Looks at Like a Dragon.
Yes.
if it was actually fun and well produced and marketed well, probably noso lemme get this straight
so lemme get this straight
you think a game with one of the most recognizable franchise names in gaming outside of like... pokemon
with an advertisting budget
and enough muster behind it to make it good
would flop?
prove me wrong and make itvery strawman
Looks at Like a Dragon.Yup. Infinite wealth improved on the prior game too. The battle system is great.
Yes.
Yep. There's turn-based RPGs that aren't as widely known as Final Fantasy that sell pretty well.SE remembers when they where the big dogs when it came to graphics
Square-Enix just needs to stop with the overinflated budgets. They can make pretty games without spending several hundred million making them.
*looks at sales data for Octopath*I think proper context has to be added here. The first Octopath sold over a million copies in three weeks and was sold out in Japan for weeks. The sequel took close to 5 months to reach one million sales and underperformed in Japan. Those arent bad sale numbers at all but they arent spectacular either and one thing to keep in mind is that the first Octopath game introduced the HD2D art style as its main gimmick which could explain why it did as well as it did.
For a brand new series, Octopath 1 sold over 3 million copies as of 2022. Octopath 2 is over a million.
Triangle Strategy is over a million in 2022 as well.
If that is what new series can do, FF going back to that style should sell gangbusters. Dragon Quest 11 is over like 7 million copies sold?
Looks at Like a Dragon.
Yes.
Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler (and their sequels) say hi.
Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler (and their sequels) say hi.I have to look at BD but see my post on Octopath Traveler, the first game was a commercial success while the sequel did worse than the original game.
World of Final Fantasy was one of the funnest RPGs Ive played in years. So Id at least buy itIf WoFF is going to be the last good Final Fantasy game, I can live with that.
Doubt Like a Dragon does anywhere near the numbers SE would consider successful for FF.I was just listing something with a similar style that was well received. If we're looking at broad sales as a whole the elephant in the room is Pokemon. Persona, Undertale, even Fire Emblem Three Houses did better than FF16 too.
I tried to get into ff7r and man what a piece of dogshit that game was. Good thing it was free on ps plus
I was just listing something with a similar style that was well received. If we're looking at broad sales as a whole the elephant in the room is Pokemon. Persona, Undertale, even Fire Emblem Three Houses did better than FF16 too.Did they? I cant find a total number of sales but apparently FF16 sold 3 million copies in a week while being an exclusive. IIRC the game met square expectations so it was by no means a commercial failure.
Did they? I cant find a total number of sales but apparently FF16 sold 3 million copies in a week while being an exclusive. IIRC the game met square expectations so it was by no means a commercial failure.
Did they? I cant find a total number of sales but apparently FF16 sold 3 million copies in a week while being an exclusive. IIRC the game met square expectations so it was by no means a commercial failure.Persona 5 has 7 million, Undertale has 7 million on Steam, and Three Houses has 4 million as an exclusive. FFXVI might eventually surpass TH but probably not before it stops being an exclusive and it does not seem like the type of game to have strong legs like them.