Final
Fantasy
7
Rebirth
has
sold
“about
half”
of
what
Final
Fantasy
7
Remake
managed
in
the
same
timeframe,
and
is
currently
“underperforming”.

The
news
comes
courtesy
of
industry
analyst
Daniel
Ahmad,
director
of
research
and
insights
at
Niko
Partners,
a
company
dedicated
to
analysing
videogame
sales
data
and
producing
reports.

Also,
not
to
be
that
guy,
but
Rebirth
is
underperforming
sales
wise
(not
that
sales
performance
is
related
to
what
that
guy
said
lol)

—
Daniel
Ahmad
(@ZhugeEX)

April
11,
2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

In
a
thread
on
X,
Ahmad
said
“Not
to
be
that
guy,
but
Rebirth
is
underperforming
sales-wise,”.
When
asked
if
he
could
provide
more
details,
Ahmad
stated
“It’s
selling
about
half
of
what
Remake
sold
in
the
same
timeframe.”

Finally,
when
asked
for
a
source,
Ahmad
replied
that
the
data
came
from
“equities
research
reports,
who
are
getting
the
data
from
the
usual
trackers”.

Amusingly,
Ahmad’s
insights
came
during
a
weird
conversation
in
which
one
user
by
the
name
of
VulcanJoker
jokingly
tweeted
about
how
Rebirth
didn’t
make
historical
sales
due
to
its
great
gameplay
or
story,
but
because
of
the
abundance
of
scantily
clad
females.

I’m
just
staying
the
obvious.
Gamer
target
audience
are
nerdy
male
virgins.
You
want
to
sell
to
them?
You
better
cater
to
demand.

Come
on,
you
think
FF7
–
Rebirth
made
historical
sale
bc
of
good
story?
great
gameplay?
pphsstt…
nah…

pic.twitter.com/HMtD0Lej8K

—
🔥John
Lee🔥
(@VulcanJoker)

April
11,
2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

As
people
have
pointed
out,
there
are
a
lot
of
reasons
why
the
second
game
may
not
be
doing
as
well
as
the
first.
Here’s
a
few
examples:

• Remake
  had
  a
  lot
  of
  hype
  going
  into
  its
  release
  due
  to
  being
  a
  massive
  remake
  of
  a
  seminal
  game.
• Remake
  benefited
  from
  launching
  during
  the
  pandemic,
  when
  people
  were
  buying
  a
  lot
  more
  games.
• Remake
  launched
  before
  the
  current
  cost
  of
  living
  crisis,
  where
  people
  had
  a
  bit
  more
  spending
  power.
• Remake
  launched
  on
  PS4
  which
  has
  a
  much
  bigger
  audience,
  whereas
  Rebirth
  launched
  on
  PS5.
• Sequels
  typically
  don’t
  sell
  as
  well.
  A
  lot
  of
  people
  may
  have
  bought
  Remake
  due
  to
  the
  hype,
  and
  didn’t
  enjoy
  it
  enough
  to
  grab
  the
  sequel
  at
  launch.
• Slightly
  confusing
  naming
  may
  have
  had
  an
  impact.

In
terms
of
numbers,
we
know
that
Final
Fantasy
7
Remake
managed
to
sell
around
3.5m
in
the
first
three
days,
then
5m
copies
in
a
four
month
span,
and
would
go
on
to
sell
7m
as
of
last
year.

As
for
Rebirth,

its
currently
estimated
at
around
2m
so
far.
Square
Enix
has
not
provided
any
official
confirmation.
They
have
notoriously
high
expectations,
often
to
the
point
of
being
considered
laughable,
so
their
lack
of
any
comment
on
the
success
of
Rebirth
does
perhaps
indicate
they
aren’t
completely
happy
with
it.