Final Fantasy XVI Ships 3 Million Units - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 28 June 2023 / 4,573 Views

Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XVI has surpassed three million units shipped worldwide in about a week. The figure includes digital sales.

"We’re delighted to announce we’ve shipped and digitally sold 3 million copies of Final Fantasy XVI on PlayStation 5," reads a tweet from the official Final Fantasy XVI Twitter account. "Thank you for your support!"

This figure is down from Final Fantasy VII Remake, which shipped 3.5 million units in three days, as well as Final Fantasy XV, which shipped five million units in its first day. It should be noted, the PS5 has a much smaller install base than the PS4 did when Final Fantasy VII Remake launched, as well as the PS4 and Xbox One combined when Final Fantasy XV released.

We’re delighted to announce we’ve shipped and digitally sold 3 million copies of Final Fantasy XVI on PlayStation 5. Thank you for your support! #FF16 pic.twitter.com/8YGfo1RXyV
— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@finalfantasyxvi) June 28, 2023

Final Fantasy XVI launched for PlayStation 5 on June 22.

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.

18 Comments

Zeltaz13 (on 28 June 2023)

I'm guessing Square Enix isn't panicking anymore lol, glad it's selling this well, also pretty impressive that around 1/10 of people who have a ps5 also have FF16

ClassicGamingWizzz (on 28 June 2023)

Guess all those losers reviewbombing wasted their times again.

LivncA_Dis3 (on 28 June 2023)

Great numbers,
Ps5 exclusive only if people are panicking that it got outsold by ffxv and ff7's large ps4 installbase

haxxiy (on 28 June 2023)

Faster than RE7 and as fast as RE8 and RE4R, so a good return to form for the franchise. Will likely get to ~ 10M like those games.

Kakadu18 haxxiy (on 28 June 2023)

It did 3mil in about a week whereas these RE games all had these milestones for the first 3 days, half the time.

DonFerrari Kakadu18 (on 28 June 2023)

eeerrrr actually it is about the same, first week for them is on launch weekend that is 2-3 days.

Kakadu18 DonFerrari (on 28 June 2023)

If it's the firt calendar week for FF16 it's four days.

Xxain (on 28 June 2023)

Of course of it did.

G2ThaUNiT (on 28 June 2023)

Wait, shipped? SE has notoriously overshipped before, so I doubt it’s at 3M in sales.

Still, very solid for the install base. Fastest selling PS5 exclusive.

haxxiy G2ThaUNiT (on 28 June 2023)

That's how every developer reports sales, though. And most nowadays are digital so yeah.

Random_Matt (on 28 June 2023)

Nice.

rapsuperstar31 (on 28 June 2023)

Solid sales, I haven't picked it up yet, still playing Zelda TOTK. I'm sure I'll grab it at some point this year.

CosmicSex rapsuperstar31 (on 28 June 2023)

Its amazing and the best part is that with all the previews they didn't really spoil anything.

-Adonis- (on 28 June 2023)

Excellent.

IcaroRibeiro (on 28 June 2023)

Great sales, make me less concerned about the game flopping

Is this enough to recover development costs?

Qwark IcaroRibeiro (on 28 June 2023)

Alongside with the big bag of money they got from Sony, the game should sell enough this year to at least break even and the legs will lead to profit.

DonFerrari IcaroRibeiro (on 28 June 2023)

Sony liked gave a good incentive for exclusivity, and considering it is the biggest exclusive launch for PS5 and 6th ever on Playstation this should be considered a great number.