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Final Fantasy VII Remake + Intergrade reaches over 7 million shipped and sold digitally worldwide
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vaibhavpisal
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Isn't this break even numbers these days for AAA projects?
It's on subscription so maybe that must've helped.
It's on subscription so maybe that must've helped.
Pedro Motta
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What part of shipped and sold is related to subscriptions?
Anyway, didn't the original sell like 5 million on ps5 alone?
Hudo
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They most likely aren't.
asdasdasdbb
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Square got a ton of money from Sony although IIRC I don't think it's ever been entirely disclosed how much. (This was to jumpstart PS4 sales in Japan mainly)
vaibhavpisal
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This is total copies sold.
It sold 5 million quickly. Now has made it to 7 million.
Pedro Motta
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So...what do subcriptions have to do with that?
Punished Miku
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7 million is pretty solid. Not more than a XIII or XV, but it's still a huge amount.
vaibhavpisal
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Increased the revenue earned??
Looks like a big budget title. $200 million budget range. 7 million is close to break even point.
If not then they made a nice profit.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
5 million on PS4.
poodaddy
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Pedro Motta
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yes, thank you
Hudo
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Yeah. Even for their small titles, the expectations are ridiculous. I wonder what they expect Foamstars to sell. Probably at least equal to Splatoon, lmao.
Switch 2 release will add some numbers
Slicker than your average
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Ff7 has huge hype but it's because of nolstgla and people making noise. It took like 15 years for the original ff7 and steam releases etc for it to reach 10 million.
These games are lucky if they sell 6 million.
SE need to set better budgets and aim. For 5 million for an FF game if they don't want to be disappointed.
The hype is the reason I thought it would sell better. I mean ff7 has been talked about so much for so many years I would have figured folks would have been curious about the game just because of that. 5 million should have just been just the starting point for this game. I do agree that they do need to set better sell targets and better control of their budgets.
Slicker than your average
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Hype by gaming media and a vocal minority doesn't mean big sales.
FF fans are tiny compared to mainstream franchises. Casuals don't buy FF but they buy something like the Witcher.
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MasterCornholio
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It says shipped and sold. Its not engagement numbers.
Astral Dog
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I heard Square upgraded their budget for FFVII Rebirth because they were happy with the sales numbers of Remake
It was a random post here but, watching Rebirth trailer its not unbelievable
vaibhavpisal
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Yes. Never said otherwise.
Yeah, sequal looks good and even more expensive i think. Kinda weird.
But it's SE so par for the course i guess.
MasterCornholio
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Well your subscription comment was a bit weird.
Cert.in.Death
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I'm so confused. What does "Shipped And Sold Digitally" even mean?
Is this supposed to be a combination of retail sold-in (+) digital units purchased?
Is this supposed to be a combination of retail sold-in (+) digital units purchased?
vaibhavpisal
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It wasn't?
I mentioned it must've brought additional revenue for the game.
I take it you have some issue with game making money via subscription service?
MasterCornholio
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No but it seems like you have issues with the game selling copies. Which is why you brought subscriptions into a topic about sales. It seemed out of place to me.
vaibhavpisal
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MasterCornholio
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No saying that subscriptions helped with these numbers doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe you can explain it instead of dodging my question?
vaibhavpisal
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Subscription helped it to get additional revenue from 7 million copies sold.
Gosh, this was so clear from my posts.
MasterCornholio
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That doesn't make any sense. Copies sold and revenue from subscriptions are two different things. Buying a physical or digital copy isn't going to influence revenue from subscriptions. To my knowledge the game doesn't have any subscriptions within it.
I still think you need to be more clear.
Edit: If anyone else can help explain this to me feel free to help out.
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Cyberpunkd
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So did Square.
The Witcher is a weird comparison since the first 2 didn't sell that well. From what I googled Witcher 2 sold like nearly 2 million around launch but the witcher 3 sold like 50 million copies altogether.
SkylineRKR
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Isn't 7 million rather shitty after over 3 years and a rerelease? Its not like this game was developed quickly too. It was like the most wanted remake of all time, and asked about for over a decade.
Now, a part 2 that pretty much requires you to play the first part should traditionally sell less than this.
Square fucked this with their multipart release. Consumers knew the game wasn't the entire thing. In my opinion they should've gone for Xenoblade or FFXIV ish graphics and scale with the entire FFVII game in it.
Now, a part 2 that pretty much requires you to play the first part should traditionally sell less than this.
Square fucked this with their multipart release. Consumers knew the game wasn't the entire thing. In my opinion they should've gone for Xenoblade or FFXIV ish graphics and scale with the entire FFVII game in it.
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