Last Fantasy XVI Gross sales Are Apparently Sitting at Round 3.5m Players Enviornment

A brand new report has emerged which claims that Last Fantasy XVI gross sales are sitting at round 3.5 million, a determine that seemingly encapsulates the sport’s gross sales on each PC and PlayStation 5.

This determine comes through analyst Hideki Yasuda (be aware: article is in Japanese, so we’re utilizing machine translation), who cites latest feedback by Sq. Enix head Takashi Kiryu throughout a monetary outcomes briefing name.

As a reminder, Sq. Enix stated again in September that each Last Fantasy XVI and Last Fantasy VII Rebirth had not met its “expectations” as regards to gross sales, so it appears as if the corporate was anticipating greater than the three.5 million determine quoted right here.

Yasuda additionally reiterates that the Dragon Quest 3 remake outsold expectations, calling the sport a “enormous hit” and pointing to its two million gross sales (finally depend; that determine could properly have elevated since then).

It has been nearly two years since Last Fantasy XVI was launched, and some days after the sport’s preliminary launch in June 2023, Sq. Enix stated it had shipped three million copies.

Nonetheless, it is necessary to notice that “shipments” and “gross sales” aren’t essentially the identical factor; it’s, in spite of everything, completely doable that not all of these three million copies have been offered to prospects, at the least initially.

Assuming all of these copies have been certainly offered, that will imply FFXVI has picked up one other half one million gross sales for itself since launch, which is not notably spectacular on condition that it is a mainline Last Fantasy sport with a (presumably) fairly hefty funds behind it.

In case you’re lower than velocity with Last Fantasy XVI, it is the newest mainline installment within the long-running Last Fantasy collection (though it’s miles from the sixteenth precise sport within the franchise).

The sport revolves round Clive Rosfield, a person who should navigate a world of political intrigue and strife whereas additionally coming to phrases with a burgeoning energy he should not have. Last Fantasy XVI strikes additional away from the collection’ RPG roots; it is basically a personality action-style sport reasonably than a JRPG.

You’ll be able to try Last Fantasy XVI proper now on PC and PlayStation 5. If you wish to know what our Andrew Stretch considered the sport, you possibly can try his assessment right here.