Despite Initial Criticism, Final Fantasy 16 Is ‘Dominant’ on UK Sales Charts in Debut Week

The Final Fantasy franchise is out with its sixteenth edition on PlayStation 5 as an exclusive. The role-playing series has been an entertaining brand for action eSports lovers. The trailer received some mixed reactions from the community. With the trailer, the makers also hinted at the possible release of the title on PC. 

Even with a lot of mixed reactions and initial criticism, the new part was predicted to do well. The sixteenth installment of the series has been carefully designed to be a classic action adventure with pleasant aesthetics, especially during the fight scenes. The title is now in the debut week for sales. 

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The gameplay in Final Fantasy 16 is a delightful fusion of traditional RPG elements and innovative mechanics. It will be interesting to see how the sales proceed for the new release. As expected the game is set to make some big numbers hoping over the technical criticism.

Final Fantasy 16 came up with a lot of innovations and experiments. Besides promising to carry the legacy of the franchise forward, the new venture has also adapted to some new attributes. After the early reviews were surprisingly disappointing, predictions didn’t favor the game’s vision. But the update from the UK sales looks promising. Informing about the same a user tweeted, “Final Fantasy 16 is No.1 this week in the UK, but as boxed launches go, it wasn’t a particularly strong one. Physical sales are 74% lower than the launch week of Final Fantasy 15 in 2016. Obviously, digital is a much much bigger component of sales today. That data comes later.”

Discrediting all the pre-sales analysis the game’s part sixteen went on to no.1 rank in the United Kingdom in its debut week. It is also to be noted that the statistics might not be all good news for the makers. The title has shown a 74% drop compared to the debut sales of the game’s predecessor. Final Fantasy 15 also did a better business in physical distribution which is understandable considering the trend of digitalization of giant titles.

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The sales are expected to grow further by the next week. The title is currently released as an exclusive only on PlayStation 5. Considering this fact, the title might have a bright scope when released on various other platforms. Although gamers waiting for its release on PC might have to wait for a bit longer. The large scale and Naoki’s new engine would require some time to bring the title to PC. 

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