Another PC port that'll flop? Final Fantasy 16 debuts on Steam with 1470 player count

[Gods&Monsters]

If these numbers were bad for Square they would've stopped porting to Steam many years ago considering this game is doing better than most FF titles on the platform

The game will not sell as much on PC as on console, and that's okay

It's not about selling "just okay". PC sales were supposed to cure all illnesses and save Square from bankruptcy. These sales are not it

If it was just about selling good you wouldn't have dozens of threads with thousands of replies and journalists/fake analysts writing think pieces and hounding Square about the PS5 sales.

 

[TrishaCat]

It's not about selling "just okay". PC sales were supposed to cure all illnesses and save Square from bankruptcy.

Square doesn't need saving from bankruptcy, what???

 

[Kokoloko]

Square doesn't need saving from bankruptcy, what???

And PC and Xbox sales are meant to save it…

As soon as FF7 remake released on PS4 exclusive, the narrative has been Square was doomed and wouldnt survive unless they were only multiplatform.
Square having a few exclusives on PS5 has not been the issue

 

[Muddasar]

Square doesn't need saving from bankruptcy, what???

Not until the next exclusive arrives on Playstation.

Then the sales , port begging and bankruptcy talk will return from the Xbox/PC folk.

 

[Kokoloko]

Not until the next exclusive arrives on Playstation.

Then the sales , port begging and bankruptcy talk will return from the Xbox/PC folk.

People seem to think the internet doesnt have a memory and all the bias talk didnt happen over and over again

 

[Luffy123]

It's not about selling "just okay". PC sales were supposed to cure all illnesses and save Square from bankruptcy. These sales are not it

If it was just about selling good you wouldn't have dozens of threads with thousands of replies and journalists/fake analysts writing think pieces and hounding Square about the PS5 sales.

It’s fine they will go bankrupt and get fucked up again and will turn to PlayStation again

The usual cycle

 

[Landiri]

Most will wait for Denuvo to be removed, and then pick it up on Torrent. PC-Players still hate to pay for Games they can't grind 24/7 Online.

Square having a few exclusives on PS5 has not been the issue

PS is the reason SE still exists!
Maybe also Switch.

Then the sales , port begging and bankruptcy talk will return from the Xbox/PC folk.

Quite ironic if Xbox-Players out of all, talk about bankruptcy

 

[ethomaz]

From another thread FF games uses to sell between 500 to 1m in Steam.
FFXVI is fine.

 

[rofif]

I don't have a history with FF. I have only played FF16, FF7 Remake and FF7 Rebirth. I thoroughly enjoyed all three. But I preferred 16 because of the similarity to Game of Thrones in the story.

Same here. I don't have history with FF.
Started with 7 remake on ps5 version, then XV, XVI and rebirth.
Loved all except rebirth is bloated af.
I would say that XV..... might be the best one in some way

 

[Landiri]

The Steam-Version is only $49,99

 

[rofif]

The Steam-Version is only $49,99

meanwhile it is 70 on psn

 

[TrishaCat]

Most will wait for Denuvo to be removed, and then pick it up on Torrent. PC-Players still hate to pay for Games they can't grind 24/7 Online.

 

[Landiri]

meanwhile it is 70 on psn

And sold 10x more at least

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

If these numbers were bad for Square they would've stopped porting to Steam many years ago considering this game is doing better than most FF titles on the platform

The game will not sell as much on PC as on console, and that's okay

It's a dumb point
Doubly so for PCMR people to make considering if the ps5 had more exclusives it'd mean less games for PC people.
I for one am glad the PS5 has very few exclusives and want Nintendo to follow suit
Remember I own and like my PS5 and my Switch despite primarily playing on PC

You find it dumb or not. At the end they are casting the doubts.

 

[Etifilio]

meanwhile it is 70 on psn

and sold 3 million units in a single week

 

[FatKaz]

meanwhile it is 70 on psn

That's why physical is still king.

I can get it brand new for £23 in the UK.

Edit: actually even cheaper from a small retailer £20.95

 

[lucasthebeast19]

square enix doing surprised face when their games fail when they don't even advertise it what a failure of a CEO with his multiplatform strategy PlayStation had much better advertising for it

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

16355 is the peak and dropping. Weekend will decide the fate of this game. However, I think it will sell 500k and maybe reaches 1 m when discounted to <$10 in coming years.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Square doesn't need saving from bankruptcy, what???

Do you have short memory or you didn't follow all the FF7R/FF16 madness during the last year?

Their stock price was reported by the Sony hater at Bloomberg and then getting reposted everywhere.

ERA/IB had daily threads tracking the sales in every market. Always the most active threads with thousands of replies in a few hours. Imran Khan said Square was panicking about the low sales, etc.

The madness died down when the PC port was announced. How curious...

 

[FatKaz]

square enix doing surprised face when their games fail when they don't even advertise it what a failure of a CEO with his multiplatform strategy PlayStation had much better advertising for it

Well they don't have Sony funding them for stuff like marketing this time.

All on their own now, need actually use their own wallet.