Gaming news Final Fantasy 16: The first sales figures are released and are surprising. The game is not doing as well as FF XV?
Published on 06/27/2023 at 09:40 am
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Sales of the FF 16 in the UK clearly show a radical change in the market since its predecessor.
We won’t tell you anything, Final Fantasy XVI has been highly anticipated by PlayStation 5 players. first sales figures for the title surprised because they are very different from that of FF XV.
– 74% compared to Final Fantasy XV
GamesIndustry boss Christopher Dring just posted several tweets about it first sales figures for Final Fantasy XVI UK. In this respect, these are very revealing the development of our media and consumption habits.
Final Fantasy 16 is #1 in the UK this week, but it wasn’t a particularly strong number in terms of box releases. Physical sales are 74% lower than Final Fantasy 15’s release week in 2016. Obviously, digital sales are a much larger component of sales today. These dates will come later
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) June 25, 2023
The UK physical release of Final Fantasy 16 was bigger than both Diablo 4 and Dead Island 2, so I really wouldn’t draw conclusions from the boxed figures. It lags behind Resident Evil 4, Star Wars, Hogwarts and Zelda in terms of box sales in week 1.
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) June 25, 2023
Final Fantasy XVI is #1 in UK sales this week, but box-wise it hasn’t been a particularly successful start. Physical sales are down compared to Final Fantasy’s release week (…)
Final Fantasy XVI’s physical sales numbers are greater than Diablo IV and Dead Island 2 in the UK at release, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions from the box numbers. It’s still behind Resident Evil 4, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Hogwarts Legacy and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in physical first-week sales.
Better than Diablo, worse than Zelda
That’s for sure Unsurprisingly, physical sales are down significantly since 2016, but – 74%, it’s still very important! We can also stress that a game like the last one was to be expected Zelda is before FF XVI in physical sales, both The Nintendo gaming community is still connected to this format. On the other hand, Resident Evil 4, Hogwarts Legacy and Star Wars should surprise us more. The Final Fantasy franchise could have kept up, but for this particular game The exclusive launch of a single console will certainly not have provided the opportunity to play on the same seat.
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Half less sales than FF VII Remake
These numbers are worrying all boxed versions of Final Fantasy XVIwhich are considered physical versions, but some may not only contain a code to download the game (particularly collector’s editions). Final Fantasy XVI would have achieved 30,000 physical sales in the first week in the UK less than that 120,000 from Final Fantasy XV in 2016 (including 25,000 on Xbox One alone). FF XVI also sold half as many physical games as Final Fantasy VII Remake, which reached 60,000 physical plays in a week in UK.
Final Fantasy XVI is available for PlayStation 5.
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