Final Fantasy Series Tops 173 Million Global Shipments and Digital Sales - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 October 2022 / 3,758 Views

Square Enix in its 2022 Annual Report has revealed the sales figures for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. This includes the Final Fantasy series, which has topped 173 million units in global package shipments and digital sales.

"Since the release of the first title in 1987, this roleplaying game franchise has been lauded by customers the world over for its use of cutting-edge visual technologies, the distinctive look and feel of its universe, and its rich stories." reads the report. "Thanks in part to our commitment to bringing Final Fantasy to the Western markets as well, cumulative global physical and digital sales have topped 173 million units."

Square Enix also announced the Dragon Quest series has topped 85 million units in global package shipments and digital sales and the Kingdom Hearts series has topped 36 million units.

Final Fantasy Series Tops 173 Million Units Sold Worldwide

All versions of Final Fantasy VII has surpassed 13.9 million units to date.

"Final Fantasy VII: Since the release in 1997, this game franchise has attracted many players with its epic and touching stories, fascinating characters, and its use of cutting-edge visual technologies of the time," reads the report. "Physical and digital sales have topped 13.9 million units to date."

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

9 Comments

LivncA_Dis3 (on 31 October 2022)

Amazing stuff from square!
Hopefully it continues with ff16 and future projects!

A203D (on 31 October 2022)

Hmm. I took this to mean that the original FF7 has sold 13.9 mil copies... I would have thought the whole FF7 franchise would have about 23 mil copies. Anyone have any insight on the subject?

DonFerrari (on 31 October 2022)

Congrats, love the series.

Radek (on 30 October 2022)

While this is awesome number, just think that GTA V alone has sold 170 million copies, that is truly mind blowing!

dane007 Radek (on 30 October 2022)

It's more than that now

billyboy Radek (on 31 October 2022)

Yeah but to be fair it has been released a whole bunch of times and both of my free copies I got from the epic store count as sold units. Plus I can get it for <=$4.99 multiple times a year on steam

dane007 billyboy (on 31 October 2022)

I am just impressed that the amount it sells every year, is more than what most games dreams of selling!

ShadowLink93 dane007 (on 31 October 2022)

GTA V is never on the NPD Top 20 charts which is revenue based, this suggest the game is sold very cheaply considering it sells around 5 million per quarter.