FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH ANNOUNCED

[Lulcielid]

Japan sales week 1: Rebirth was the highest selling game for the week of 2/26/24 – 3/3/24. Selling 262,656 copies on retail, which is 21.84% less than FF16 (336,027).

 

[Golden Ear]

Pretty sharp decline from FF16 sales, didn't think it would be down be that much tbh.

 

[Lulcielid]

When accounting for the amount of hardware the numbers look dire.

Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2024 (Feb 26 - Mar 03)

Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2024 (Feb 26 - Mar 03) ___ Famitsu Sales: Week 9, 2024 (Feb 26 - Mar 03) 01./00. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) {2024.02.29} (¥8.980) - 262.656 / NEW 02./01. [NSW] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo) {2024.02.16} (¥4.980) - 14.480 / 103.523 (-47%)...

www.installbaseforum.com

Recent FF's first week sales in Japan:

• FFXV sold 716k on PS4 when PS4 hardware was 3.6m
• FFVII Remake sold 702k on PS4 when PS4 hardware was 9m
• FFXVI sold 336k on PS5 when PS5 hardware was 3.8m
• FFVII Rebirth sold 262k on PS5 when PS5 hardware was 5.3m

 

[ForceStealer]

If they didn't expect diminishing returns when they decided to split the game into three, I don't know what to tell them.

Us diehards are in it for the long haul, but for the general player who got FF7 for their PS1 as a kid got their nostalgia fill from part 1.

 

[Fenrir/Cerberus]

So many folks fans and non-fans alike have been saying it’s Game of the Year already. I think we’ll be looking at strong sales over time. Theres also a huge difference in inflation in the time between Rebirth and Remake. Games are expensive.

 

[Slipstreamer]

I think my last post here was in the "FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE ANNOUNCED" thread four years ago so I thought I'd check in out of tradition to see if the forum's still here. I see it is. Last time I divined @Misterbadguy by mentioning Barretboy & Armoured Hamster's FF comics from AdventChildren.net days. This time I pose this question: Whatever happened to the podcast, the one with the Peurto Rican girl with the terrible microphone?
Anyway, I still haven't got around to playing FFVIII Remaster, XV, VIIR, XVI... I'll let you know what I think of Rebirth in 20 years. I've been watching the cutscenes on YouTube, it looks good. Anyway, bye.

 

[cold_spirit]

Played a chapter on Graphics mode. Wow, cutscenes look incredible. I've been missing out. Forgive me for my ignorance!

 

[Tetsujin]

Had a bit of a cry when reaching Cosmo Canyon. The scenery, the music...nostalgia is one hell of a drug

 

[Rydeen]

I'm at a con right now and jezus so much FFVII stuff. Not sure I wanna get into physical merch like this with everything that's online tho.

I'm dressed as Elena and everyone is complimenting my costume but I don't know if they know who I am. I did make a nametag but it's in black and white.

 

[Erotic Materia]

I'm dressed as Elena

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[cold_spirit]

PSA: If you're having trouble completing battle intel because the enemy is dying too quickly, try switching the difficulty to Dynamic.

The description for Dynamic difficulty is misleading, what it actually does is match all of the game's content to your level. Also perfect if you're looking for more of a challenge as you clear side content, but don't want it to be as challenging as Hard mode.

 

[GamerSkull]

Oh, so Dynamic just scales to your level? Good to know.

 

[Wol]

If they didn't expect diminishing returns when they decided to split the game into three, I don't know what to tell them.

Us diehards are in it for the long haul, but for the general player who got FF7 for their PS1 as a kid got their nostalgia fill from part 1.

Also I dont feel the game`s marketing focused on the right stuff. It always seemed to me that it was catering specifically to existing FFVII fans by showing more story than anything. Imo trailers should be showcasing more of the general open-world areas, the variety of gameplay style, collectibles, challenges, or the amount of vehicles available. Content that screams "yes, this is the next best open-world game on the market" to attract regular folk.

 

[Lulcielid]

Imagine losing an hour of progress in a multiphase boss fight because of this clusterfuck.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1768610568393371903

 

[Rydeen]

Imagine losing an hour of progress in a multiphase boss fight because of this clusterfuck.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1768610568393371903

Geez, and I thought the the buggy chase game over screen was confusing.

 

[Tetsujin]

Soundtrack official page with track list is up. Beware potential spoilers in the titles.
(Disc 7 tracklist isn't up yet)

Special edit version | FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Original Soundtrack | SQUARE ENIX

Introducing the original soundtrack for FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH! Carefully selected tracks from the game are recorded in a large volume of 7 discs. The Special Edit Version also includes a bonus disc containing music from mini-games that could not fit into the main seven discs.

www.jp.square-enix.com

There's a ton of omissions, another Plus soundtrack is all but guaranteed I guess. Kind of crazy how massive these soundtracks are.

 

[Tetsujin]

There's a new patch out, 1.020

You can now select between Performance: Smooth and Performance: Sharp for 60fps
Smooth is basically just the way it looked in the demo initially, Sharp is the current one.

edit: patch notes

Fort Condor and Gears and Gambits now have difficulty selection

 

[cold_spirit]

Playing Rebirth and it hit me. MAI is just AI with an M in the front.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Playing Rebirth and it hit me. MAI is just AI with an M in the front.

Every time I think of MAI, I think of that other Mai from some other gaming franchise carrying the FF acronym.

 

[Lulcielid]

North America sales.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770799938689024092

• #2 best selling title of February 2024.
• Remake and Rebirth Twin-Pack was #8 best selling title of February 2024.
• Overall #4 best selling game of 2024 to date.

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Observations:

The most telling part is that Tekken 8 YTD sold better than Rebirth and that game sold 2 millon copies worldwide as of February. So VII Rebirth likely has not hit 3 million worldwide yet. Square Enix announced the sales of Remake 11 days after release and FFXVI less than a week after release, Rebirth has been out for 21 days and Square Enix has not revealed the numbers yet.

 

[cold_spirit]

The most telling part is that Tekken 8 YTD sold better than Rebirth

I know you know that Tekken 8 is multiplat. It's not a totally fair comparison.

 

[Lulcielid]

I know you know that Tekken 8 is multiplat. It's not a totally fair comparison.

Still doesn't change the fact that it's been 21 days since release and Square hasn't said any numbers compared to their quick announcement of Remake-1 and FF16 sales (both single platforms at the time like Rebirth).

 

[cold_spirit]

The official PlayStation account on Twitter posted this, talking about how great the polygon count in Rebirth is.

Being 100% genuine when I say that in this instance, left is the better image. Sorry! Everything I know about design says so.

 

[Rydeen]

The official PlayStation account on Twitter posted this, talking about how great the polygon count in Rebirth is.

Being 100% genuine when I say that in this instance, left is the better image. Sorry! Everything I know about design says so.

View attachment 15083

How so? I'm curious. Is it the color/lighting?

 

[cold_spirit]

More clearly defined silhouette, distinct features (Remake Cloud's entire torso gets lost to darkness), Buster Sword looks to have weight instead of just floating behind him, face and hair doesn't look like a David Bowie Halloween outfit.

And yes the vibrant color but that's just personal preference.