact that 3 caught up to Definitive Edition's sales so quickly is a win in my mind
XC3 is far ahead of what XC2 was at when we align the sales of the two titles. XC2 maintained it's legs for a large variety of reasons, including but not limited too it's long update cycle, it's DLC, and Pyra and Mythra making it into super smash bros. That's in addition to the discourse ironically serving to keep the game consistently relevant. XC3 didn't have as many updates, it's DLC was big but not a separate boxed release, and obviously Noah and Mio can't get into smash bros currently. That's in addition to the title being far less comparatively controversial to it's immediate predecessor.
1.9 Million sales after a bit over a year is fantastic when you compare that to XC2 which was somewhere around 1.4 at the same time. It shows that many of the people who got into the series with 2 stuck around for Definitive Edition and then later 3, and were excited to pick up 3 early. 3 Could still very well catch 2 later if we do get into the next smash game. But even if we don't, this is still a strong result. Consider the following, when XC2's sale were reported as being 1.7 million, Tetsuya Takahashi went out of his way to say that the sales for the game considerably exceeded the expectations placed on it. So from that we know they keep the sales expectations in check for these games. I think it's fair to say that 3 likely met or is around what Monolith Soft wanted the title to do. So we are far from being in hot water like some bad actors in the community would suggest.
I playes Xenoblade 3 first and fell in love with this Game. Because of that, I bought Xenoblade and Xenoblade 2 and Xenoblade Torna. 😅
I’d argue a big factor was 2 releasing in the Switch’s launch year. In addition to a lack of JRPG competition, there just straight up weren’t many games on the Switch yet. COVID might have helped to give the game legs, or maybe having the Aegis in Smash.
3:00 Wait, XB2 is outselling 3 every quarter even today? That surprises me since 2 is physically out of print, so you'd think 3 would be the better seller now.
Speaking of which one thing that would boost 2's total sales is if a "Nintendo Selects" line starts soon, since we're at the end of the Switch's life. XB2 (and DE) are great candidates for Selects.
When (Jehovah) God and a prophet of God is literally the epic center of the plot, people unconsciously want it because they are programed to worship him.
XB1 and XB3 hates him, mocks him, kills him, and literally abuses his divine artifacts to mess with reality against his will as a “positive”.
So duh, God will let 2 thrive and make the other two drop. If it gets him another son, he will.
Is 2 million a flop for a less storied franchise in a more obscure genre that is console exclusive? I was kinda hoping Flute Guy could give it a sales boost. But for real. Go look at the combined sales of entire franchises like Star Ocean and Tales of all-time. XC3 and XC2 alone have basically matched the all-time sales of the Star Ocean franchise. If your name isn’t Dragon Quest, Pokemon, or Persona now, it’s tough sledding for jrpgs.
*coughs* I forgot Final Fantasy. Oh well. 😏
Also a thing people overlook is that Xenoblade 3 is the fastest selling game by far. Its easy to say that "Xenoblade 2 is selling better" its not, but theres a very high chance that Xenoblade 3 will end it run with 2.5 million sales, and thats still not including the DLC sales, Xenoblade 3 is selling fine
Even its legs are basically the same as 2. Don't overthink that it only sold 70k in a single quarter after 1.7 million was sold at launch. Because if you total that together on average, that means Xenoblade 3 is likely to sell at least 230k sales a year, which is even more than 2's yearly sales.
Xenoblade 3 may not outsell 2 because of it being launched towards the end of the Switches life, but Xenoblade 3 will be the 2nd best selling Xenoblade game, and potentially could even surpass 2 best case scenario
I personally still have nostalgia for xenoblade X, I still have it on my wii u
It needs to be noted, very, very strongly that it took 3 years for Xenoblade 2 to close on 2 mil. 3 whole years. Xenoblade 3 is still very far ahead of the curve.
It needs to be noted very strongly that when x3 was realesed in summer 2022 there was 115 millions switch owners. When x2 was realesed in late 2017 there was only 15 million switch owners.
@@mikaelkarlsson8969 that really doesn't matter. The RPG audience is different from the general audience. The bulk of all console sales are to casuals who play 1-2 games per year. The core jrpg audience has always been much smaller.
Yes I know it is a more niched( targeted audience ) but still i think it should have sold faster during the first period. X2 sold 1.51 in 10 month with 15 million switch owners and x3 did sell 1.81 in 6 month period with 100 more million switch owner.
I dont say it should sell 10 times more than x2 during the first 6-10 month just because x3 had 10 times more potential buyers and owners of nintendo switch. But I do think they should had sold way more than xenoblade 2 because of the 100 more million customers.
When you realese a game i a time when switch has so many owners as 115 millions i think they failed to marketing it and find a great numbers of new players. That is a sales flop to me
@@mikaelkarlsson8969 and you are never go see a 10x immediate fanbase jump in any franchise. No million seller franchise is going to jump overnight to a 10 million seller franchise. That has never happened with any game series ever. RPGs also tend, aside from more casual friendly series, to sell over long periods of time rather than massive quick sales that suddenly fall off.
@@badlatency9979 Tell me where i wrote anything about 10x more ? Or that I expected it to get 10x more in new fanbase? You cant because you clearly have issues to read. Dont put in shit and made up things that i never said.
I specifically wrote that i did not expect them to sell 10 times more than x2. I never wrote anything about 10 times more new fanbase.
Developers had 100 million more switch owner at realese date of x3. Still it did not sell much more than x2 that had 15 million switch owners at the time. There should be many people that like this type of games that bought a switch between x2 and 3. 100 million new switch owners between x2 and x3. I dont belive that almost everybody that like this type of game bought a switch before x2.
Thats why i think it is a failure and that it should have sold way more than x2. NOT 10X. Out of 100 million more people they should in my opinion marketing the game better and be able to find more new players than they did. The sales difference between x2 and x3 is abysmal and make no sense. It is a failure in my opinion.
Xenoblade 3 pretty much hasnt flopped considering its sales have been pretty much on par with DE.
The game had good public reception, and FR helped give the game a bit of a boost. It wont match the sales of 2, but 2 got really lucky with sales.
2 came out early on during a nintendo console's life, which is pretty rare considering 1 and 3 came out a good ways into their respective console's life. This was also combined with a lack of high profile games on the Switch at the time, especially because of the lull in content post Odyssey and BoTW. A lot of people hate to admit this part, but 2's sales were also partly boosted by Pyra and Mythra's "assets". It wasnt the sole reason, but 1 and 3 had substantially less in your face fanservice.
My point with all this is that Xenoblade overall has sold pretty damn well. 2 sold a lot more for obvious reasons, but 1 and 3 sold reasonably well.
$180 for the basic trilogy but I say if you're a fan of any game, especially one that long, you'll get more than enough value just from buying one of them.
I think that covid was a boost for Xenoblade 2. While in Covide time, people had more time for a lengthy game like a Xenoblade. Knowing how long a Xeno game is, I can imagine people looking at 3 feeling they don't have the time for such a lengthy endeavor.
It probably because people were waiting for XB 3 and felt the need to catch up, and also dont forget the Pyra/Mythra smash brothers.
If the next Xenoblade/Xeno IP is announced, im pretty sure it will boost sales too.
Tora is THE reason Xenoblade 2 is the most popular and best entry in the series. *sits back with glass of wine to read the comments*
Poppy qtpi gogogo
What? You’re right. He is us, we are him.
I un-ironically do love Tora. XBC2 is my zen.
I've been here since the demo of Xenogears came with Parasite Eve and you brought up Nier Automata i was here since the 2003 Square Enix Sampler Disc Volume 1 that had a demo of Drakengard...these kids don't know what disappointing sales truly are.
We are lucky both of the series even exist at all.
TLDR to the naysayers Do not recite the deep magic to me witch i was there was it was written.
X2 realesed in late 2017 and 15 million switch owners. X3 realesed summer 2022 and there was 115 million switch owners. 100 million more potential buyers than x2.
X2 sold 1.53 million during the first 10 months and 15 million switch owners. X3 sold 1.81 million copies in 6 month amd at this time there was 115 million switch owner.
In my opinion it is not sell as much as it should considering the amount of potential buyers
X2 had the advantage of being one the first game in switch release, people did it have a large of gaming options in that time, that's why games like Splatoon 3 or Zelda totk well selling games have not surpassed their prequels in sales even though the switch has a larger user base now
Are you _high?_ XC3 is the best selling BY FAR and put a ton of new eyes on the franchise. This isn’t even a question. I suspect this is just a clickbait video.
This really pisses me off because it’s basically flawless
Isn’t 3 still the fastest selling game in the series? It’s last sales update was March, only 8 months into the game’s lifecycle and it outperformed 2 reached in over 16 months.
Regardless all this shows is that this franchise is niche asf 😔
who gives a fuck if it's niche? they still make money. It's not a flop so long as they come out ahead.
I imagine the Trails of Cold Steel games hit that same wall. You can’t realistically play 2, 3, or 4, or Reverie w/o playing the first. And then people will tell you to go back and play the 3 Trails in the Sky games and the two Crossbell games before even those. Damn. Feel bad for Falcom. Plus it’s harder to play Cold Steel 1 and 2 on consoles b/c they had a separate publish XSeed who for whatever reason, hasn’t ported them.
Wario64 and other places post sales links all the time. Yes on the eshop is not discounted all the time outside of holiday sales and then only 40. But if you actually had interested in the game and dont want to buy the full price you would look yourself for a sale. Also the average Nintendo fan is only playing a rpg if it has mario on it.
I've only just started xeno 2, the biggest issue is these games are long and as a grown adult with a life and a full time job who loves xeno 1 and xeno 2
I don't have free time to play these 200hour epics that take hours just to walk across a map 😂
It's why I stopped playing genshin impact, there's no reason the desert should take 4 hours to walk from 1 side to the other
These games aren't for children, can a child enjoy them- sure, but xenoblade is a more mature deep franchise with themes of existence, loss, sacrifice, love, bonds exc
Persona is a great example of a series to compare to, due to the lack of a open world you can play it in bite size chunks and not dedicate a whole day or night to playing it, an hour here an hour there.
Xeno games I burn 4-8hours in a single play session just to get to a decent stopping point.
It's interesting to see that there's some bad comments about XC3 and thise people prefered xc2 way better. I'm not one of thoses comments since xc3 might be my favourite and xc2 is the one I have a lot of problems with. But it made me wonder what's the true reality of xc3 appreciation🤔
Personally, I played Xc1 on the Wii and wasn't interested at all in xc2 when it came out because it felt way too different and I didn't have a switch yet. When xc3 came out, I decided to give it a chance but I was ready to hate it. In the end I became really emotionally attached to itand when Future Redeemed was announced, I decided to finally buy xc2. But despite finding the story and world building amazing, the gameplay was really painful. Despite having already played Xc1 and xc3, xc2 made me struggle the most, as if it was a totally different game with the tone, the gacha system, the humour, all the quest that you had to complete before, the bad map system that you don't have to fill yourself, the non practical menu. It felt so weird that xc1 and xc3 were so similar, while xc2 is unique. I expected xc2 to be better than xc1 wii and less good than xc3. I'm not saying it's a bad game, it has a lot of great and incredibles qualities but in the trilogy, I think it does stand out a lot from the 2 others games
Nope
The main problem with XBC3? A serious lack of butts and boobs.
it has that keep cynical comments out
And from that comment you show yourself as someone who hasn't actually played it.
@@badlatency9979 XBC3 lacks even more. It lacks a more compelling story, it lacks blades and its quests, Merc Groups, more interesting villains like Malos and Amalthus, Gramps, more relevant themes like migration, terrorism and prejudice. XBC3 is just too metaphysical but I still love the game though. From your comment you show yourself as someone who assume too much about someone you don't even know and take a simple joke too seriously. You can add me and see how much time I have in every single XBC game.
It had no God while 2 had God and focused upon him and his creations only. The blades are literally lower dimensional angels made solely to serve and bond with mankind. Then 3 acts like everything about 2 was somehow an incomplete mistake and thrown away every basic and essential structures it had for a not-crossover.
@@justice8718 The "God" had a more concise story while 3 had this idea of a villain created by the fears of the souls inside Origin. That's lame. XB2 has a more meaningful world full of cultures, dreams, hopes, sorrows we can relate to whereas XB3 shows this eternal cicle of war that's too farfetched to relate to. It's interesting but more like a dream than an actual believable world. Love all 4 games but 2 is still the better one for me for the imaginative world that makes sense for human emotions making it easy to relate too.
Xenoblade 2 was my first xenoblade ever and i loved it. It made me buy x1 but in my opinion it was a disapointment. I bought x3 and hoped it had the same tone and combat like 2 but everything was more like x1 and it never clicked with me.
I think the sales of x3 should consider to be a letdown. Why? Becasue the game was realesed when there is 115 million switch owners. When xenoblade 2 realesed in late 2017 the switch had only 15 million users.
Amen. 2 was incredible, 3 is extremely mid.
There's one clear reason. Xenoblade 2 is peak fiction. It's hard to compete lol
I watched a lot of negatively review of xenoblade and I think the problem is that they said its not funny enough or just a repetition of the xenoblade formula. They also said the character are bland the games lack humor, and the story doesn't explain pivotal questions. It may make future consumers worried.
I'm far from agree but the fact its safe to play 1 and 2 then 3 don't help the sells. Also future redeemed reception is really mixed on the non into lore but thats not the subjects
sounds like dunkey fan arguments which are stupid and wrong
Final fantasy went fram Jrpg to an action game, maybe xenoblade has do the same thing to increase the franchise sales/reach
X3 is not bad but it is the worst xenoblade so far so it is no surprise it isnt as welll received as expected.
"Isn't as well received as expected"
Did you even see public reception day 1? Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is tied for the second highest review score of the trilogy, not to mention its sales are second only to Xenoblade 2 despite 1 having multiple rereleases.
It's up to you if you like the game or not, but public reception was extremely positive for 3 and the game's sales were pretty decent for the franchise.
@@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg review scores don't matter, what matters is fan consensus, and most people that aren't biased towards only xenoblade 1 or xenosaga or xenogears, that have played every xenoblade, including xenoblade x, feel xenoblade 3 was the more mixed not worth the hype one in the franchise that has too many unanswered questions and doesn't live up to xenoblade 2's peaks, alot of us xenoblade veterans that have played every xenoblade still prefer xenoblade 2 in terms of characters, story, world building, lore, and overall heart put into it.
@infern24 review scores should be taken into account along with fan reception. Fan Concensus has also changed wildly per entry. 1 was seen as good, but 2 and 3 were pretty different. 2 was seen as not great on launch, but fans were able to figure out the game was actually good and overall reception became pretty positive after a few years. 3 was seen with that high level of positivity on launch but was partly eroded away. This was mostly due to the ending being kidna controversial.
You also keep saying most people prefer 2, but people are a whole lot more mixed than you imply. I've gone through various social media and learned that prefernces are all over the place and not focused on 2. I've seen people on Reddit, Twitter, Gamefaqs, Facebook, 4chan, RUclips, and others all argue in favor of all three games. It's not nearly as clean cut as you say it is.
Speaking of being a Xenoblade veteran, I am one as well. I got hooked onto Xenoblade 1 well before 2 was even announced and have spent well over 200 hours per entry in the series since then. I can absolutely tell you the entire trilogy has heart and soul, especially not 2 or 3 which I'd argue have even more passion ingrained in them than 1 and X.
@@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg Fans don’t care for review scores. Five nights at Freddys, (mob fight) is this you want to be? I just don’t get it. Why do you want to stay?
@@justice8718that made no sense at all.
Cuz its mid, it took away all the inspiration that xb1 and xb2 had and made another final fantasy game
I respectfully disagree.
Xenoblade 3 does have similarities to Final Fantasy, but it takes far more inspiration from past Xeno games (mostly X and Xenogears).
@@MiguelHernandez-lo5lgagreed