An analyst who claimed Closing Fantasy 16 had bought 3.5 million copies has apologised, insisting the determine was an estimate and never confirmed gross sales.
Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda has since revised the agency’s report to emphasize the determine derived from its personal estimates and was not knowledgeable by Sq. Enix’s personal numbers.
“Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda has apologised for his incorrect assertion about Closing Fantasy XVI sale figures!” defined Genki on Twitter/X (thanks, TheGamer).
“The unique article said that the variety of copies Closing Fantasy 16 [had sold] was said by Sq. Enix president Takashi Kiryu through the monetary outcomes briefing, however this was primarily based on Toyo Securities’ personal estimate and was an incorrect assertion by the creator,” the Japanese-language report now reads, as translated by machine.
“We apologise and wish to appropriate this.”
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Sq. Enix itself has been coy about Closing Fantasy 16’s gross sales. Inside a month of Closing Fantasy 16’s June 2023 launch, Sq. Enix claimed they’d been “extraordinarily robust”, however admitted one month later that gross sales didn’t meet expectations.
Final week, we discovered the Closing Fantasy collection has now bought over 200m copies throughout the globe, cementing Closing Fantasy as one of many best-selling online game franchises of all time, even when gross sales have dipped in newer years.
Sq. Enix shared the announcement on social media, together with the information the Closing Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection alone has bought over 5m copies worldwide.
