Square Enix has released its latest earnings report, and unfortunately, those still wating on official sales numbers for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be left disappointed. The sequel's commercial success remains shrouded in mystery while the publisher reveals a year-on-year decline for game sales over the most recent quarter. That 18.
4% decline doesn't come as a huge surprise, though. This time last year, we were just a month or so removed from the launch of Final Fantasy 16 , and the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters had hit PS4 in April. Even if Rebirth had turned out to be a sales titan, Square Enix still wouldn't have expected it to make up the difference months after its release.
To be fair, the publisher probably won't be too concerned with this sales dip anyway, as it still managed to record a profit. However, this is largely attributed to the company's rather aggressive restructuring, which saw it cut a whole bunch of in-development projects loose, worth around £112 million. And of course, of you can always rely on Final Fantasy 14 .
Even though this report doesn't take the latest expansion, Dawntrail , into account, the eternally popular MMO still enjoyed an increase in both sales and profit year-on-year. Presumably, this growth was down to the impending launch of the aforementioned expansion. Overall, then, Square Enix is looking a little healthier — but there's probably going to be some additional pressure on its next big release.
Supposedly behind Remake and 16 The hits just keep on coming What do you think the near future looks like for Square Enix? As always, become an armchair analyst in the comments section below. [source eurogamer.net ] About Robert Ramsey Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games.
He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he's played 'em all. A little too much, some might say.
Comments 3 "Even if Rebirth had turned out to be a sales titan, Square Enix still wouldn't have expected it to make up the difference months after its release." What company are you paying attention to? These are the maniacs who have the view 20m or bust. Well when you turn one of the most beloved games of all time into multiverse fanfiction that p****d off half the fanbase no surprise you'll sell less copies 😅.
I imagine part 3 will probably decline even more given that they doubled down on the BS in Rebirth Would have got one more £70 sale from me had the demo not showed how blurry the visual quality was at 60fps. Will get it on the cheap off Ebay if they patch it for PS5 Pro, otherwise I'll wait on a sale on the PC version. Show Comments Leave A Comment Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment.
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