Editing Final Fantasy X (section)

===Sales===
Square initially expected the game to sell at least two million copies worldwide owing to the reduced PlayStation 2's fanbase, making it smaller than the last three released titles.<ref>{{cite web | title=The History of Final Fantasy | url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/finalfantasy_hs/sec1_10.html | website=GameSpot | access-date=June 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606004506/http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/finalfantasy_hs/sec1_10.html | archive-date=June 6, 2004}}</ref> However, within its first day of its release in Japan, more than {{nowrap|2.14 million}} units were shipped, including 1.4 to 1.5 million [[pre-orders]].<ref>{{cite web|author=IGN Staff |date=July 19, 2001 |title=Final Fantasy X Sells Like Crazy; World Not Shocked |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/096/096716p1.html |work=IGN |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124308/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/096/096716p1.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Nicholson">{{cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Zy |title=Final Reality |magazine=[[PlayStation Official Magazine – UK|Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine]] |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=11 |date=September 2001 |pages=49–50 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/6/60/OPS2_UK_011.pdf#page=49 |access-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031084226/https://retrocdn.net/images/6/60/OPS2_UK_011.pdf#page=49 |url-status=live }}</ref> A million units were sold within hours, and first-day shipments were expected to generate {{JPY|17.6 billion}} or {{US$|{{To USD|17600|JPN|year=2001|round=yes}},000,000|long=no|2001|round=-6}} in sales revenue.<ref name="Nicholson"/> These figures exceeded the performances of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' and ''IX'' in a comparable period,<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN Staff |date=July 24, 2001 |title=Final Fantasy X Approaches 2 Million Copies Sold |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/096/096825p1.html |work=IGN |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208123604/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/096/096825p1.html |archive-date=December 8, 2008}}</ref> and ''Final Fantasy X'' became the first PlayStation 2 game to reach two and four million sold copies.<ref>{{cite web|author=IGN Staff |date=January 7, 2001 |title=FFX Tops Sales Charts |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/100/100730p1.html |website=IGN |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206195811/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/100/100730p1.html |archive-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Varanini |first=Giancarlo |date=January 30, 2002 |title=Final Fantasy X sales meet expectations |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy10/news.html?sid=2843955 |work=GameSpot |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205212903/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasy10/news.html?sid=2843955 |archive-date=February 5, 2009}}</ref> In October 2007, the game was listed as the 8th best-selling game for the PlayStation 2.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205214255/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ps2-celebrates-seventh-anniversary | archive-date=February 5, 2009 | last=Androvich | first=Mark | date=October 26, 2007 | title=PS2 celebrates 7th anniversary | url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ps2-celebrates-seventh-anniversary | publisher=Gamesindustry.biz | access-date=November 24, 2008}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy X'' sold over {{nowrap|2.43 million}} copies in Japan alone in 2001.<ref name="magicbox">{{cite web|title=2001 Top 100 Japanese Console Game Chart|url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell2001.shtml|access-date=26 October 2021|website=The Magic Box|archive-date=January 24, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040124041629/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell2001.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

By June 2002, it had sold {{nowrap|5.07 million}} units worldwide, including {{nowrap|2.76 million}} in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region, {{nowrap|1.47 million}} in North America, and 840,000 in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=PlayStation 2 |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm |access-date=5 November 2021 |work=The Magic Box |date=June 4, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604054924/http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2002}}</ref> By March 2003, the game had sold {{nowrap|5.89 million}} units worldwide, including {{nowrap|2.87 million}} in Japan and {{nowrap|3.02 million}} abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf#page=27 |title=Titles of game software with worldwide shipments exceeding 1 million copies |date=2004-02-09 |access-date=2008-03-01 |publisher=Square Enix |page=27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109063558/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-09}}</ref> It sold 6.6 million copies worldwide by January 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasyx2/news_6086686.html |title=Final Fantasy X-2 sells a million |work=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |first=Justin |last=Calvert |date=January 20, 2004 |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207092449/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasyx2/news_6086686.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> By July 2006, it had sold 2.3 million copies and earned $95 million in the United States ({{US$|{{Inflation|US|95|2006|r=0}} million|long=no}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}). ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' ranked it as the 11th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country.<ref name=nextgensales2>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 |title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century|author1=Campbell, Colin |author2=Keiser, Joe |date=July 29, 2006 |work=Next Generation |archive-date=October 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of March 2013, the game had shipped over 8.5 million copies worldwide on PS2.<ref name="X&X2"/> As of 2017, the PS2 version of the game has sold over 8 million copies worldwide.<ref name="8M">[http://jp.ign.com/square-enix/17748/opinion/ffdqrpg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123222053/http://jp.ign.com/square-enix/17748/opinion/ffdqrpg|date=January 23, 2018}} (PS2: 8M+) IGN Japan</ref>

The "Ultimate Hits" bargain reissue of the game in September 2005 sold over 131,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2006.<ref name="EBsales2">{{Cite book|title=Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 2007 |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-4-7577-3577-4 |location=Tokyo |page=387 |id={{JPNO|21240454}} |language=ja |script-title=ja:ファミ通ゲーム白書2007 |trans-title=Famitsu Game Whitebook 2007 |chapter=2006年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP500 |trans-chapter=2006 Game Software Annual Sales Top 500 |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2006_ne_fa/index.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626214525/http://geimin.net/da/db/2006_ne_fa/index.php |archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> As of October 2013, ''Final Fantasy X'' and its sequel ''X-2'' had together sold over 14 million copies worldwide on PlayStation 2.<ref name=Dec2013Sales>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/company/ja/news/2013/html/cea4547d66edba7a424ff516c8715511.html |title=Final Fantasy X sales in October 2013 |publisher=[[Square Enix Japan]] |date=October 10, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217023818/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/company/ja/news/2013/html/cea4547d66edba7a424ff516c8715511.html |archive-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref>