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Final Fantasy 16 sales did not meet high expectations, says Square Enix president (www.eurogamer.net)
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Sales of Final Fantasy 16 did not meet Square Enix's high expectations, said president Takashi Kiryu. Last week the com…

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If games keep failing to meet Square Enix's targets, then maybe they need to set more realistic targets. It feels like every Square Enix game, except for maybe FFVII Remake, gets an article about how it didn't meet their sales expectations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Even better, how about they make better games and put them on more platforms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Especially if they know the platform they’re launching on has a relatively small install base. They blamed that for why they couldn’t reach the target, instead of seeing the PS5 install base numbers and making a more realistic target.