Final Fantasy XVI flopped extraordinary on PC. It sold since launch only 280k copies on PC

[Eternal_Wings]

Unfortunately that means we do not have real numbers. That shit is fake. So fake that it should 100% be disregarded and never cited.

I do believe “most” FF fans are indeed on PlayStation. But I also believe that means the appeal of Ff outside of the MMO has shrank considerably since FF15. With that said however… I believe 16 has served goodwill to both fans new and old better than 15’s cringe.

I don't understand what's so unlikely about that. FF7R sold on PS4 in one year 5m copies. It was confirmed by Square Enix.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake hits 5m sold

Final Fantasy 7 Remake has sold over five million copies, Square Enix has announced.

www.eurogamer.net

Do you really think that just the 3m people bought FF16 and then the sales stopped at once?
This makes no damn sense. Think logically for a moment. Of course, it's possible to have surpassed 5m copies on PS5 only.

 

[Neversummer]

Yeah, sells 3 million on PS5 in a month

More like 3 million in the first 1-2 weeks. It is likely about to surpass 5 million if not surpassed that & the game barley been on sales so overall long term it will crack around 7-10 million.

That brings FF remake total sells over 15-20 million & w part 3 likely 25-30 million amazing numbers for Final Fantasy.

RE4 has sold 7 million in 2 years on all platforms & that’s deem a massive success. Dragon dogma sold 3 million on all platform & was deem a huge success.

The fact Square Enix say there not pleased by the numbers so much for almost all releases harms & damage the excitement & support of consumers & fans to buy games. Maybe if they said FF16 was a huge success it would’ve brought light to the final fantasy franchise & being eyes for FF7 rebirth & kept the snowball rolling.

 

[Neversummer]

Im not sure how on DQ and extra 2 mil i. Revenue ultimately changes the performance of that game or 10-15 mil on FF16. It was dragged through the mud for ps exclusivity which netted $200 mil in revenue in a week with marketing cost paid by PS.

I really dont see what PS sees in it now. Lego horizo has less than 1,000 concurrent so what does 10k copies do for them at 70% rip?

PS probably could’ve gotten more than half the sales across PC & Nintendo at 100% while pushing hype towards the PS console & more reason for PS4 users to convert by having more exclusive games. Oh & also not charge $60 should’ve been more aggressive w a $50 price.

 

[TrishaCat]

YOOOOOOOOO The West is finally catching on to the Dragon Quest series
Good for DQIII. Hope its success encourages Square to localize Dragon Quest X Offline

 

[TrishaCat]

JRPG don't sell on PC.

I am the PC JRPG fan's strongest warrior. Were it only that PC folk had half as much interest in this genre as I

 

[Neversummer]

Studios and games can make money whether being exclusive or multiplatform, has done for decades.

This talk that games are doomed if they are Playstation or Nintendo exclusive is nonsense, and was made up since Xbox started porting games on PC and then Multiplatform.

Now see someone suggest Total War should have a console port and the replies will be it wont help the franchise if it goes multiplatform…

And it doesn’t help that PS is also porting games & releasing games multiplat day 1. Further add fuel by making short sighted & dumbass decision

 

[Cool hand luke]

YOOOOOOOOO The West is finally catching on to the Dragon Quest series
Good for DQIII. Hope its success encourages Square to localize Dragon Quest X Offline

36k steam sales isn't it. DQXI sold over 2m in the west, mainly on consoles, obviously.

 

[TrishaCat]

36k steam sales isn't it. DQXI sold over 2m in the west, mainly on consoles, obviously.

That's 36k concurrent users, not sales. The sales count would be much higher due to not everyone playing at the exact same timr.
And this game is doing better than DQXI did on the platform! Furthermore, it having the highest concurrent player count of any (singleplayer) square game on PC means the game is really successful considering others have done way worse yet Square seemed satisfied with that (considering they keep porting games). It also means that, if it's got the highest concurrent player count on PC, imagine how much higher its sales and player count probably are on PS5! This is merely indicative of a greater trend of interest in Dragon Quest in the West, and I'm sure Playstation sales will further show that