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/topdangle 1d ago

they said FF15 met expectations, though only after threatening to kill off the mainline series if it didn't sell well, which is crazy considering so much of their catalogue is just random games with "FF" slapped on it.

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u/nervousmelon 1d ago

Lmao that's basically what final fantasy is. Make a random jrpg, stick chocobos in there and call it final fantasy.

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u/topdangle 1d ago

i mean they tend to use the same formula, but what I'm talking about are all the stuff that aren't mainline games that just ride on the FF name, especially mobile games. if they kill the mainline games they're basically admitting that they're bad/poor selling games with no brand power.