| LurkerJ said: Between August 2015 and October 2019, the game total sales went up from 11 million copies to 12.3, aided by a lazy HD PS4 port. It's easy to imagine the demand for the actual remake and how this is a definitive win for SONY. One can pretend that 1 year of timed exclusivity isn't a big deal... only if we're talking about an Uncharted clone, not the remake of the biggest Final Fantasy game. |
You underestimate the market. Timed exclusives work well when there isnt much to play. When FF7 arrives, gamers have plenty of choices in Cyberpunk, TLOU2, Doom Enternal, Ori 2 etc. Gamers will wait if they have other great games available.
This gen was full of gaps and in some cases nothing to play at some points, thats where timed exclusives work really well. The hardcore FF crowd will obviously flock over FF7 remake day one however the market is alot bigger than just the hardcore.
