Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth loved widespread important acclaim upon its launch earlier within the yr on a degree that no recreation within the collection has in a protracted, lengthy time- although it appears that evidently important acclaim isn’t fairly translating to business success within the method that Sq. Enix would have hoped for.
That’s as per Niko Companions analyst Daniel Ahmad, who not too long ago claimed on Twitter that, based mostly on equities analysis reviews and gross sales monitoring information, Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth is underperforming the place its gross sales are involved.
Whereas precise figures stay unknown (with Sq. Enix additionally having remained unusually tight-lipped concerning the recreation’s gross sales), Ahmad says the motion RPG is promoting about half in addition to Last Fantasy 7 Remake did in the identical post-launch timeframe, and that it’s additionally more likely to have slower long-term gross sales than its predecessor.
Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth was the second best-selling recreation of February in the US behind Helldivers 2, and the 2 video games held the identical positions within the PlayStation Retailer charts for essentially the most downloaded video games worldwide for the month. In Japan, nonetheless, the sport noticed a slower begin, particularly by mainline Last Fantasy requirements, promoting over 262,000 models at launch, in comparison with Last Fantasy 16’s launch gross sales of over 336,000 models, and Last Fantasy 7 Remake’s launch gross sales of over 702,000 models.
In our assessment of Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth, we awarded it a rating of 10/10, saying, “The promise of these outdated, grand, globe-trotting Last Fantasy epics from the collection’ 16- and 32-bit heyday in AAA type has been fulfilled ultimately. Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth lastly realizes the collection’ central, implicit potential, trying to the previous to pave the way in which for hopefully the beginning of a brand new golden age for the collection.” Learn the complete assessment by means of right here.
Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth is obtainable on PS5. Improvement on its sequel is underway, with Sq. Enix hoping to wrap up the challenge in three years.
Additionally, to not be that man, however Rebirth is underperforming gross sales sensible (not that gross sales efficiency is said to what that man mentioned lol)
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 11, 2024
It’s promoting about half of what Remake bought in the identical timeframe and appears prefer it’ll have a weaker tail (previous to any PS+ like launch)
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 12, 2024
