Famitsu Sales: Week 27, 2023 (Jun 26 - Jul 02)

[zorg1000]

Megiddo said:

zorg1000 said:

We’re all still waiting for evidence of upward momentum.

In September 1994, the Final Fantasy series had a total of around 11.5 million cumulative sales, the overwhelmingly large majority of which were domestic sales in Japan.

11 years later, in September 2005 the Final Fantasy series had a total of 60 million cumulative sales, meaning in 11 years there were around 50 million games of the Final Fantasy series sold .

A little over 10 years later, in December 2015 the Final Fantasy series had a total of over 115 million cumulative sales, so in a little over 10 years of time there were around 55 million games of the Final Fantasy series sold.

Last month, in June 2023, it was announced that the Final Fantasy series had a total of over 180 million cumulative sales, which means in a period 7.5 years there were around 65 million games of the Final Fantasy series sold.

Would you say then, that there is upward global momentum of the Final Fantasy series, especially with the tail of FF16 and FF7R II on the horizon?

1994 total source: https://archive.org/stream/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_63_October_1994_U#page/n177

2005 total source (see about Square Enix section): https://webcitation.org/60eFcdYVx

2015 total source (see about Square Enix section): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/square-enix-reveals-e3-2016-lineup-300282853.html

2023 total souce (see about Square Enix section): https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/20230623_SQEXHD_NewsRelease_HRannouncement.pdf

I feel like you’re changing goalposts. So the discussion isn’t about individual titles selling better? Have you looked up how many spin-offs/remakes/remasters/ports Final Fantasy gets these days compared to the 80s/90s/00s?

1987-2009, 57 releases

2010-2023, 61 releases

https://thefinalfantasy.net/games/

How is a series momentum determined? By the sales of individual titles or the total sales of a larger number of titles?

Lets say I release a game series

2023-Zorg 1000 Adventure (3 million sales)

2025-Zorg 1000 spin-off #1 (800k sales)

2027-Zorg 1000 Adventure 2 (2 million sales)

2027-Zorg 1000 spin-off #2 (500k sales)

2028-Zorg 1000 Adventure remaster (1.2 million sales)

2028-Zorg 1000 spin-off #3 (300k sales)

2023-2026, 3.8 million sales (1 mainline+1 spin-off)

2027-2028, 4 million sales (1 mainline+2 spin-offs+1 remaster)

Would this be a series in decline or upward momentum?