Sq. Enix has launched two-back-to-back titles for the Last Fantasy franchise which have obtained widespread essential acclaim within the type of Last Fantasy 16 and Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but it surely appears neither of them has managed to promote nicely sufficient to mirror that essential success.
The corporate just lately revealed official paperwork for a monetary briefing that was initially held in Might, shortly after Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s February launch, the place it confirmed that “income” generated from Last Fantasy 16 and Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth “sadly didn’t meet our expectations”. The corporate additionally added that regardless of the latter’s February launch, preliminary gross sales throughout that quarter “weren’t as robust as anticipated.”
Since Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s launch, Sq. Enix hasn’t offered any gross sales figures for the title. Reviews had claimed that the title was underperforming, promoting at roughly half the tempo of 2020’s Last Fantasy 7 Remake.
Last Fantasy 16, in the meantime, bought over 3 million items in lower than per week of its launch. Initially, Sq. Enix mentioned it thought of the motion title’s gross sales to be “extraordinarily robust”, however later added that the sport had failed to satisfy “the excessive finish” of the corporate’s expectations the place gross sales had been involved.
Amidst disappointing gross sales for main releases, Sq. Enix has confirmed that it’s pivoting to a multiplatform mannequin. Learn extra on that by means of right here.
