Square Enix Relying on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to Reach Annual Target as CEO Reveals His Strategy

Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu revealed that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's sales will be crucial for the company's financial targets, discussed Final Fantasy XIV's performance, and outlined his plans to improve quality and profitability.

[gold_drake]

they did that with remake too.

[Cacabunga]

Count me in SE. Just keep making great games

[TwoPicklesGood]

Rebirth will sell amazingly well

[porkChop]

Remake sold less than half as many units as the original, so it's not a guarantee. I do hope it's very successful though, then maybe we can get remakes of 6, 8, and 9.

[Eonjay]

Final Fantasy 7 Remake sold 7 million as of Sept 2023 (so just over 3 years)
The original has amassed 14 million (over 23 years)

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Please, no more remakes, although this will probably sell well.

[jznrpg]

@FFFanatic I want a Vagrant Story remake. But they don’t all have to be remakes they could continue some of the older IP they have as well with a new game.

[porkChop]

@Eonjay
Ok, so it's sold half as many now. Considering it had 20 years worth of hype, and was literally the most hyped game when it launched, you'd think it would have sold a lot more than that. Square Enix spent truckloads of money marketing that game. It got outsold by Persona 5 and barely beat Dragon Quest XI, two franchises that are traditionally far less popular than FF globally. FF7R wasn't a failure by any means but it wasn't the powerhouse (sales-wise) that some people seem to think it was.

@FFF
I mean actual remakes, not the pseudo-sequel stuff they're doing with the FF7 Remake trilogy. The narratives in 6, 8, and 9 are stronger than 7's but most people haven't even played them. They deserve proper remakes.

@jznrpg
There are a lot of older IP that should be brought back. Vagrant Story, Lunar, Grandia, Breath of Fire (it's been like 8 years now), Golden Sun, etc.

[shinoff2183]

O it'll sell. Pretty fking well to. This game is gonna do so good. It's alot of ours most anticipated game in awhile. As much as I prefer turn based I'm still looking forward to it. Even more then star ocean 2 remake(snubbed for awards as it was)

[jjb1981]

Have you tried the "classic" mode option in FFVII Remake? I haven't personally but I've read that it's a turn-based mode that relies on an ATB gauge.

[Snookies12]

Scheduled four days off work for this... Can't wait to dive in when it launches! I straight up bought a PS5 just for this game, lol. (Granted, there were other titles I wanted to play too. Just not as much as this one.)

[solideagle]

you think you will be able to finish it in 4 days? that's some dedication bro/sis

[NotoriousWhiz]

Who said anything about finishing?

[Snookies12]

Haha, I'm certainly not trying to finish it off in those four days. I just want to make some good progress in it! Besides, I don't want to go straight through it in a few days. Definitely wanting to take some time and savor it, as I go through.

[Vithar]

easy :)

[Shane Kim]

Well I'm there day one.

[ziggyzinfirion]

Can't even expressed how excited I am for this game after 100% the Remake on PS5. I normally hate pre-ordering games but Rebirth is definitely an exception and day one for me.

[Hofstaderman]

Placed my preorder for the Deluxe as soon as they opened up. This game will easilly reach their sales expectations.

[Pyrofire95]

Something tells me that their target was made with this game in mind. Giving this headline a big fat DUUUUHHHH

[TheColbertinator]

If they bring it Steam too then it could happen

[anast]

Of course, it's the only game they are good at developing, I.e., it's their thing.

[SyntheticForm]

I'm sure they'll have no trouble reaching their target. These are very popular games.

[jznrpg]

It should do well but relying on one game for your entire year doesn’t seem like good business. I wish they would do something with many of their great old IP. Vagrant Story is begging for a remake , remaster, port or some combo of those. A bunch of other games as well. I can see why they may not want to do all of them with bigger budgets but a lot of them could be done with lesser budgets like pixel remasters or Octopath style graphics for some and should do fairly well. Or continue games of the past with a new game in the series. Most of this blockchain or live service stuff they are trying isnt going to do well.

Rebirth is the game I want to play most this year so I do understand what they are saying to some extent

[repsahj]

day 1 for me also!!!