I'm thinking that the boost would have been more muted if the demo were released separately on the PSN. Why? People who weren't interested in Advent Children wouldn't have bothered to buy it, and thus would need more reason to buy a PS3 (like the Vesperia port). However, since the demo was exclusive to the release, and the PS3 was the only avenue for FFXIII to come out at all in Japan, it pulled the people off the fence, along the lines of "it's as good a time as any" reasoning.

After all, the PS3 plays blu-rays, and can play both the demo and the game. Three for one, so it got them to buy the hardware sooner than they might have otherwise.

That wouldn't work here, since FFXIII is multi-platform, but it might still have an effect if it were bundled with the Advent children release.

Even as a PS3 ownwer, I'm surprised at those figures, simply because they are based on a FF demo.

Damn, the Japanese really are hella crazy for FF.

I just want the movie in glorious, full 1080p, I honestly could care less about the demo, Persona has managed to reignite my love for JRPG's.

Yeah that's alot for a demo.

Any word on whether the demo is also attached to the US Advent Children Blu Ray?

I wonder how badly the PS3 would skyrocket on the announcement of FF7 Remake. XD

I bought the movie just so I could play the demo so shut your mouth chronic. Plus you have to also remember there was a good ps3 bundle in Japan that came with the movie and demo so that probably helped people decide, not bad to get them all bundled together for one price.

I wonder if those sales increases are REALLY just from the demo, or if there are other factors over there they just aren't telling us.

unless every japanese person has some kind of magical hacking tool that unlocks the full game in the demo, this is insane.

good for Sony and Squeenix, I s'pose.

So much hate for AC. The movie was awesome if you kinda take the story with a grain of salt. But ACC is sexy. They re-recorded a lot of the dialogue so it doesn't sound as lame. Now the only awkward part is the "dilly dally shilly shally". Plus the extended fight scenes are the tits, the climax in particular.

But honestly, who didn't see this coming? We all knew FF13 was going to be a system seller for the PS3. It probably won't do as well on the 360, just because of their main audience's interests.

@Unangbankay

I didn't know Vesperia was coming to the PS3...