An analyst who said that Final Fantasy 16 had sold 3.5 million copies has apologized, insisting that the figure was an estimate and not confirmed.
Toyo Securities Analyst Hideki Yasuda has reviewed the company’s report to emphasize the figure derived from its own estimates and was not informed by Square Enix’s own numbers.
“The Toyo Securities Analyst Hideki Yasuda apologized for his incorrect statement on the sale figures of Final Fantasy XVI!” Genki explained on Twitter/X (thanks, Thegamer).
“The original article declared that the number of copies final fantasy 16 [had sold] It was declared by the president of Square Enix, Takashi Kiryu, during the informative session of financial results, but this was based on the estimate of Toyo Securities and it was an incorrect statement of the author, “is now read in the Japanese report, as translated by the machine.
“We apologize and we would like to correct this.”
The Toyo Securities Analyst Hideki Yasuda apologized for his incorrect statement on the sale figures of Final Fantasy XVI! #FF16
He says that the figure sold of 3.5 million copies was not said by the president of Square Enix, Takashi Kiryu, in the informative session of financial results and has corrected his … pic.twitter.com/d4Zats5ng7
– Genki
(@Genki_jpn) March 22, 2025
Square Enix has been shy about Final Fantasy 16 sales. Within a month of the Final Fantasy launch June 16, 2023, Square Enix said they had been “extremely strong”, but admitted one month after sales did not meet expectations.
Last week, we knew that the Final Fantasy series has now sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, consolidating Final Fantasy as one of the best -selling video game franchises of all time, even if sales have dropped in recent years.
Square Enix shared the announcement on social networks, along with the news that the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has only sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.
