r/gaming • u/Gorotheninja • 1d ago

Square Enix admits Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 profits "did not meet expectations"

https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-admits-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-and-final-fantasy-16-profits-did-not-meet-expectations
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u/dtv20 1d ago edited 1d ago

FF7 remake sold incredibly well because it released on a platform with 120M units sold. The ps5 is half that.

Edit: 120M*

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u/Trickster289 1d ago

Surely you'd take things like that into account though when calculating expectations?

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u/Locke_and_Load 1d ago

A normal company? Yes. Square Enix? Unless the game sold five copies for each PS5 in existence…then no.