Sales of Final Fantasy 16 did not meet Square Enix’s high expectations, said president Takashi Kiryu. Last week the com…
I’m interested in playing this but I don’t own a PS5 and I’m not buying a whole console for one game. They would have gotten a day 1 sale out of me if they released it on PC.
Knowing them, they’ll probably do it. It’ll just take a year or so.
Edit: that said, they should’ve done it to start with, and not kept it off of X-box. They’re killing their brand and mindshare here.
they’ll
probablydo itFTFY. The PC version was confirmed a long time ago
Also only releasing on one console is a relict of the past and misses out on so many sales.
We have the technology to compile to every current gen console + pc with the right engines. Square should release their games for all consoles at once.
For Series X sure. Given it performance issues on PS5 getting it to run on the Series S might have been pretty challenging.
And they’re not allowed to release it unless on the X if didn’t run on the S. See: Baulder’s Gate 3
But then how will Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo ensure you have to buy their console to play their IPs?
I’m kinda surprised to see the hate this game is getting.
I’m probably 80% ish of the way through and while I wouldn’t say it’s my GOTY or anything, it’s fun. I appreciate the different direction they took, and the combat is just straight up fun.
The side quests do suck. Some of the zones are absolutely bland and consist of nothing but wide open space and random enemies just kinda… peppered in there. The Eikon battles are cool and pretty and badass but gameplay-wise they are boring. So yeah, it’s not a masterpiece, but I’m enjoying it.
Lol nobody in this thread is hating on it. You must be seeking out negative opinions if you’re seeing them, because everything Ive chanced across has been middle of the road to positive about the game.
FF games have been crap since 10. I bought 15 on discount and was completely disappointed at how bland and lifeless the entire experience was. They have taken the series too far into MMO land, and need to go back to focusing on a good story with good characters, rather than a ‘open world’ with fancy graphics and lifeless characters.
13 was also a incomprehensible joke of a story, which they padded out to become even more absurd with the sequels.
“nooooooo turn-based combat is outdated and a limitation of old hardware, players don’t want it”
meanwhile, Baldur’s Gate 3…
Yeah it makes no sense. “Let’s ditch turn-based combat for and even more niche genre, character action! Surely this will make us more money, right?”
A Spinoff CRPG Final Fantasy game would actually be really interesting, and a funny way to go full circle with how much the original FF1 drew from the likes of DnD.
It’s interesting you say that because this entry isn’t particularly “open world”. It’s actually fairly linear with a focus on the story and characters.
The MMO comparison is still fair though because the zones are very reminiscent of FF14. They all connect to each other and can be re-visited, but you’re not really free roaming a giant open world.
Side quests are also 14-like and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Go to A to talk to B. Go to C to talk to D. That can mostly be skipped though.
They have taken the series too far into MMO land, and need to go back to focusing on a good story
You say that as though FF14 doesn’t have one of the best stories of modern Final Fantasy games.
You’re not wrong, but a lot of people aren’t willing to invest the subscription fee and the hundreds of hours they’d need to see that for themselves. And even as someone who’s all caught up on 14, I honestly can’t blame them. Time is precious, and it’s asking for a lot.
I passed because it looked like FF DMC edition to me, not like a FF.
It pretty much is, but if you like DMC then you’d probably enjoy this combat too. The plot is… extremely FF. For better or worse.
It’s a surprise to no one that Square is disappointed in sales numbers. As the article says near the end they are infamous for being disappointed with not meeting very unrealistic targets. I don’t own a PS5 to play it on, they haven’t been in stock locally consistently. But from everything I’ve seen about the game, it’s a middling to good game. So middling to good sales numbers should make them happy. And from what I can tell the numbers say that it’s selling better than that.
It’s Square, they wouldn’t of been happy unless it sold as much as Tear of The Kingdom
Final Fantasy in it’s heyday outsold Zelda by a lot
The PS1 also sold the N64 3:1, But FF7, the highest selling FF game, only sold about 9m to OoT’s 7m. Relative to console sales, oot thrashed final fantasy 7. Of course, it helps that they cranked these games out way faster than Zelda back then.
The current situation is similar, except the switch is wildly more prevalent than the PS5. There is almost 1 TotK sold for every 6 switch units, which is utterly insane when you consider how many ignored/lost/broken units are probably out there. By contrast, there is about 1 FF16 for every 10 PS5 units out there.
honestly, i started the demo, and while the gameplay wasn’t bad, the characters and story didn’t grab me at all, and i lost interest almost immediately. maybe i’ll snag it in a year or two, after the GOTY, during a sale
I personally just don’t buy Squeenix software any longer. They’ve abandoned too many titles (mostly on mobile, but elsewhere too) and I just don’t feel good about giving them money. Last one I purchased was FF14 for the PC (which is one of the best MMOs I’ve played).
That’s just my take on things. If it happens to show up on Epic for free or Game Pass (unlikely on both, I know), then sure I’ll grab it to try.
