Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Debuts in 1st on the UK Retail Charts - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 March 2024 / 5,043 Views
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has debuted in first place on the UK retail charts, according to GfK data for the week ending March 2, 2024.
Retail sales of the game were down nearly 30 percent compared to the launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Digital sales have grown since Final Fantasy VII Remake released in April 2020. This is according to the head of GamesIndustry Christopher Dring.
EA Sports FC 24 and Hogwarts Legacy have both dropped one spot to second and third places, respectively. Helldivers 2 remained in fourth place, while Mario vs. Donkey Kong fell two spots to fifth place.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is up one spot to sixth place, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is down two spots to seventh place, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is down from sixth to eighth place. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 remained in ninth place and Grand Theft Auto V rounds out the top 10.
In terms of UK boxed sales, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's opening week is down nearly 30% over the launch of the previous game. The first game came out during the peak of COVID lockdowns (gfk figures). Digital data arrives later in the week.
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 4, 2024
Here are the top 10 best-selling titles for the week:
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - NEW
- EA Sports FC 24
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Helldivers 2
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
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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Good to see FF7 in the lead!!!
Solid result with a much smaller userbase compared to PS4 in 2020. Honestly I expected sales of each part to decline as the novelty of the remake wears off and the story becomes more convoluted. Add to it the strange naming convention which doesn't make sense to anyone not following closely and my hopes weren't high...
Will be interesting whether this manages to have better legs than XVI and VII Remake. It has a better reception than both, captures more of the JRPG spirit than 16 and is in a quieter year in regards to AAA RPGs. Unlike VII R which arrived at the end of PS4's life, it's arriving at the PS5's peak with many years left ahead of the system selling 15m+ units
16 had pretty good legs it seems so that'll be tough but hopefully good ones!
Digital sales have indeed averaged up over the years, yet there was a distinct peak of them during the COVID period which went down following back to the re-opening of most retailers so I don't know if we're suppose to take these numbers for FFVII Rebirth as good.
To me it sounds like at best, it did just as much as the original or went down by a certain margin.
Nonetheless, this is just the UK market. Let's see the numbers in other markets first
Seems like the Franchise hasn't grown and slightly declined in UK. Digital has grown the last years, but I doubt enough to make up almost 30% less physical sales, since the PS4 already had a +40% digital ratio in the second half of its life.Even though it was received well by critics.
In general the UK is a pretty decent indicator for the rest of the Western world. So it's potential for selling units at a somewhat decent price is probably capped at 7 million in sales with a PC release, like the Remake.
Wait a second. Rebirth released in 2020, which is 7 years into the live cycle of the PS4. The PS4 was well access of 30% more than current PS5 at that point. Also, boxed sales would have been way higher then. I am willing to bet that Rebirth has a bigger attach rate at launch than Remake.
If they weren't willing to port FF7 Remake to Xbox why would they port rebirth to switch 2?
3rd party games on Nintendo platforms, especially Japanese ones, are gaining popularity. It just wouldn't make sense to skip the Switch 2 provided its decently powerful.
Also, I'm still not ruling out both Remake and Rebirth getting ported to Xbox.
Well Sony not wanting to help a competitor makes sense to me. I think they have an agreement FF7 remakes stay console exclusive to PS? If Remake hasn't come to Xbox by now it obviously never will
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