Final Fantasy Series Tops 180 Million Units Sold Worldwide - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 July 2023 / 3,795 Views
Square Enix has announced the Final Fantasy series has sold over 180 million units worldwide. This figure is up from 173 million units sold as of March 31, 2022.
"For over 35 years, the Final Fantasy series has delighted generations of gamers and millions of players worldwide through beloved role-playing adventures that are built upon the benchmarks of spectacular visuals, highly imaginative worlds, rich stories, memorable characters, and technical and gameplay innovation leading the industry and earning the highest accolades from around the world. Each mainline game in the series is a completely new experience, and an ideal entry-point to the series.
"Titles of the series have sold over 180 million units worldwide."
Square Enix also recently announced Final Fantasy XVI has surpassed three million units shipped worldwide in about a week. The figure includes digital sales.
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.
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.
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The whole saga sold almost as much as GTAV
Pretty sad that 1 game can outsell the 13th best selling video game franchise of all time.
Is it sad, or is it more like mad props to Rockstar?
Yeah they get some mad props, I enjoyed GTAV on the PS3, but never felt the need to play through it again. I've replayed Final Fantasy 4,6, and 9 multiple times.
Props to Rockstar and GTAV, but I rather have all FF games in my collection to play than GTAV.
I have no desire for GTA, but would sure be sad without FF
My favorite franchise !
Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Final Fantasy VIII are my favorite ones. I can't wait to play Final Fantasy XVI. (I have to wait the PC port)
Definitely loved Final Fantasy 8.
It's actually the only Final Fantasy that I have managed to complete, it was the main reason why I bought a PS1. - Did get the remaster on Switch and replayed it to completion, definitely needs a remake, PS1 visuals even running at a higher resolution just doesn't hold up.
I did get to the final disc on 13 on the Xbox 360, but just sort of lost interest.
Solid effort
Goat franchise
