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Soundwave on 06 May 2025
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IcaroRibeiro said:
Soundwave said:

Except the sales on PC weren't poor? 

If anything the baseline on the PS5 being low means it's very easy for things like PC and Switch 2 ports to meaningfully boost the end LTD run for a game like FF7 Rebirth. That extra 500k+ or whatever they will get from PC + another 500k+ from Switch 2 boosts the overall sales of the game significantly, whereas something like say Witcher 3 on Switch 1 which was successful is still only like 1.15-2 million copies sold against like 50 million copies total. 

And I think 500k+ is a bit of a conservative estimate too, Remake and Rebirth ports on Switch 2 in particular will do well in light of there not being a new Zelda game early in the Switch 2's product cycle IMO. 

The PC sales were good for XV. Average for VII Remake and poor for both Rebirth and XVI

The results are obvious. PC gamers gave the IP a chance twice, for both the remake of VII and the new mainline entry (XV). But neither resonated with the audiences enough for a second purchase 

If the biggest audience in the world on PC couldn't help here I don't see why Nintendo gamers (who in majority already play on PC, Xbox and Playstation too) will make any relevant difference 

At best it will recover some Japanese sales but that's all 

I can see Remake selling 1+ million on Switch 2 and Rebirth north of 500k at least. Lots of 3rd party late ports sold 1+ million on the Switch 1, no reason to think that won't continue and even increase on Switch 2 ... that would be a big boost to the bottom line LTD of these games.

Nintendo audience tends to skew heavier towards Japanese anime style games too, the PC crowd not so much.