Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 Sales “Did Not Meet Our Expectations”

Sq. Enix has launched two-back-to-back titles for the Closing Fantasy franchise which have obtained widespread essential acclaim within the type of Closing Fantasy 16 and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but it surely appears neither of them has managed to promote nicely sufficient to replicate that essential success.

The corporate lately revealed official paperwork for a monetary briefing that was initially held in Could, shortly after Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s February launch, the place it confirmed that “earnings” generated from Closing Fantasy 16 and Closing 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 Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s launch, Sq. Enix hasn’t supplied any gross sales figures for the title. Reviews had claimed that the title was underperforming, promoting at roughly half the tempo of 2020’s Closing Fantasy 7 Remake.

Closing Fantasy 16, in the meantime, offered over 3 million models in lower than every week of its launch. Initially, Sq. Enix stated 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 via right here.