It’s going to be a while before we can finally call it ‘final’
Having only been available for two days, Square Enix announcesFinal Fantasy XVhas shipped over 5 millions copies worldwide in both physical and digital formats combined. This already eclipses the halfway mark to the 10 million sales Square Enix has been hoping for, which is all but in the bag. This places it at sixth in all-time sales for theFinal Fantasyseries already. The only two entries to exceed ten million lifetime sales areFFVIIandFFX, selling 11 million and 14 million worldwide respectively.
Next Wednesday, Media Create Sales will release its Japanese sales numbers for the week, giving us a chance to see how it did over the course of a week in Japan and compare it with thePokémon juggernaut.
The official PDF released by Square Enix does not explicitly say copies were “shipped,” instead referring to them as “sales.” It does however explicitly claim to be the fastest “selling” game in the series. Other outlets such asFamitsudescribes physical copies as “shipped” and digital copies as “sold.” We will update you if we learn more on this nuance.
