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NPD - FFXV experienced the best console launch month in franchise history
Movie -> Anime -> Game
You're right. It was only released on Steam digitally.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Movie\Anime and the game last .
LordKasual
Banned
I did NOT expect this game to actually sell this well. I was expecting a moderately good launch, average reviews. But it actually reviewed decently and sold better than any other game in the franchise.
I doubt even Square Enix expected this game to sell this well. I recall Tabata having a plan for DLC, and then expanded it shortly after they found out that people actually bought the game.
This is a wonderful win for Square and a better win for the franchise. Lets just hope the DLC isn't as mediocre as the FFXIII-2 DLC was.
SoraanTribal
Member
Wha? It was voted top 5 worst game of 2016? WTF? Kinda blows my mind. I really enjoyed it (clocked in over 100 hours). It's not perfect, but still... lol
Crazy Diamond
Member
Well-deserved. My favorite game of all time. I can't wait for the Carnival to open. Haven't had much time to play the past couple of weeks, but I'll be relentless with the self-photographing feature.
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
Pleasantly surprised in a bit of a mixed way. Not very fond of the game and nor am I very fond of the prospective direction SE may take for FFXVI after this, especially with Japan consigned further to apathy. But much respect to Tabata and team. I have choice words to say about the game's failings in my eyes, but the man stepped up to the plate, did the near impossible, has sustained and perhaps helped galvanise the franchise and it's paid off in the long run. He and Yoshi-P probably deserve their high pedestals.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I forgot the carnival opens this upcoming Tuesday. Bah I'll have to put kh down for a couple hours
Cornbread78
Member
Very nice. Healthy FF is good for all, lol
As a note, if you haven't started yet, you may wish to wait until they finished patching in all the additional features they're adding.
Apparition
Member
Great. Can we get a Steam release now?
And while you are at it, SE, can you make the older games like FFIII thru FFVIII available on Japanese Steam? :/
And while you are at it, SE, can you make the older games like FFIII thru FFVIII available on Japanese Steam? :/
not so much crap as unfinished and boring. so little story, so many unimportant and unrelated side quests that made you drive or use the one button combat mash. the marketing department deserves full credit to have pushed that many units. good job marketing team. like an idiot I bought the season pass but unless something really amazing happens I am done. only thing I can defend myself with is I had a 20 buck coupon to burn before it expired.
dreamlongdead
Member
This is great news for console JRPGs.
FFXV sold way better than I would have ever expected.
FFXV sold way better than I would have ever expected.
davidwhangchoi
Member
This game was great, and i'm glad it sold well
i still can't catch that leigh of the lake fish dammit!
now.... unto Yakuza 0 =)
i still can't catch that leigh of the lake fish dammit!
now.... unto Yakuza 0 =)
I was wondering why there's no news about Toriyama at all...
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Question, as someone who has only played until the end of chapter 9 and had to stop, should i wait for the patch that's supposedly coming, or will that also add content before the point i'm at already?
NoctisVsStar
Member
If you want to wait until fall 2017 sure, just get it over with.
When I reflect back on my experience,I realize it was really dreadful.I don't even know how I've put nearly 40 hours into.
The driving is so bad,quests and world navigation are tedium personified,terrible story and lore,brain dead waste of a combat system ,and yet I actually pre-ordered this thing.
This what attachment to the past & Nostalgia does to you,blinds your judgement.
AND YET,I am happy it did decent.Maybe the money it brings can help sustain development at SE so better games can be made.
The driving is so bad,quests and world navigation are tedium personified,terrible story and lore,brain dead waste of a combat system ,and yet I actually pre-ordered this thing.
This what attachment to the past & Nostalgia does to you,blinds your judgement.
AND YET,I am happy it did decent.Maybe the money it brings can help sustain development at SE so better games can be made.
AlphaDragoon
Member
This game is fantastic. Well deserved.
Outside of the story, this game has been such a blast to play, compared to 13. Bring on the sequels.
it'll probably influence the series in a broad sense, like veering more towards a western market. but every game is so drastically different, i don't think there'll ever be a similar "approach"
falconxcrunner09
Member
Well deserved, it's a stellar game. Bring on FFXV-2 or FFXVI. 🤞🙏🤞
Nameless
Member
Yeaah. The last fucking thing I want to see is FFXV-2 , but that might just be the next FF after VIIR.
I get the same range.
It seems like Square-Enix managed a pretty good sellthrough rate of those 6M shipped units. Actual sales in the US + Japan + UK + Germany already account for over half of that total.
Vincent Grayson
Member
For what it's worth, I play virtually every major title, and most of the more talked-about indie titles every year. So I've got a wide breadth of experience.
But yes, I absolutely am a fanboy. FF is my favorite series ever, and with XV, I just let myself soak in it. I didn't fast travel, I tried to make camp regularly, and played the game as it felt like it was meant to be played. I loved virtually every moment of it, and at least for me, when my main complaint is "I want more", that's a high mark.
As for the rest of the generation, Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 were big for me in 2015, but I liked this more than either of those. Dragon Age 3 was my GOTY in 2014, but again, I liked FFXV more. I can't recall much of note from PS4 in 2013.
DirgeExtinction
Member
A lot of complaints I've read about Gears 4 was that it was more of the same. Though, to be fair, a lot of praise was essentially the same argument.
FFXV, on the other hand, changed quite a lot of the typical FF formula.
On topic, though. Glad to hear this did well for SE. I really enjoyed the game and I'm excited to see how they expand the story through expansions.
My biggest suprise is it actually outselling Uncharted 4 on PS4.
Acording to the NPD statistics FFXV is among the top ten best selling games of 2016, while UC4 is not. FFXV sold more copies in 1 month than UC4 in 8. @__@
Full Year:
1) Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
2) Battlefield 1 (EA)
3) Tom Clancy's The Division (Ubisoft)
4) NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
5) Madden NFL 17 (EA)
6) Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
7) Overwatch (Activision Blizzard)
8) Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Activision Blizzard)
9) FIFA 17 (EA)
10) Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)
ForkNetwork
Banned
I hope this means Square Enix will not abandon the Xbox One ship, maybe we could actually get that 1.5+2.5 Remix Kingdom Hearts pack?
pls
20-30% of 1.5M physical copies is a pretty large number of copies, and well worth a port.
20% of 200k copies probably isn't.
gundamkyoukai
Member
As said in the next thread .
UC4 does not have bundle or DD data.
Plus that list is by revenue not unit sales.
UC4 bundle sales shouldn't be included with the software total. Especially through the holidays where nearly all of the PS4s were coming with UC4 in North America.
He's probably too busy making the next dragon ball super arc. With so many new characters he's going to be busy for a while.
gundamkyoukai
Member
If we go by a 70\30 split in the US it would be around 450k so a okay number .
XB1 version most likely will be around 15% to 20% of that 6 million so well worth the port .
True but i was just pointing that out in case.
Eat the new Moogle cake from the festival. Kinda pissed I got the plat before that was out it would've made it much easier.
hanspampel
Banned
+ that list ist multiplatform and includes xbox one sales
Multiplatform games outselling exclusives is rather normal.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Well as matt answer that question in the next thread .
So it's a moot point .
Also i know that multiplatform games outselling exclusives.
Still that chart for revenue and it would have none of UC4 DD money .
Either way FFXV did really good so everyone should be happy that main line FF will still be on consoles.
DarkLordMalik
Member
I am happy to hear that the game did well. It is on its pace to be the top 3 best selling FF behind VII and X. Impressive all things considered.
I am also glad we are finally going to see a brand new FF
I am also glad we are finally going to see a brand new FF
NPD doesn't in their charts for that reason.
I can see a case made during launch month for big games. 8 months later when the bundle is the default SKU? No. Uncharted is not Wii Sports.
I meant the hypothetical Kingdom Hearts collection. 20-30% of that in the US (and less everywhere else) is probably not worth a port.
Sorry bro read your post wrong
Good short term sales and bad lifelong sales?
gundamkyoukai
Member
Yeah i agree there .