There's nothing new about Square Enix working on further Kingdom Hearts games, since this is something that's been hinted by Tetsuya Nomura almost a year ago. And last December they shifted the rumour mill into gear once again, after ending a Hearts II Final Mix presentation at the Jump Festa show in Tokyo with the following message: "New Project Starting in 2007". But to think that the Kingdom Hearts series has so far been shipped in over 10 million copies around the world... well, the figure speaks for itself.
Albeit these are not actual sales figures (just shipped units), it's still pretty impressive, considering that all Kingdom Hearts games to date have been single-platform titles. As reported by GI.biz, Square Enix shipped around 5.6 million copies of the original Kingdom Hearts PS2 game since its debut in 2002: 1.5 million units in Japan, 3 million in North America, and 1.1 million in Europe and other PAL territories.
The following GBA variation from 2004, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, was only shipped in 1.5 million units (400K in Japan, 900K in North America and 200K in PAL regions). However the Kingdom Hearts II PS2 sequel reached 3.5 million units shipped since its 2005/2006 release (1.1 million in Japan, 1.7 million in North America, and 700K in PAL territories), and will likely continue to sell good for a while.
After all, there are still plenty of Square fans who never played a Kingdom Hearts game in their life, but who might consider getting the originals, once the next title in the series will be announced. Be it Kingdom Hearts III or something else... Producer Shinji Hashimoto did confirm that more instalments are planned, but instead of going into any detail, he only issued the following blank statement:
"When we first started developing Kingdom Hearts, we never imagined we would pass the 10 million mark so quickly. We are delighted and extremely grateful for the support from our fans around the globe. We hope to continue to provide games which fulfill your anticipation in the future." We'll keep our eyes open and our neko-mimi ears peeled.
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