Famitsu Sales: Week 30, 2023 (Jul 17 - Jul 23)

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rapsuperstar31 said:

Pinkie_pie said:

So you think square and other developers are devastated about their games not selling as well as most 1st party switch titles in Japan? My argument was about that

Square Enix decided to put the game on a console with less than 12% of the Switch's sales.  If Square didn't always need their mainline Final Fantasy games to be the best graphical experiences possible, they could have easily made a mainline Final Fantasy over the last 7 years on the Switch that would have debuted with over a million physical sales in Japan.

Good graphics with each new mainline entry is part of the identity of Final Fantasy titles. Good graphics and Switch just isn't possible. Besides they got money, help and marketing from Sony. It isn't that bad of a deal for Square. Also like most publishers they rather sell well worldwide than in one market, even if that's the home market.