I don't think so, video game sales are actually way up this year. The game just isn't what people wanted from a big high profile Avengers game.
I mean do you really think people needed another piece of media like a movie to remind them about the Avengers?
Are seriously asking why they didn't made their game more expensive?
What's funny is DQ11s is coming to pc. You can pre order it on Steam right now.
How is that sarcasm or shit? FF7 Remake came with huge expectations, huge word of mouth, huge hype around the world,etc,etc. And even was released in one of the strongest years for gaming thanks to Covid-19. Yet, it only sold around 5-6 million. Even the hugely criticized FF XV sold 5 million in one day. FF7R had huge frontloaded sales from the most hardcore fans of the franchise and those who where hooked by the marketing, but the title barely showed legs. How is one of the most(If not the most) requested remake of all-time, being the remake of the most influential and popular game in the franchise, launching on the best selling console in the market and on a year that gaming has thrived thanks to Covid-19 selling 5-6 million isn't an under-performance? If anything, i expected FF7R to expand the sales of the IP beyond the core gamers and be able to reach the more "casual" player, who heard of the franchise but don't has any history with the IP. PC and Xbox Series X/S ports are a must to get more sales and see the plateau of sales that the remake series can reach and adjust budget accordingly, as the subsequent episode aren't gonna reach "Episode 1" sales.
I'd argue that'd be just a different misuse of the license. The Avengers are a team. The whole point is that it's a team. If you don't largely focus a game based around a team to be co-op, what are you doing?
Persona 4 steam , a port of a 12 year old game, sold half a million in 3 weeks.
shipped to a publisher is a sell, thats what they get paid for and I dont think xv was one of those situations where the stores requested refunds for unsold copies.
how does that work.? do they have to compensate the stores if they drop it earlier than expected?
Nowhere close. FFXIV was an absolute money pit failure. What Yoshi-P and his team did to bring that piece of crap to ARR levels is nothing short of a miracle.
They only said 2021, but they'd pretty much have to honor the spiderman one. It's even advertised on the PS4 packaging.
You expected a 90s JRPG to expand FF beyond core gamers into casual gamers? Am I reading this right?
Ehh pretty sure FF7R was the big dream game that would sell 15 millions easily at least if you saw everyone post when talking about how much it would sell
Real talk lol.
It's such a disappointment to SE that they decided to scale back on the rest of the games...oh wait, they're doing the exact opposite of that lol.
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I mean I'd be surprised if the game didn't hit 10m in the end. 5m more copies for PC, Xbox and next gen PS5, and a boost every time a new part comes out is not unreasonable. Here we're talking about what it should have achieved on PS4 on launch, and apparently Square Enix should be disappointed with 5m. I bet they're crying themselves to sleep.
Unfortunately you are mixing up FF15's shipped and actual sales. It shipped 5 million the first day, not sold. I would get sources for you to back up my claim but I can't at the moment. But it should be easy enough to find.
