{"id":239100,"date":"2023-07-10T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=297227"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:43:56","slug":"is-being-final-fantasy-xvi-a-failure-may-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/is-being-final-fantasy-xvi-a-failure-may-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing the Numbers: Is Final Fantasy XVI Underperforming in Sales and Player Reception?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Getting the predictions right for this year’s hits and misses is purely a matter of luck. ‘Indiana Jones’ is a failure, ‘Barbie’<\/a> is a success, ‘Zelda’ is a smash hit, and\u2026 what about ‘Final Fantasy XVI’? What’s happening with it? In a 2023 filled with blockbusters in film, television, and video games, it seems to have fallen victim to the lack of hype. Specifically, a person can only be excited about a certain number of things throughout the months. Or perhaps we are mistaken, and it has secretly been a huge success? <\/strong>Let’s analyze it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Since the beginning of time, ‘Final Fantasy’<\/a> sales have only gone up and up without limits<\/strong>. ‘Final Fantasy XV’ sold five million copies just on its release. Six years have passed since then, and the numbers are far from being as impressive now: in its first week, the sixteenth installment of the franchise had to settle for three million units. There are explanations, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first, the most obvious one: far fewer people have a PS5<\/a> compared to those who had a PS4<\/strong>. Additionally, ‘Final Fantasy XV’ was released simultaneously on Xbox One, and at that time digital sales (which are not accounted for) were much lower than they are now. And all of this is very true: it’s possible that there isn’t less hype for the game, or that it hasn’t even sold less than its predecessor, but the drop in the second week is harder to explain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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