FF7 Rebirth Sales Aren't Bad - PlayStation Partner Awards

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G2ThaUNiT said:

Darashiva said:

I don't think the idea was ever that the sales were necessarily bad, just disappointing from S-E's point of view. Admittedly they are quite notorious for always being disappointed in the sales of their games, so I feel like it's at least partially because they have vastly unrealistic expectations for almost all their games.

Considering FF used to sell upwards of 10 million copies with each release practically routinely starting with FF7, and FF being one of the most storied and best-selling franchises in all of gaming, SE should absolutely be having higher than average expectations compared to their other games. It's true they've historically had unrealistic expectations, but FF should always be the exception.

None of their other games get the budget the way FF does. Therefore, each release should be paying off the most for them. Selling 3-4 million units or wherever Rebirth is currently just isn't going to cut it considering the amount of investment in development and marketing they put into these titles.

3-4 million honestly is pretty terrible for any large budget game. 3-4 million is like what low budget indies that break out and C-tier Nintendo franchises sell, FF7 Rebirth is an epic remake of one of the most beloved video games of all time, it would be like a mainline Star Wars movie only doing $200 million in global box office or something.