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Final Fantasy VII: Remake sets a new launch month Final Fantasy franchise sales record in both unit and dollar sales in the US
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#WellActually, you highly disagree, not the franchise of Kingdom Hearts. The franchise of Kingdom hearts has been highly successful. Kingdom Hearts III itself was one of the top 20 best selling games of last year and had a decent metacritic. "Nomura bullshit" can be a thing but some people, like me, enjoy it.
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“Final Fantasy 7 Remake sold 2.2M units digitally around the globe in April, according to SuperData estimates. This is a record for the series & a PlayStation exclusive, outpacing Marvel's Spider-Man. Note that previously Square Enix said the game sold 3.5M in its first 3 days.”twitter.com
SuperData """numbers""" are bollocks.
Deserved. With xiv and this if they can keep this kind of quality going forward with final fantasy my faith may be fully restored.
Nice! I look forward to playing the complete version of FF7R one day. Hopefully I am still alive by then.
Kingdom Hearts III sold 5 million copies, highest numbers in the franchise and one of 2019's best selling games. So yeah.
I hope the devs are taking this quarantine situation as an opportunity to really map out the story and design so they can hit the ground running with all the technical stuff once normal work resumes. So excited for Part 2, it's killing me, aaaaahhhhhh.
Bingo,not downplaying because it is deserved,much better game than XV,I never expected to sell less.
Does NPD count digital? If not then it could be a case of digital sales being higher.
Well deserved, but only because 15 was trash. I dont highly regard Remake unfortunately but it's much better better than most of what SE put out anymore. Shame that had to mess about and add such much crap which spoils it for me.
Credit for FF7 Remake goes to the whole team - both the unsung heroes working on the art, music, mechanics, etc, and the crazy people like Nomura that you love to hate. ALL of them brought a ridiculous amount of passion to this project that swirls together into something greater. It's like Smash Ultimate where you can just feel it's a labor of love.
How much of a hands on role did Kitase have in the creative side of this? Seems like he's primarily a producer.
Correct, for 2020 so far its 1st Call of Duty, 2nd Animal Crossing.
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Happy about this and hope it encourages them to do more remakes, for better or for worse. I love seeing these amazing, creative worlds realized.
Toriyama redeemed. His role in VII Remake is where he excels -- it's when he's given lead writer and/or lead director duties that things go sour. I hope he sticks around as head of scenario design for the remainder of the project.
This game's success is well deserved. There are quibbles -- there will always be quibbles -- and plenty of them are justified. But on the whole, VII Remake is fantastic. It sets the board for future installments fairly well, but where it excels is in its characterization. And the cast is a big part of why the original title is so beloved. If Cloud were overly mopey, or Aerith too prim, or Tifa too bubbly, or Barret too one-note, the script would have suffered in unfortunate ways. But not only did none of this happen; Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge were all expanded-upon brilliantly. These are heroes worthy of their notoriety in the gaming medium and I'm optimistic that future party members will also shine.
I recall some data points a few weeks back which gave certain folks an impression that this game performed well -- but not as well as FFXV. There were a few too many heated exchanges over that (as in, there were any to begin with, which is silly). Now it seems that wasn't true after all. Whether you're a fan of VII Remake or XV -- or both -- I think we can at least agree that commercially speaking, Final Fantasy is in a great place again.
And if you're not a fan of either, er, I guess you can still agree with that statement.
This game's success is well deserved. There are quibbles -- there will always be quibbles -- and plenty of them are justified. But on the whole, VII Remake is fantastic. It sets the board for future installments fairly well, but where it excels is in its characterization. And the cast is a big part of why the original title is so beloved. If Cloud were overly mopey, or Aerith too prim, or Tifa too bubbly, or Barret too one-note, the script would have suffered in unfortunate ways. But not only did none of this happen; Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge were all expanded-upon brilliantly. These are heroes worthy of their notoriety in the gaming medium and I'm optimistic that future party members will also shine.
I recall some data points a few weeks back which gave certain folks an impression that this game performed well -- but not as well as FFXV. There were a few too many heated exchanges over that (as in, there were any to begin with, which is silly). Now it seems that wasn't true after all. Whether you're a fan of VII Remake or XV -- or both -- I think we can at least agree that commercially speaking, Final Fantasy is in a great place again.
And if you're not a fan of either, er, I guess you can still agree with that statement.
My only worry is that se had a blueprint to work from for this game.
So I dont so easily say ff is in a great place because to me, 15 was a huge disappointment. 13 was a disappointment. We'll see what 16 is.
Excellent, had a blast with FFVIIR. Looking forward to more of that sweet, sweet battle system.
I have a mini-existential crisis when I think about how many years it could take for all the parts of the game to come out. Will I have kids? Will my kids have kids? Will I live that long?
aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I have a mini-existential crisis when I think about how many years it could take for all the parts of the game to come out. Will I have kids? Will my kids have kids? Will I live that long?
aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I was quite surprised when they published an interview with Toriyama prior to the release knowing his infamous popularity among FF fans. However it's clear from the interview that he has a major role in this game and SE still rates him highly. With Naoki Hamaguchi promoted as the other co-director, and Nomura as the lead Director forming a Trio, Kitase certainly played an important part in unifying this A team.
The story and music being so great (best FF, elite class for game) also proved the team synergy was top. Everyone involved in this game should be proud of their achievement including all the young designers and programmers.
Magnifying the success of the Part 1 by releasing a roadmap to Part 2 is a necessity for SE. Would be hyped if they tease us with vertical slice of how the game will perform in PS5 this year... they can't wait too long especially with that controversial ending. The teaser will unify the fanbase again.
It got me to like FF7, a game I didn't care much for, and a franchise I haven't connected with in decades.
Deserves all the success. Fucking loved it, and I was going in extremely apathetic towards it.
Deserves all the success. Fucking loved it, and I was going in extremely apathetic towards it.
"FFXIII damaged the brand"
*XV breaks franchise sales records*
"FFXV damaged the brand"
*VII Remake breaks franchise sales records*
*XV breaks franchise sales records*
"FFXV damaged the brand"
*VII Remake breaks franchise sales records*
It's because it's not AC numbers most likely..
Anyhow, the game is fucking amazing and gives me promise for future FF titles.
"VII Remake's ending damaged the brand"
*Coming Soon*
Internet bubbles man, not even once
The funny thing is that on the Era poll, about 70 percent of players in total liked the ending. I thought it was great as well.
Praise. Blame. Everyone's eyeing on him.
Even so you get the impression the producer is still directing his game.
It's an absolutely fantastic game so it's well deserved. I saw my wife finish FFXV last night and FFVII is so much better, I'm not surprised it has been more successful.