Square Enix’s most recent fantasy RPG title, Final Fantasy 16, apparently sports “extremely strong” sales numbers, according to the developer themselves. For reference, Final Fantasy 16 sales hit over 3 million copies sold in less than a week.

The reasoning behind FF16’s successful sales numbers, Square Enix tells IGN, is the install base of the PS5, and that given the somewhat limited number of PS5 users compared to last-gen consoles, it still sold well.

With 38 million PS5 consoles shipped globally (as of March 31, 2023), sales of Final Fantasy 16 surpassed three million units worldwide several days after its release on June 22, 2023.

Square Enix also compared FF16’s sales to that of another recent FF game, Final Fantasy 7 Remake:

Taking into consideration the sales figures of the acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the difference in size of the install base of the PlayStation 4 at the time of this title’s release, we can see that the attach rate of Final Fantasy 16 is considerably high, given the PS5 install base.

Square Enix considers the initial sales results of Final Fantasy 16 to be extremely strong, and we will continue to carry out a wide range of initiatives to encourage even more people to play the game.

The Final Fantasy series as a whole recently reached a major milestone of 180 million copies sold across all games and available platforms, and while FF16’s numbers currently seem like more of a drop in the bucket, we’re still a month into the game’s release, and only time will tell how well the game will perform in the long run.

Interested in giving FF16 a go? Check out our review of the game here and our FF16 guides here.

Source: IGN