It was in line with our expectations. To maximize our sales of ‘FF16' over an 18-month period, we intend to roll out downloadable content & the PC version when the timing is optimal.”
@Netret0120 I honestly don't think they were expecting much from JP if they were paying attention to game sales overall for PS5. They really should release their games on Playstation/PC on day 1. Xbox has never been big on FF but PC would give them a lot more I feel.
What people need to understand if that Remake was released during covid with a higher amount of consoles, those points are relevant.
I think it was pretty expected to fall sale-wise compared to remake simply because its a 2nd part in a trilogy which does impact sales. - Point can make sense why its lower then FF16 also.
I think the bigger issue in JP is in general PS5 games just not selling well, seems like people have moved to phones/switch and prefer to buy games for those.
Another point to add is that JP used to be a much higher share for FF games but that was when Playstation games in general were also selling.. if JP is not buying Playstation games in general then you need to boost international sales which they pretty much did for FF16.
Releasing on Xbox would have done nothing for its sales in JP.
I really wish we could get digital sales data from JP though, I know its not huge but still curious of the digital sales between Rebirth and 16.
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Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
@Sakai
https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/mustafa-mahmoud/square-enix-confirms-that-ffxvi-did-in-fact-meet-sales-expectations/#:~:text=Square%20Enix%20confirms%20that%20FFXVI%20did%20in%20fact%20meet%20sales%20expectations,-Mustafa%20Mahmoud%20January&text=One%20of%20Square%20Enix's%20biggest,not%20meet%20its%20sales%20expectations.
It was in line with our expectations. To maximize our sales of ‘FF16' over an 18-month period, we intend to roll out downloadable content & the PC version when the timing is optimal.”
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
@Netret0120 I honestly don't think they were expecting much from JP if they were paying attention to game sales overall for PS5. They really should release their games on Playstation/PC on day 1. Xbox has never been big on FF but PC would give them a lot more I feel.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
@Sakai I think FF16 did meet their expectations unless you are misquoting what they said which surely you wouldnt do right..
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
What people need to understand if that Remake was released during covid with a higher amount of consoles, those points are relevant.
I think it was pretty expected to fall sale-wise compared to remake simply because its a 2nd part in a trilogy which does impact sales. - Point can make sense why its lower then FF16 also.
I think the bigger issue in JP is in general PS5 games just not selling well, seems like people have moved to phones/switch and prefer to buy games for those.
Another point to add is that JP used to be a much higher share for FF games but that was when Playstation games in general were also selling.. if JP is not buying Playstation games in general then you need to boost international sales which they pretty much did for FF16.
Releasing on Xbox would have done nothing for its sales in JP.
I really wish we could get digital sales data from JP though, I know its not huge but still curious of the digital sales between Rebirth and 16.