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Kakadu18 on 18 June 2021
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Wyrdness said:
Otter said:

There's honestly no precedent with this kind of topic. franchise etc mean very little here. Typically what you would compare this to is a re-release that we've seen in past like with Monster Hunter etc. But they do not have free upgrades. Essentially there is no reason for a fan of the series to rebuy the game cos' their PS4 version automatically updates. All they need to do is buy the $10 DLC from the PSN store.

Re-releases typically depend on fans double dipping, free upgrades completely eliminate the need for that. 

Thing is the PS4 version in itself only moved about 1m retail in the region going by Famitsu's numbers so even with the free upgrade the game is already well below expectations before we consider if everyone upgraded especially as we had people expecting it to sell 10 to 15m in total WW which would require a much more significant performance in the region.

Even the argument of double dipping here doesn't really offset the underwhelming performance as a game development tool basically outsold the much requested remake of a popular game. 

People who expected the game to sell 10-15mil WW have no idea how these games actually sell nowadays. The original FF7 didn't sell 15mil with all skus combined.

In Japan the game didn't underperform either, the franchise was in decline for 15 years already. People who expected the game to be that popular WW overestimated it because they didn't realise they're in an internet bubble on a small forum where most people are enthusiasts.

Square Enix had realistic expectation though and they were happy with 5mil.

I don't get why people here are suprised GBG outsold FF7R Intergrade. There is a free upgrade, most people who wanted to play it already did, PS5 software sales are abysmal and preorders for GBG were big. Did anyone here expect FF7RI to sell 100k at launch?