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kazuyamishima on 29 June 2023
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Soundwave said:
Qwark said:

Final Fantasy is doing totally fine worldwide though. It had a much better launch than all other PS5 exclusives, aside from GoW Ragnarok (holiday bundle launch) only in its first week and is the sixth best selling PS exclusive at launch. It also sold more units than HFW at launch, which is now at around 9 million.

This game has a lot of potential to reach the 10 million mark on PS5 alone. Square also got a heavy bag of Sony money and plenty of Sony support during development. Furthermore it could also get a bundle for extra sales. So I wouldn't say that's bad perse or that FF is anywhere close to being irrelevant.

Next year it will also get a PC port, so I don't think this game is doing that bad at all, it's just not doing great in Japan (which is a much smaller market than US or Europe). The Japanese market is basically dead for PS software to begin with.

FF7 remake also is pretty close to the 10 million mark and will most likely pass FFXV worldwide. So a game being (semi) exclusive doesn't have to be bad for it's sales or value. Especially if someone is willing to pay a big check for it.

I don't think they're getting to 10 million with just PS5 and PC. FF7 Remake hasn't even gotten there in years, even that FF7 Remake could probably benefit quite a bit from a Switch 2 release. 

Yeah, that happens when you put the game on PS Plus 11 months after launch and make it EGS exclusive for a year before releasing it on Steam 2 and 2 months years after original release on PS4.

Last edited by kazuyamishima - on 29 June 2023