Remaining Fantasy 16 has change into the fastest-selling PS5 unique inside the first week of launch. The sport doesn’t fairly prime the record of fastest-selling PlayStation video games, nonetheless; a number of multiplatform video games like God of Warfare Ragnarök have claimed greater spots.
Remaining Fantasy 16 gross sales attain 3 million copies
Sq. Enix revealed at present Remaining Fantasy 16 has handed 3 million bought each digitally and at retail since launch. Whereas the writer was reportedly involved in regards to the sport’s pre-order numbers, Remaining Fantasy 16 is the sixth fastest-selling PlayStation unique of all time and the fastest-selling PS5 unique.
God of Warfare Ragnarok is the fastest-selling PlayStation unique of all time, and shifted 5.1 million copies in its first week. The sport was launched concurrently on PS5 and PS4 in November 2022 and has since bought round 11 million copies. Twitter person @Zuby_Tech compiled the remainder of the record full with figures for his or her first week and lifelong gross sales, which incorporates video games from a number of of Sony’s personal studios:
- God Of Warfare Ragnarok: 5.1+ million (11+ million lifetime gross sales)
- The Final Of Us Half II: 4+ million (10+ million lifetime gross sales)
- Remaining Fantasy VII Remake: 3.5+ million (5+ million shipped)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: 3.3+ million (20+ million lifetime gross sales)
- God Of Warfare: 3.1+ million (23+ million lifetime gross sales)
- Remaining Fantasy XVI: 3+ million
- Ghost Of Tsushima: 2.4+ million (9.73+ million lifetime gross sales)
In the meantime, the connection between Sony and Sq. Enix has “by no means been stronger” in keeping with PlayStation head Jim Ryan. Rumors persist that Sony is seeking to purchase Sq. Enix, however no proof exists to assist this declare in the mean time. Nonetheless, latest stories from the continuing FTC vs. Microsoft listening to revealed that Microsoft drew up a proposal to buy Sq. Enix so as to add to its Xbox portfolio in 2019. In fact, this deal by no means materialized.
