Square Enix's title continues to seal its name in history books both in the United States and around the world with its figures.
Final Fantasy VII Remake has closed the month of April with new sales records. Both the NPD Group agency for the North American market and the latest report by the analyst group SuperData for the global digital market reflect that the Square Enix reimagining has started with undisputed success in the video game sector.
Digital market: beat the record for Marvel’s Spider-Man
To begin with, Final Fantasy VII Remake was the second video game with the highest worldwide turnover in digital format in March; just behind Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is also comfortable with breaking records. The adventure of Cloud, Aeris and company has reported sales of 2.2 million units sold in digital format; It is a record for the franchise – it surpasses the initial numbers of Final Fantasy XV – and it is also a record for an exclusive (temporary or not) PlayStation game.
Final Fantasy VII Remake
According to the consultant, the crisis of the coronavirus has caused that the lack of supply of physical copies has inclined players to take the title in digital format. Thanks to this circumstance, it surpasses the digital launch of Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018, PS4), which until now was the most powerful in the history of a Sony exclusive.
United States, records for the saga
On the other hand, the United States. The new NPD Group document is also a source of joy for Square Enix, as we are talking about what is already the third best-selling game of 2020 and the most successful title of the year on PS4 individually. But what's really important comes in its net billing in the month of launch. According to they indicate, it is the best start of a Final Fantasy in all history — physical and digital format — in North America; It therefore exceeds the release of Final Fantasy XV (December 2016), which once set records with the positive handicap of seeing the light on more than one platform.
All in all, Final Fantasy VII Remake is available exclusively for PS4 until April 2021, when it can be launched on other systems if Square Enix so wishes. Regarding the second part, it is already in development, but it does not have an approximate launch window. We also don't know the total number of parts.
References | SuperData; NPD
