Final Fantasy XVI Reaches 3 Million Physical Shipments And Digital Copies Sold
Final Fantasy XVI hit PlayStation 5 exclusively last week on June 23, and less than a week later, Square Enix has announced it has shipped and digitally sold 3 million copies.
It’s a somewhat odd metric to parse out because copies shipped and sold aren’t the same. For example, a shipped copy might still be sitting on a game store shelf, while a digital copy sold is money made. Nonetheless, between physical shipped copies of FFXVI and digital versions purchased by players, Square Enix says it has reached 3 million copies sold.
We’re delighted to announce we’ve shipped and digitally sold 3 million copies of Final Fantasy XVI on PlayStation 5. Thank you for your support! <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/FF16?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#FF16
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That’s a great launch for any game, especially one exclusive to PlayStation 5. However, its predecessor, Final Fantasy XV, which it Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2016, remains the series’ best-selling game at launch. When FFXV hit PlayStation and Xbox seven years ago, its day-one shipments and digital sales exceeded 5 million on launch day (thanks, Polygon). FFXVI has hit 3 million in roughly six days, it appears. FFXV also reached 6 million global sales faster than any other entry in the Final Fantasy franchise; now we wait to see if FFXVI beats that.
The previous new Final Fantasy launch (excluding this year’s pixel remaster collection) before FFXVI was last year’s Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, a spin-off title set in the world of the first Final Fantasy. Stranger of Paradise had the fourth lowest launch for a Final Fantasy spin-off game in Japan (thanks, Eurogamer), just above a few spin-off Wii titles, so today’s FFXVI numbers stand in
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