Kingdom Hearts series ships 10 million

by James Ransom-Wiley { Feb 7th 2007 at 1:45PM }

Kingdom Hearts recently joined an elite group of franchises, its three games now accounting for more than 10 million units shipped worldwide. Still dwarfed by a pair of Nintendo franchises, Kingdom Hearts is nonetheless quickly establishing itself as one of the most successful series of all time.

Consider that it's older sibling Final Fantasy -- ranked third among the all-time best-selling franchises -- has managed to move 68 million units; a tall stack indeed, but one that's built on 12 core games dating back to 1987, plus countless spin-offs, remakes, and compilations. To date, Kingdom Hearts (technically considered a FF spin-off) is built on a mere 3 titles; none of which have gone multi-platform (GBA's Chain of Memories will be released for PS2 in an upcoming re-release compilation called Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix +). Kingdom Hearts debuted in September 2002.

Appropriately, Square Enix will soon unveil multiple Kingdom Hearts sequels, affirming that this action-RPG is one of the most sought after series in the business. So which platforms will be blessed this time around? Is the primary series' successor safe in Sony's hands?

Tags: GBA, KingdomHearts, PS2, SquareEnix

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dsub @ Feb 7th 2007 1:53PM

It'll be on the Wii. I guarantee it, and if Square really wants to see sales soar they'll make it for the 360 as well.

Phranctoast @ Feb 7th 2007 1:56PM

Im sure the 360 and wii can handle themselves with original IP's rather then having to resort to stealing the playstaions.

dis_guy @ Feb 7th 2007 2:02PM

Maybe they'll make one for the DS. They already have like 2 dragon quest games on it and DQ9 coming out later.

Intentless @ Feb 7th 2007 2:22PM

I don't see why the wouldn't make one for the DS they already made "chain of memories" for the advance.

VampireHunter Z @ Feb 7th 2007 2:35PM

Not sure I would be interested in this game on my 360. Just bring over FFXIII.

32_Footsteps @ Feb 7th 2007 2:39PM

Bah, watch them have a slightly different version for every platform they could think of. The Extra Special Neato Ending of KH2 talked of "The Keyblade War." Watch this be played out by connecting-but-different stories in each version, with each version getting a different subtitle (let's say they name them after the different Forms in KH2).

I totally want Kingdom Hearts: Keyblade of Darkness, because AntiForm was my favorite.

benjamin @ Feb 7th 2007 3:05PM

It looks like Donald and Goofy are making Sora's mouth goatse.

Strangler @ Feb 13th 2007 2:44PM

I think and hope there will be a psp one, wasnt there a rumor squareenix was making one for the psp?

joel @ Feb 7th 2007 6:52PM

I'm sure this comment will piss off a few people, but Kingdom Hearts 2 was barely a game; it was more like an interactive movie (and a piss poor one). This game was oh so boring. Walk five feet, watch a 10 minute CGI clip, hit one button fifty-seven thousand times, rinse, repeat. The only thing I can't knock this "game" for is style. Awesome use of license, except for the storyline being too full of itself. So all in all, I can see why many people would like Kingdom Hearts, but seriously people it's really not that good (I know this is subjective as hell).

Joel 2 @ Feb 7th 2007 10:34PM

Hey this is joel as well, cool. And for my first comment on joystiq i have to say the same thing. kingdom heatts 2 is more like a movie than a game. I saw reviews of the game and it looked really good so i bought it. All the things the other joel said are true. To much clips and not enough good gameplay. Lots of button smashing, it actaully hurt. The graphics were ok, but the detail wasnt there. I want my 40$ back.

GhaleonQ @ Feb 8th 2007 1:24AM

"Its"

Zer0Force @ Feb 8th 2007 9:20AM

Right, it will stay on the playstation 3 because they don't want to alienate(SP?) their fans and it is known as a killer IP for the Playstation(also known as, pretty much the best Disney game EVER).

To be honest,I'd buy it for the wii if its Kingdom Hearts 3 and not some lame spin-off bout Joe Fuckyourfelf and his quest for something I couldn't give 2 shits about.