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Twink ,

For a title named Final Fantasy, it sure isn’t reaching it’s end considering it got 16 iterations and then also remasters. Maybe they should let it go. You cannot milk a cow eternally.

simple OP ,

It did sell well however, selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 10 days. I don’t know how high Squeenix’s expectations were but it’s wild they thought it would sell higher for a game that only released on the PS5.

twistedtxb ,
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Best selling game in Japan, 3.5+M units sold. What the hell did they expect?

simple OP ,

Apparently they expected selling more than FFXV

The last numbered instalment, Final Fantasy 15, remains the series’ fastest-selling entry with 5 million units shipped and sold digitally in its first 24 hours alone. This was across multiple platforms, however.

twistedtxb ,
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The keyword of course being multiplatform.

Stovetop ,

When that only other platform was Xbox, though, I doubt that total remotely compared to PlayStation sales.

I honestly think it’s just lack of trust in the series after 15 along with the economic times we’re in, where people don’t want to spend money on something they’re not 100% confident in. It also didn’t get the same media cycle as 15, and didn’t have strong nostalgia value to coast on like 7 Remake.

JowlesMcGee ,
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Also, XV wasn't well received, generally speaking. I'm sure there are at least a few people (like me) who decided to wait on this one, to be safe. A damaged reputation can cause tangible sales impacts

eddanja ,

This times 100. I’m a massive FF fan. While there is debate in my mind about the combat system, I can’t even play it because I don’t have a PS5.

Hoping to get one eventually but the PS4 and Switch still have value. If SE want my money, they’ll have to wait.

djidane535 ,
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I can’t justify buying a PS5 for 1 or 2 games. Still waiting for a release on PC as well. But as soon as it releases elsewhere, I will buy it :).

eramseth ,

Have you heard of a little company called Disney?

deweydecibel ,

I want you stop for a second and think about how long Final Fantasy has been around (NES) then think about how many other franchises from that time still exist. Then maybe try this comment again.

Katana314 ,

People seemed to enjoy this game, but it seems like they had a budgetary look at expectations; spend millions on the intense CGI action scenes and voice acting, get tens of millions back. It even seemed to come forward in their interviews that they “needed” this one to be epic and unmissable.

I’ve never felt that’s a winning approach to games though. Comparing to XIV, you just never know when your major hits are going to come forward.

I will say this much; Shadowbringers and Endwalker felt like that creatively exited the theme of building up to a fight against an unknown and evil god, and had very strong story themes to their conclusion. Sometimes the final boss still registers as a “god”, but that’s not the reason you’re fighting them.

nyakojiruu ,
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Ff is not meeting expectations since 8

Stovetop ,

14 vastly exceeded expectations and 16 is from that same team, which is probably why they set high expectations in the first place.

Garzak ,

So that may explain their recent commitment to release games also on XBox.

o_oli ,
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Maybe they should release it on other consoles then.

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