Inside the previous two years, Closing Fantasy followers have been handled to 2 main releases within the franchise that have been met with vital acclaim. However in accordance with Sq. Enix, Closing Fantasy 16 and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth have each didn’t reside as much as the corporate’s gross sales expectations.
Through IGN, Sq. Enix disclosed the disappointing outcomes throughout a monetary outcomes briefing in Could, however the firm solely launched the knowledge immediately. No gross sales figures for the video games have been supplied, nor did the report state how distant the 2 titles have been from Sq. Enix’s projections.
Sq. Enix president and consultant director Takashi Kiryu recommended that there might have been “cannibalization between our personal titles” that led to this outcome. Closing Fantasy 16 was launched in June 2023, whereas Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth adopted solely eight months later in February 2024. Each titles fell throughout the identical fiscal yr for Sq. Enix, which got here to an finish in March 2024.
It is also doable that the 2 Closing Fantasy video games have been at an obstacle as a result of they have been solely accessible on PlayStation 5. Closing Fantasy 16 was solely launched on PC earlier this week, whereas Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth stays a PlayStation unique for now.
There is not a straightforward resolution for this drawback, particularly since followers and critics alike gave the impression to be very receptive to each titles. With out seeing the precise gross sales numbers, it is tough to find out how dangerous the difficulty actually is. Kiryu indicated that the corporate will likely be “curating our pipeline over the following three years,” presumably to stop any future cannibalization of gross sales. He additionally promised to proceed to working to enhance Sq. Enix’s profitability.
