Circana’s March 2024 data on video game spending in the United States is available, with Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Helldivers 2 scoring big. In the midst of all this is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the long-awaited second part in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, which is the fourth best-selling title in the US year to date.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is ‘underperforming’ sales wise, analyst claims
15.04.2024 - 22:11 / videogameschronicle.com / Square Enix / Yoshinori Kitase / Daniel Ahmad / Tetsuya Nomura / Naoki Hamaguchi / Tom Ivan
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is reportedly underperforming commercially.
That’s according to Daniel Ahmad, director of research and insights at Niko Partners, who said the PS5 game has been faring worse than its predecessor following its release in February.
“Rebirth is underperforming sales wise”, he said on X.
“It’s selling about half of what Remake sold in the same timeframe and looks like it’ll have a weaker tail (prior to any PS+ like release),” Ahmad added.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake was released for PS4 in April 2020, when the console had an installed base of over 100 million units.
Shipments of the game topped 3.5 million in its first three days, according to publisher Square Enix, which hasn’t announced Rebirth sales data.
In comparison, Rebirth was released a few months after PS5 hit 50 million sales.
Last week, market research firm Ampere Analysis said Rebirth peaked at 2.21 million daily active users (including demo players) at launch.
Square Enix recently gave fans an update on the status of the third and final part of its Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy.
In the company’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake Ultimania book, Rebirth creative director Tetsuya Nomura reportedly said the third game’s main story has already been completed, and that he thinks voice recording could start in the near future.
Final Fantasy 7 remake series producer Yoshinori Kitase also said Square Enix managed to make Rebirth in about three years, partly thanks to employee retention.
By retaining much of the same team for the third game in the series too, he reportedly hopes to complete the final part of the trilogy in a similar timeframe.
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