A mix of stuff. It sold 19% more total physical units than FFXIII at launch right? FFXIII had 0 digital sales at launch. FFXV probably has a decent % of digital sales, which would further inflate the dollar revenue increase at launch. CEs add to that too, sure, but I think a good chunk of it is probably full price digital sales. I wonder if they include Season Pass sales too.
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NPD - FFXV experienced the best console launch month in franchise history
A mix of stuff. It sold 19% more total physical units than FFXIII at launch right? FFXIII had 0 digital sales at launch. FFXV probably has a decent % of digital sales, which would further inflate the dollar revenue increase at launch. CEs add to that too, sure, but I think a good chunk of it is probably full price digital sales. I wonder if they include Season Pass sales too.
Sun/Moon is gonna end up outselling XY in Japan, though.
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FF pretty much changes all throughout each release.
X was linear, XII was semi-open world/MMO-ish zoned world, XIII was very linear, XV was open world.
Square2015
Member
So 1,573,000.
game was a pleasant holiday surprise for me. honestly expected hot garbage, or best case scenario something i'd play a bit and come back to months later... but it brought me back to the good ol' days. most fun i've had with FF since the ps1
game has issues sure but it's fun so whatever. well deserved
game has issues sure but it's fun so whatever. well deserved
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Probably the #1 reason why Final Fantasy has stayed relevant for 30 years, each entry is different and keeps things fresh. Hard to get burned out when every game is different.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
That kind of happens when you gather 10 years of pre orders like kaz Hirai said, lol. I'm happy for the success it is getting!
madstarr12
Member
Uh oh, it did well.....
Prepare for Final Fantasy XV-2, and then Noctis Returns: Final Fantasy XV.
Prepare for Final Fantasy XV-2, and then Noctis Returns: Final Fantasy XV.
RespectThySole
Member
Yeah Gears fell off really hard it seems. Damn.
Colin in particular has had a weird hard on against FFXV, TLG and Gravity Rush 2 for months now lol. Leads you to come up with some fairly crazy predictions I guess.
gundamkyoukai
Member
True but the west like open world games and Japanese sales becoming less and less.
Still i guess only time will tell.
It made the top ten of all of 2016 despite releasing in the last month of the year. I'd say that's pretty impressive.
0coolclimate0
Member
I've Platinum'd 9 trophies since ps3. 2 of which are walking undead, free trophies. I actually got the Platinum for this game. I love FFXV. Congrats to the team!
Ganon Dragmire
Member
Congratulations
Tabata, the team, SE
See you guys at the celebration party later this month.
Tabata, the team, SE
See you guys at the celebration party later this month.
They're going by the US sales for XIII.
onemanasylum
Banned
Looks like the West made up for declining Japan sales.
BassForever
Member
FFXV could have been the most Japanese pandering game in existence and the sales would probably have declined there.
Retail?
Lord of Castamere
Member
So... were 90% of the sales on PS4, or was a port of a psp game a bad gauge for how well this was going to sell on the Bone?
onemanasylum
Banned
Indeed, makes all the doom posts look even more Silly now.
Er, wasn't the Type-0 split around 80/20?
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Reclaim dat throne.
DangerMouse
Member
Yup.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
onemanasylum
Banned
Yeah it's a good game despite it's issues.
Off my chair jester, the king sits there.
KillerMan91
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hanspampel
Banned
this is maybe just me, but i believe the retail split is still close to 80:20 or something
I do think digital is where most of FF xbox sales come from.
the slips for the last games were retail only and now the rankings include digital sales
the game was heavily featured on the xbox one dashboard
16 votes, tho
100%TrophyMaster
Member
Game is fantastic and deserves the sales.
Just don't be surprised when future entries build off the FFXV formula of open world with an action type battle system.
Just don't be surprised when future entries build off the FFXV formula of open world with an action type battle system.
onemanasylum
Banned
Last Guardian made top ten? That's awesome.
BassForever
Member
16 people voted for it which was 2% of the total vote, 6th and 7th place got like 2% and 1% of the vote as well so a few extra salty haters got it in there. Its basically a therearedozensofus.gif moment
Yes. FF XIII sold around 1.322 ML.
There's no reason to think digital sales of FFXV aren't just as strong on PSN than they are on Xbox Live though.
DangerMouse
Member
Yup, it's time to move on to another brand new mainline FF world.
Collin is passionate but he really lets that get in the way of thinking clearly on a lot of things and in all honesty he can be an outright moron at times.
hanspampel
Banned
ofc they are.
this is my explanation why the game charted at #3 on xbox one ahead of Madden or other games
not that the overall sales ratio for ps4 and xb1 would be screwed towards something like 70:30 only thanks to digital
but maybe slightly
btw here are are the top PSN sales 2016 in the US
1 Rocket League
2 Battlefield 1
3 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
4 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
5 Tom Clancy's The Division
6 Grand Theft Auto V
7 Overwatch: Origins Edition
8 Battlefield 4
9 No Man's Sky
10 EA SPORTS FIFA 17
11 NBA 2K17
12 Need for Speed
13 Star Wars Battlefront
14 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE
15 Battlefield Hardline
16 Madden NFL 17
17 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
18 UNCHARTED 4: A Thief's End
19 The Last Of Us Remastered
20 FINAL FANTASY XV
for December only FF was second behind ARK: Survivor Pack
ArkhamFantasy
Member
XV was #3 in PSN digital sales for November, despite only being available for 2 or 3 days. Season pass was also in the top 10 add-ons iirc.
The Mad Draklor
Member
Of which we don't know how much those games sold digitally either. This is nothing more than an empty assertion.
PSN top sellers for December
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/01/06/playstation-stores-top-downloads-of-2016/
That's pretty good. Judging from the large increase in revenue when they include digital as well, I think we might be looking at something close to 1.8-2 million in the first month?
GTA V always being among the top sellers will never cease to amaze me.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Very possible since DD is normally 20% to 30% of sales at this time .
Yeah seems likely. A very good result. SE must be happy.
Really surprised Rocket League is number 1. Though I guess pretty much everyone who missed it with Plus buys it because their friends have it. What an incredible success story.
Not only the West, but also the rest of Asia. Just as of Dec 27 FFXV had sold hundreds of thousands in China and was #2 behind Japan in Asia. Looking forward to the updated numbers for Asia soon.