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G2ThaUNiT said:

shikamaru317 said:

Well, PC did at least get FF7 Remake after a year and a half, and Rebirth is eligible for a PC port after 3 months. So they probably did miss out on some FF7 sales on PC with a late release (SteamSpy has FF7 Remake in the 500k-1m range and I think it would have done well over 1m had it not been a year a half late), but nowhere near as many sales as they are missing out on by waiting years and years for ports to Xbox and Nintendo. If Square does have to wait until like a year after the 3rd game has released before they can port the full trilogy to Xbox and Nintendo, we're probably looking at 2028 for the 3rd game's release on PS5/PS6 and 2029 before it can release on Xbox and Nintendo, so nearly a decade of waiting since Remake part 1 released in April 2020.

I was surprised to hear that FF7 Remake had sold only 7 million copies from its original launch April 10, 2020 to September 15, 2023. And SE confirmed that this includes releases on PS4, PS5, PC (both EGS and Steam)

Almost 3 and a half years to reach that sales figure. You'd think a title of this magnitude would have at least reached 10 million within the first couple of years. It'll be interesting to see how Rebirth holds up. 

Yeah, FF7R is definitely a game that should have sold better than it did. Initial sales were strong, with 3.5m in 3 days, but then it took 4 months to reach 5m and over 3 years to reach 7m, so legs really fell off. It moved just 2m between August 2020 and September 2023, and during that 3 year period FF7 released on PS5 and PC, so those 2 versions really didn't move much at all.

I think 3 main things hurt it's sales potential:

1. PS exclusivity. On a PS alone it was outselling FF15, but FF15 was on 3 platforms from day one, whereas FF7 Remake was only on PS consoles for the first year and a half, and still isn't on Xbox after nearly 4 years. So 15 ended up moving 10m+ between it's November 2016 release and May 2022, compared to 7m+ on FF7 Remake between April 2020 and September 2023.

2. Splitting the game into 3 parts. I think this decision lead to some people deciding to wait until all 3 parts had released before they buy it.

3. Pricing. Square waited way too long for discounts on FF7 Remake. On PS4 and PS5, the cheapest it got was $30 on PS4 and PS5 for the first 3 years on PS4 and first 2 years on PS5. Finally on the PS 2023 Holiday sales it's price dropped to $15, and has also dropped to $15 on some sales since. On PC it released for the full $70 in spite of being a year and a half late port, and it has yet to drop below $35 after almost 2.5 years. As of right now it costs $70 on PC because a sale is not active and they have yet to lower it's MSRP.

Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 06 March 2024