G2ThaUNiT said:
Right……just lower their expectations when they’ve spent a crap ton of money on a new FF lol. But cutting down in some areas such as marketing would certainly be a good place to start. I saw a LOT of marketing for Rebirth and even seen how batshit crazy they go in marketing in Japan. FF7 had a notorious development and marketing budget of $80 million. Which is an absolutely absurd number for the late 90s. I can’t imagine what that numbers looks like these days. But like my point was, they’re spending a lot of money, so they expect a lot in return when it comes to this franchise. When I said routinely, several reached 10 million whereas the others hovered around 7-8 million. |
Which parts reached 10 million? As far as I'm aware, it's just FF7 and 15.
FF7 Remake was the series's 2nd best selling game in the US around the time it released on PC (I don't remember if it was by revenue or copies sold. But good feat considering the room for growth via Switch 2 and Xbox versions). FFX's last confirmed number was 8.5 million. The "sub-series", including FFX-2 and remasters, passed 20 million in 2022.
FF1-6, 9, 7 Rebirth (as indicated so far), and 16 are all sub 6 million sellers. 8 and 13 sold over 8 and 7 million respectively.
Funny how the "unpopular" Final Fantasy games are actually among the best sellers. A similar-ish story to Resident Evil with 5 and 6 being at the top for a while (I enjoyed 5 but 6 was terrible lol).
