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Best selling game in Japan, 3.5+M units sold. What the hell did they expect?

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Apparently they expected selling more than FFXV

The last numbered instalment, Final Fantasy 15, remains the series’ fastest-selling entry with 5 million units shipped and sold digitally in its first 24 hours alone. This was across multiple platforms, however.

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The keyword of course being multiplatform.

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Also, XV wasn’t well received, generally speaking. I’m sure there are at least a few people (like me) who decided to wait on this one, to be safe. A damaged reputation can cause tangible sales impacts

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When that only other platform was Xbox, though, I doubt that total remotely compared to PlayStation sales.

I honestly think it’s just lack of trust in the series after 15 along with the economic times we’re in, where people don’t want to spend money on something they’re not 100% confident in. It also didn’t get the same media cycle as 15, and didn’t have strong nostalgia value to coast on like 7 Remake.

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