In terms of UK boxed sales, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's opening week is down nearly 30% over the launch of the previous game. The first game came out during the peak of COVID lockdowns (gfk figures). Digital data arrives later in the week.
In terms of UK boxed sales, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's opening week is down nearly 30% over the launch of the previous game. The first game came out during the peak of COVID lockdowns (gfk figures). Digital data arrives later in the week.
Are people actually trying to spin this as bad?They had that great digital twin package offer, where you got Remake Intertrade + Rebirth for the same price as just Rebirth. That's what I pre-ordered and bought.
These UK box charts are losing relevancy by the day.
Since 2020, more people buy their games digitally.
Also, 2020 was the tail end of the PS4 gen, with about double the install base as the PS5 now (middle of the gen).
This is tailor made for some concern™ though, so the media will spin it for clicks.
The usual lot will try...Are people actually trying to spin this as bad?
It did if you read the news.I really really hope FFVIIR does great. The development team deserves it.