Square Enix has revealed that its Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has surpassed a fairly impressive 3 million sales. Now, it's worth pointing out that this is a combined total of all six remasters, as each game can be bought separately. And just to recap, the original Final Fantasy through to Final Fantasy 6 were given the Pixel Remaster treatment. All of the touched-up titles were released on PS4 back in February.
We can't help but think it would have been interesting to compare sales of individual Pixel Remasters, though. We're left wondering which game has proven to be the most popular choice, and how well the full set has sold, despite being a particularly expensive option.
Did you buy any of the Pixel Remasters? Do you have a favourite Final Fantasy game among them? Feel free to hum the Final Fantasy 6 theme tune in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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It seems like 3 million is the sweet spot for FF games.
Square will come out next to say that sales have been ‘disappointing’…
So that's 2 999 900 digital copies and those 100 physical ones.
Still can't believe it was a limited physical run like wow this would definitely have sold more
I agree I would have bought by now if I could have gotten physical copy
Just imagine if the physical hadnt been a limited print. Would have bought by now. Instead its on my wait for a sale list.
That moment when a Pixel Remaster makes more profit than FFXVI 😂
@Andy22385 Apparently Final Fantasy XVI sold 3 million in the first week. This came out in February. Safe to say XVI sold better.
@Bentleyma on mobile it has been out for years, PS4 since last May. Not sure about Switch and Steam but definitely not February.
My older brother has always been a fan of the old school FF games. He’s been enjoying the remasters, maybe I should get in on this.
@Bionic-Spencer
Came here to make this same comment lol. I can't remember the last time Square-Enix were publicly happy about the sales for a game.
@Bentleyma but that doesn't suit their narrative
I sure hope most of those sales are digital, and nobody gave into the ridiculous and overpriced physical release.
@Bentleyma what he said is still correct. SE just sharded out another pixel "remaster". It cost nothing - pure profit. 16 cost a great deal to make.
@Cashews I meant sold, not made. Corrected it now.
@Bionic-Spencer Squenix is the Pakistani dad of the video game industry: ever disappointed.
These were pretty well done. Played them on Switch, well, I played the first 5 and then got a bit stuck on VI because I’ve played it literally about 8 times.
The only reason why I haven't picked any of these up is because it hasn't gone on sale yet. (or if it did, I missed it)
@Bentleyma but I didn't say sales, I said profit.
@Skeletor85 it has been out years on mobile…but February for PS4 and Switch is accurate.
@mattesdude it literally came out April 19th on PS4
Shame.... Really overprized game, but the sellings justify this kind of decisions
Judging by eBay, they released a fairly decent amount of switch physical, but about 10 PS4 physicals for some reason. PS4 version rarely even appears on eBay, and when they do the prices are eye watering.
Still have my PS4 physical copy unopened. I will when the time is right.
@Czar_Khastik Indeed they go for €1200 on Ebay.
Do a wide physical release you bunch of twits
@Flaming_Kaiser That is unfortunately true. I thought Square would at least have the courtesy to print a sufficient enough number of standard editions, but no, of course they didn't. Not even after the fanbase responded.
@Czar_Khastik I have to be honest here I think they would make a killing releasing a second print.
@rawzeku Why hope they didn't even release a decent amount of physical copies its baffling now you can get it for the low price of €1200 on Ebay...
@Skeletor85 physical yes, but digital in February
@Czar_Khastik It's quite baffling if a small developers can give out a physical copy at a lower price. At a well known IP with lots of people asking for it if they are to poor is ask Limited Run Games. 😂
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