As part of their new Live From PS5 campaign, Sony has debuted a brand-new PlayStation commercial during the big Super Bowl game.
Some of the best PS5 games are exclusives like God of War Ragnarok and Astro Bot, but there are some indie highlights as well.
Final Fantasy 16 has likely sold more than 3.5 million copies.
The analyst is called Hideki Yasuda. In 2021 he claimed the 'Fall of PlayStation in Japan is “Definitive”'
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In 2024 he Hideki Yasuda said The Sony Group may see PS5 as a failure and the envisioned goals are unattainable.
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Curious as to what this means:
'The Japanese branch of GamesIndustry.biz (Translation: DeepL, adjusted)'.
What is DeepL?
@Knushwood Butt
It looks like you also don't know that Google is.
Pro-tip: enter google.com, type "What is DeepL?" and press enter.
What about all the damage he did? People were talking like this game was a flop.
I think that is why he is apologizing. He wants to make sure he doesn’t get sued for defamation.
This isn’t news. The analyst could be right or wrong. Square Enix hasn’t said anything.
When there is knowledge of actual sales you wouldn’t need an analyst. He more or less admits his analysis is wrong but that’s bound to happen in that field. They make predictions that they hope will be useful. This wasn’t.
Anyway, it seems people are taking my comment as an attack on this game. I like the game and hope it does well. Hopefully FF gets a resurgence. They pretty much deserve that. I just think this story is of no importance.
Obviously a game that stayed on the top ten then regularly returned to the top 10/20 and then released on PC would have sold more than .5m more than the first week sales.
Final Fantasy 16 Sold 3 Million Copies During Launch Week
"Square Enix said the milestone includes both physical and digital sales on PlayStation 5."
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@pwnmaster3000
They don't wanna believe....... narratives need to be upheld at all costs
Exactly. The analyst does not mean anything.
As far as we know the official sales are still at 3 million.
Always thought it was the case, sold 3 million in the first week and 300k on PC from the last numbers we got, so only 200k extra copies in almost 2 years on PS5 and since the PC release?
Make it make sense lol
Doesn’t matter. People will still believe the mistake. How are you an analyst and get it wrong?
Yep. You better believe in two years when people are making an argument about big AAA games not selling enough, or PS5 exclusives not selling, or Japanese games not selling, or whatever the dumb argument happens to be, this "number" will get cited as evidence. The retraction never has the same reach as the false story.
The festivities also include new 20th anniversary merch, a fan kit, and more.
What an absolute half-hearted and shoddy way for Sony to commemorate the epic God of War series. A few alternative skins and the option to buy t-shirts or vinyl. It would have been better to not have any celebration. Abysmal.
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No offense Sony… but nobody is playing God of war ragnarok in 2025…
Yeah no one at all especially when it just became available to the millions of PS plus subscribers
Maybe it’s because I sold my Ps5 last year and built a new PC. But ragnarok I finished in 2022 when it released. Don’t have any motivation to replay.
It would have been nice to have a PS plus drop of the ps2 original though I get that
I actually installed it again today to try the latest roguelite DLC. Costumes is a nice addition but def expected something else.
Mate, I only started playing the previous one. It holds up unbelievably well considering it was a PS4 release
Damn Sony
You keep on remastering recent games and yet choose not to for a franchise that's celebrating it's 20 years?
I'm sure a lot of old and new fans would appreciate being able to play the entire saga using their current gen consoles.
Sure but that would require to actually remaster. Not selling the same game from last gen in a new box and call it remaster.
I admit I got a bit swept up in thinking we would get a PS classics drop of the first game on PS plus not a remaster or anything just running under the new ps2 emulator id be.halpy with that or the PSP games that deserve more praise really
Sony spent $7M+ on this?? No announcement or anything just a standard "PS5 is a thing" kinda ad? Smh
By the title above I was expecting a lot more. It was over before it even started……..more like a meow than a roar.
Just to show everyone that the PS5 is available now. I guess they accomplished that
i know fans thought they'd get a dlc ad for GoW
but this was pretty funny haha anf i guess telling ppl that the ps5 is indeed available during the super bowl is great
Great ad