FF16 continuing to sell strongly in Japan according to Famitsu

[Airbus]

No, FF15 sales were from PS4 alone which was roughly similar numbers as PS5 when FF16 launched.

PS4 - 3.917.092
PS5 - 3.901.335

And 15 have T rating while 16 have M rating

Which means more restricted audience

 

[sugarbetik]

It actually because they are sold out everywhere. In fact if you order online you have to wait until 7/23

SE for some reasons print so little units.

Nope, no stock issues during its launch. Retailers were able to accurately estimated the demand.

 

[historia]

Nope, no stock issues during its launch. Retailers were able to accurately estimated the demand.

How would you know that?

 

[sugarbetik]

How would you know that?

Because there wasn't any reports of stock issues from Japanese retailers during FFXVI launch period.

 

[Airbus]

Because there wasn't any reports of stock issues from Japanese retailers during FFXVI launch period.

This isnt about stock issues

16 was rpg made for more limited mature audience kinda like witcher 3 and dragon age inquitition

 

[Danja]

No, FF15 sales were from PS4 alone and PS4 hardware sales ltd during that time were roughly similar to PS5 when FF16 launched.

PS4 - 3.917.092
PS5 - 3.901.335

A bit unfair here since there wasn't a digital only PS4. There's 538k digital PS5 sold in Japan (not all stayed there) but even so, we are missing a good chunk of data here. That's why I find comparing console sales aligned is kinda flawed.

I've been attacked here for saying this, but it was obvious this game was gonna sell less compared to previous games. When it's all said and done I think sales will be good tho, but it depends on if SE and Sony who has a history of moving on too quickly from a game if it's not a hit immediately... does to keep the tailwind sales relevant.

 

[Deleted member 782]

This is really weird, why should we listen to one person's anecdotal report of a single store instead of the nation-wide sales numbers from Famitsu that cover thousands of Japanese video game stores? LOL.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

A bit unfair here since there wasn't a digital only PS4. There's 538k digital PS5 sold in Japan (not all stayed there) but even so, we are missing a good chunk of data here. That's why I find comparing console sales aligned is kinda flawed.

I've been attacked here for saying this, but it was obvious this game was gonna sell less compared to previous games. When it's all said and done I think sales will be good tho, but it depends on if SE and Sony who has a history of moving on too quickly from a game if it's not a hit immediately... does to keep the tailwind sales relevant.

Even physical PS5 doesn't mean people buy physical copies. I bet you there are digital sales that are equal to at least 3rd of the physical.

 

[Gediminas]

FF15 launched in holiday season.
FF7R launched in 2020 with double install size.

Can we stop this comparing nonsense madness..