Final Fantasy Franchise Has Sold Over 180 Million Copies
Square Enix's mammoth RPG franchise and its defining IP, Final Fantasy, has topped 180 million unit sales. In March 2022, the company reported that the franchise sat at a very cool 173 million, meaning 7 million more games have been shifted in the past year or so.
Spotted by our sister site Push Square, this milestone announcement came earlier today from a bit of an unusual source — Kageki Hankyu — alongside the announcement of an all-female Musical Theatre production of Final Fantasy XVI, the newest mainline instalment in the storied series (which is currently a PS5 exclusive).
While Final Fantasy XVI has managed to shift 3 million units in its first few days (and that number has grown since then), a good chunk of those numbers likely come from the console release of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series. The faithful remasters of the first six Final Fantasy games — both the NES and SNES trilogies — have sold, in total, over 2 million units (this figure includes the Steam versions, which launched back in 2021/22).
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line both dropped on Switch during this period, with both titles available on the Switch. So it's been a solid year for the premier RPG franchise — even if not all of it has been on Switch.
Source: Nintendo Life
