Square Enix has stated that it is satisfied with the initial sales of Final Fantasy XVI and considers them “satisfactory”. So I responded to media reports that the PlayStation 5 RPG It sells worse than its predecessors. In particular, Bloomberg wrote about the poor results of new RPGs in Japan.
In a comment to IGN, Square Enix noted the difference in the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 user bases at the time of Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Remake’s release, respectively, and emphasized that in this context they consider the launch of the new game to be very successful.
However, they did not comment on Japanese sales, which Bloomberg wrote about and revealed a somewhat bitter decline.
As of March 31, 2023, 38 million PlayStation 5 consoles have been sold worldwide. Final Fantasy XVI has sold more than 3 million units worldwide since the game’s release on June 22, 2023.
Taking into account the sales figures for the Final Fantasy VII remake (which found 3.5 million buyers in three days) and considering the PlayStation 4 user base at the time of this project’s launch, Square Enix considers Final Fantasy 16’s initial sales results to be very strong. We will continue to implement various initiatives to attract more players,” the message read.
Square Enix hasn’t specified how much Final Fantasy XVI has been sold yet. Starting at 3 million copies, includes store shipments and direct-to-player digital sales.
According to IGN’s sources, Final Fantasy XVI sales are really significantly since launch, which can be seen, among other things, in the charts published for different countries, but there is no talk of a catastrophe. Additions to the game, which producer Naoki Yoshida recently talked about, should be able to maintain their sales in the long term.
“It may have fallen short of Square Enix’s expectations, but the conditions of the game’s release and mature rating somewhat limited its potential at launch. I think the expectations were pretty high.”
Final Fantasy XVI is coming to PC in the future, but nothing has been mentioned about the Xbox version.
