Last Fantasy 14 stays the darling of Sq. Enix’s output because the writer pronounces declining monetary leads to its newest report.
Complete internet gross sales from the final monetary quarter (April to June) have been 74.8bn yen, a drop of just about 16 % in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, whereas working revenue was 14.4bn yen, a drop of just about 17 %. Web revenue really rose because of international change positive factors.
Nonetheless, whereas internet gross sales of HD video games has declined 12 months on 12 months, gross sales of MMO video games have conversely risen 12 months on 12 months.
Actually, the proportion of gross sales from MMO video games was increased than that of HD video games for the primary time, regardless of the MMO class solely consisting of three video games: Last Fantasy 14, Dragon Quest 10, and Last Fantasy 11.
Sq. Enix states that “paying subscribers for Last Fantasy 14 rose YoY”, whereas for HD video games “gross sales didn’t attain the extent of the earlier 12 months regardless of the discharge of a number of new titles”.
Regardless of that success, the report states that no growth pack releases are deliberate for Last Fantasy 14 this monetary 12 months – as an alternative the corporate will “concentrate on retaining customers via a wide range of operational initiatives”.
Nonetheless, the following patch for Last Fantasy 14 is due later this month, together with a farming sim mode. What’s extra, HD video games may nonetheless dominate with the likes of Forspoken and Disaster Core Last Fantasy 7 Reunion due out this monetary 12 months, adopted by Last Fantasy 16 and Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth within the subsequent.
