| Kyuu said: PS360 generation was an anomaly, Xbox was bigger and PS smaller. Obviously the splits shifted towards Playstation when Xbox is factored in. But PC and Nintendo are generally gaining in popularity. What are the PS:PC sales splits for FF13 and 15? I agree that Final Fantasy's problem has little to do with exclusivity. But it doesn't hurt to be hopeful that a miracle happens and it gets its BotW moment one day. FF is my favorite video game franchise of all time and I wish it nothing but success. |
Depends on the tracker, but it was around 1:4 and 1:3 for FF13 and FF15 respectively. Remake was maybe 1:8 (despite FF13 and FF15 also releasing late on PC and the size of the console userbases by then).
As for the Switch and its successor, we'll see. Nintendo monopolizes so much software that the Switch behaves more like a platform with half its hardware sales for third-parties, which explains why it isn't actually that attractive to other publishers. Besides, The PS1 is the only 100m+ console whose successor outsold it so far and Nintendo's background in that regard isn't exactly stellar.
FF is also my favorite franchise, I think, it made my teenage years back on the PS2 days. I just wish the games weren't mediocre ever since (and so infuriating since you can see through their flaws how they could have been excellent instead) and they didn't devote so many resources to this Remake project which isn't going to pay dividends.
Last edited by haxxiy - on 22 April 2024
