Square Enix: Final Fantasy XVI is a Hit, initial sales of the game extremely strong

[JAHGamer]

Square Enix will never again make a mainline FF Turn-Based. Expect for MMO of course but that woukd never run on Nintendo’s old fossil hardware.

The same rabid Nintendo fans saying that Nintendo should never make another traditional Zelda game again are the same ones mad that FF16 isn't turn based

 

[JAHGamer]

SE made the right decision sticking with Playstation.

Not to sound like a fanboy but PS exclusive/timed exclusive is always the right decision, the easiest platform to develop for, faster dev cycles and guaranteed sales if the game is good. Then port it to other platforms later if you want

 

[DewPoint]

People on installbase are fuming at this and I love that.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Not to sound like a fanboy but PS exclusive/timed exclusive is always the right decision, the easiest platform to develop for, faster dev cycles and guaranteed sales if the game is good. Then port it to other platforms later if you want

For 3rd parties the most reasonable thing is ps/pc but i also understand them wanting to cut down the initial development time focusing on one platform like sony does

 

[JAHGamer]

People on installbase are fuming at this and I love that.

People on that forum suffer from serious dunning kruger and genuinely believe everything Sony does is a failure, especially in relation to the Japan market. Some of them are convinced there aren't even 500k PS5s sold in Japan and most of them are scalped/shipped to China.

 

[JAHGamer]

For 3rd parties the most reasonable thing is ps/pc but i also understand them wanting to cut down the initial development time focusing on one platform like sony does

There've been way too many terrible PC ports lately, most PC gamers wouldn't mind waiting as long as it has a good launch.

 

[Deleted member 782]

Here comes the copium.

I just explained the difference between shipped vs sold-through figures. Uncharted 4 also sold over 16 million copies at the end.

 

[Eternal_Wings]

No it was confirmed sold, not shipped.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

 

[Muddasar]

Uncharted 4 numbers were sold-through numbers, while FFXVI numbers were shipped numbers. Uncharted 4's shipments are likely much bigger than FFXVI probably around ~5m.
For example, Kirby and the forgotten land shipments in 5 days = 2.6m and sold-through numbers in 2 weeks = 2.1m.
Shipped vs Sold-through numbers aren't valid comparison.

 

[Puff]

 

[JAHGamer]

Wow, when the head of NPD calls you out, you know its bad. And these are the same exact people Xbox/Phil Spencer rewards and flies out to events....

 

[Dabaus]

Wow, when the head of NPD calls you out, you know its bad. And these are the same exact people Xbox/Phil Spencer rewards and flies out to events....

Speaking of NPD, Anybody know when we're supposed to get June's results?

 

[Luffy123]

lmfao Square is like the one company who will say even decent sales mean it hasn't met company expectations. The fact even Square said its done well tells you everything

 

[JAHGamer]

Speaking of NPD, Anybody know when we're supposed to get June's results?

July 28th

 

[Nhomnhom]

Great game, great reviews, great reception, it's a hit. Suck it Xbox fans, just pray MS will pay for a port someday.

 

[Swift_Star]

He's reading the Resetera thread lol.

 

[FatKaz]

July 28th

July npd release they are really cutting it close. Good to see we are going to get mid month releases again after this month.

 

[SLB1904]

Uncharted 4 numbers were sold-through numbers, while FFXVI numbers were shipped numbers. Uncharted 4's shipments are likely much bigger than FFXVI probably around ~5m.
For example, Kirby and the forgotten land shipments in 5 days = 2.6m and sold-through numbers in 2 weeks = 2.1m.
Shipped vs Sold-through numbers aren't valid comparison.

Ffxvi . Sold 90% of the shipping in less thsn a week. So this argument is moot

 

[On Demand]

nvm