Kingdom Hearts III Ships Five Million Units Worldwide Becoming Fastest Selling Game In The Series
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- Published on February 5, 2019 @ 06:07 am
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According to a press release from Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts III has sold over five million units worldwide, making it the fastest selling game in the history of the series.
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 4, 2019) – SQUARE ENIX® proudly announces that KINGDOM HEARTS III, the latest mainline entry in the beloved action RPG series, has shipped more than five million units globally, both physically and digitally, across all platforms since its January 29 release, making it the fastest selling game in the history of the series.
The shipment and digital sales numbers for the long-awaited installment in the blockbuster franchise have been matched with critical adoration. Media across the world are lauding KINGDOM HEARTS III for its breathtaking visuals and widespread appeal to newcomers and series veterans alike, with Bleacher Report praising that the adventure is “accessible for even the most casual of gamers” and “a sheer thrill to take in,” and CNET raving that KINGDOM HEARTS III is “the best looking Kingdom Hearts game.”
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FYI it outsold FF XV in it's first week. Be prepared for them to start putting A LOT more focus on KH series from this point onward.
It's the highest selling game of the series and for SE their most successful launch in a LONG time.
LOL, remember when people were freaking out about this game not selling
All because of the leaks. As if that would affect the general consumer.
FYI it outsold FF XV in it's first week. Be prepared for them to start putting A LOT more focus on KH series from this point onward.
It's the highest selling game of the series and for SE their most successful launch in a LONG time.
As if Nomura needed more reasons to throw shade at FF15.
YES IT BEAT FF15
NOMURA'S SALT LITERALLY WON
I'M DYING
Please shower us in DLC. MAKE THIS GAME A 10.
Man we've come a long way since 2002. Bring out dat champagne!
Please shower us in DLC. MAKE THIS GAME A 10.
For real, I hope this means more KH3 content. I don't usually beg for DLC stuff but Riku's stuff is begging to be made into its own extended segment and there are so many QOL improvements to be made and like more enemies, Keyblades, Links, Attractions, implement Wardrobe into KH3 for the Vine, more costumes in general, more bosses, Critical Mode, more cutscenes, Boss Portals, a function for Gummi Ship Blueprint sharing, and like...so much stuff...
Give it all please, it's only been a week and we are all thirsty for more again haha
It's officially the highestt selling launch for SE for a long time until FF 7 Remake comes out but that doesn't count as it's not an original title, it's a remake.
They're so gonna put more focus on this franchise going forward. It's time for Disney to wake up and see the goldmine they have with those sales numbers especially.
For real, I hope this means more KH3 content. I don't usually beg for DLC stuff but Riku's stuff is begging to be made into its own extended segment and there are so many QOL improvements to be made and like more enemies, Keyblades, Links, Attractions, implement Wardrobe into KH3 for the Vine, more costumes in general, more bosses, Critical Mode, more cutscenes, Boss Portals, a function for Gummi Ship Blueprint sharing, and like...so much stuff... Give it all please, it's only been a week and we are all thirsty for more again haha |
Don't make us wait too long for KH4 though. Not with those numbers.
How much did it beat XV by?
Thank God. Maybe SE can afford to stock Remy’s restaurant themselves from now on!
Seriously though, it makes me really happy to see the franchise doing so well in its first full-fledged outing on modern consoles. The series should definitely have an exciting future and I hope this prompts some DLC/QoL updates for this game.
Also... all those posts claiming KH3 would NEVER surpass KH2 sales didn’t age well. Js. :P
All because of the leaks. As if that would affect the general consumer..
people were doom and glooming it even before the leaks tho
YES IT BEAT FF15
NOMURA'S SALT LITERALLY WON
I'M DYING
nomura right now:
How much did it beat XV by?
nearly double. FFXV's first week was about 2.6
“This game isn’t going to sell at all because of the leaks!â€
â€one million in a month is the most likely scenario for this game, anything higher is unlikelyâ€
â€Resident Evil 2 is on PC and will sell millions and millions more because it’s also not as nicheâ€
man, I’m so happy they shipped 5 million copies. Because of digital, we know that they have sold a lot of copies of the game. And for this to all come in after a week is just wonderful. I hope Osaka are happy and get a well deserved break.
Based off of this, would anyone have a guess as to how long were gonna have to wait for the next game?
Based off of this, would anyone have a guess as to how long were gonna have to wait for the next game?
There's not much of a correlation between the two. I suppose it could delay the next game a bit if S-E requests they make a lot of DLC to meet the demand though. But it selling well won't really make the next game happen faster really. In general they don't delay much between starting work on the next kh games.
They're so gonna put more focus on this franchise going forward. It's time for Disney to wake up and see the goldmine they have with those sales numbers especially.
I think you'd be shocked if you knew how much Disney likes Kingdom Hearts and how difficult it is for them to do whatever they want with the property.
Lol, people were so paranoid that no one would buy this one because of the reputation xD There you go!
nearly double. FFXV's first week was about 2.6
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For real, I hope this means more KH3 content. I don't usually beg for DLC stuff but Riku's stuff is begging to be made into its own extended segment and there are so many QOL improvements to be made and like more enemies, Keyblades, Links, Attractions, implement Wardrobe into KH3 for the Vine, more costumes in general, more bosses, Critical Mode, more cutscenes, Boss Portals, a function for Gummi Ship Blueprint sharing, and like...so much stuff...
Give it all please, it's only been a week and we are all thirsty for more again haha
100% agreed. Not to mention, our two new Keybladers could use some extension as well. That'd be so perfect.
Based off of this, would anyone have a guess as to how long were gonna have to wait for the next game?
Probably not as long, a year at most. E3 2020.
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[FONT=Roboto]Square Enix [/FONT]
announced almost immediately[FONT=Roboto]that the day one shipments, including digital downloads, were over five million copies, marking the fastest selling[/FONT]
Final Fantasy[FONT=Roboto] game ever at its debut. “
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ah my bad. google was saying 2.6
ah my bad. google was saying 2.6
Those were probably the retail sales, which is actually a more accurate figure as to how many consumers are buying it. Just shipping x number of copies doesn’t necessarily mean that many people are buying the game. I’m curious to know what the retail numbers are for KH3 in comparison to FFXV.
Those were probably the retail sales, which is actually a more accurate figure as to how many consumers are buying it. Just shipping x number of copies doesn’t necessarily mean that many people are buying the game. I’m curious to know what the retail numbers are for KH3 in comparison to FFXV.
That’s exactly it but comparing one game’s retail sold through copies to another game’s shipped copies is flawed, especially when we have shipped numbers for the first game.
The games are both successful and I’m proud for both development teams. I hope Square Enix is proud of the results and use this boost to their advantage.
I think you'd be shocked if you knew how much Disney likes Kingdom Hearts and how difficult it is for them to do whatever they want with the property.
They own the franchise and it's original characters. If they wanted to they could greenlight a series to their Disney + streaming service immediately. The only thing they'd need of Nomura's permission is FF characters.
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[FONT=Roboto]Square Enix [/FONT]
announced almost immediately[FONT=Roboto]that the day one shipments, including digital downloads, were over five million copies, marking the fastest selling[/FONT]
Final Fantasy[FONT=Roboto] game ever at its debut. “
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Just to say, KH3 still beat it, by a couple thousand. But it still is the most successful launch for SE in a long time.
Just to say, KH3 still beat it, by a couple thousand. But it still is the most successful launch for SE in a long time.
Yeah, but you have to remember FFXV’s press release came in after a day and KH3’s came in after a week. Both are still excellent, I only posted that because the 2.6 million wasn’t accurate to the shipped numbers that were being compared to with KH3.
Weekly Jewels Extravaganza still going to cost $14.99 tho
name a more compelling redemption arc than Osaka Team making the best selling KH game
This is absolutely colosally terrific! This means without a doubt MORE KH after this YES!
I definitely expected it to outsell Kingdom Hearts II, but to outsell Kingdom Hearts this early is mindblowing.
The Disney world reveal marketing was genius, though the final trailers could have been omitted to add to the surprise factor.
Square Enix have to have something prepared for D23 2019 in response to this success.
What does “the game has shipped 5 million copies†mean? Are these the exact sales or what is it?
What does “the game has shipped 5 million copies†mean? Are these the exact sales or what is it?
5 million copies have been shipped to distributors around the world. It doesn’t mean 5 million have been sold but that the demand was high enough for 5 million to be printed and sent out.
I'm glad of this, now please just give the game more story and original worlds, and please no more handhelds T.T
Weekly Jewels Extravaganza still going to cost $14.99 tho
I see only truth here.
KH3: 5 million in its first week.
RE2 Remake: 3 million in its first week.
And people said this wouldn’t sell because of leaks.
And imagine if even Disney market it more actively *gasp*
Just to say, KH3 still beat it, by a couple thousand. But it still is the most successful launch for SE in a long time.
Source for that?
XV numbers are still more impressive, XV made those numbers during its first day, at the end of november (entering on the dead month that's December) and after the judgernaut that's Call of Duty (Infinite Warfare for that year) released days prior.
Okay, I know I did it myself and I also find any situation to critique XV as I hate the game (Narrator: She’s clocked 120 hours and plays it frequently during her downtime) but perhaps we should cease the talk. We should be celebrating KH3’s highly successful launch rather than comparing it to XV’s successful launch.
Both launches are impressive.
It’ll be interesting to find out sell-through numbers if they release them.
I hope we get official numbers actually sold soon. Where can we find sales info. about KH1 and KH2 anyway?
I hope we get official numbers actually sold soon. Where can we find sales info. about KH1 and KH2 anyway?
VGChartz, but it isn't very reliable.
For real, I hope this means more KH3 content. I don't usually beg for DLC stuff but Riku's stuff is begging to be made into its own extended segment and there are so many QOL improvements to be made and like more enemies, Keyblades, Links, Attractions, implement Wardrobe into KH3 for the Vine, more costumes in general, more bosses, Critical Mode, more cutscenes, Boss Portals, a function for Gummi Ship Blueprint sharing, and like...so much stuff...
Give it all please, it's only been a week and we are all thirsty for more again haha
Yes please, yes please, yes please!
This game is great and I want more lol
This is amazing news and hopefully confirms development of KH3 Final Mix DLC
I... Feel Bazztek's presence... So... Cold...
Nomura got that big dick energy rn
Good good, now give me DLC with new secret bosses.
Good good, now give me DLC with new secret bosses.
Osaka team are on a break, unless another business division is being trained on how to programme the game, we're not going to see any substantial expansions for a while.
Yeah I wouldn’t expect any DLC right now unless they had a roadmap planned before they ended development last year. At best they have a skeleton crew that is available for debugging and patch development.
But once they come back from vacation...hooo boy
One thing I missed from some of the other games was being able to revisit the worlds for more story. Forget new worlds, I'd like to see expansions to the current ones (being able to visit the Coliseum in Olympus again, more areas to the Hundred Acre Wood/Twilight Town, etc.).
Yeah I wouldn’t expect any DLC right now unless they had a roadmap planned before they ended development last year. At best they have a skeleton crew that is available for debugging and patch development.
But once they come back from vacation...hooo boy
Are they on vacation as part of launch celebration? If so, any idea of how long that typically lasts? Japan has such a grueling work culture that I can't imagine them being gone for more than a month at most; more realistically, only a week or two.
I remember reading a comment on GameFAQs saying "KH3 will barely reach 3 million copies and they will reconsider making another saga" I wonder what that guy thinks now?
In what reality would barely reaching 3m units sold even be bad?
Are they on vacation as part of launch celebration? If so, any idea of how long that typically lasts? Japan has such a grueling work culture that I can't imagine them being gone for more than a month at most; more realistically, only a week or two.
I think it lasts about three weeks? Work culture might be grueling but it took SE a lot of time and a lot of hiring events to get the staff they had for KH3. I can’t say too much about it, but I do know they will do what they can to keep that staff around.
In what reality would barely reaching 3m units sold even be bad?
I think it lasts about three weeks? Work culture might be grueling but it took SE a lot of time and a lot of hiring events to get the staff they had for KH3. I can’t say too much about it, but I do know they will do what they can to keep that staff around.
That’s good to hear. About the keeping the staff, kinda wish their vacation was a little longer knowing the amount of work they put in, but yeah, the work culture there is a bit more intense. Either way, seriously looking forward to what they have to bring next!
In what reality would barely reaching 3m units sold even be bad?
In Square Enix's reality? Tomb Raider selling 6+ million units did not impress SE.
In Square Enix's reality? Tomb Raider selling 6+ million units did not impress SE.
They were mismanaged back then with absolutely impossible to reach expectations. They would have learned to not expect such outrageous numbers...hopefully.
They were mismanaged back then with absolutely impossible to reach expectations. They would have learned to not expect such outrageous numbers...hopefully.
Square Enix are well beyond the Yoichi Wada years but, in all honesty, they still have a bit to learn.
Square Enix are well beyond the Yoichi Wada years but, in all honesty, they still have a bit to learn.
It's not like Yosuke Mitsuda is any better. He requested Hitman and IO Interactive to be sold off because it was "no longer profitable". He also ignores the fact that Taito has a slew of intellectual properties that can be utilised for todays console market but ignores the subsidiary company in favour of them just being a Japanese arcade brand, and poorly mismanaged Tokyo RPG Factory.
For as bad as Yoichi Wada was, his acquisitions of Taito and Eidos was able to diversify Square Enix as a gaming company, yet Yosuke Mitsuda is backpeddaling on both these subsidiaries potential just because their domestic gaming division is going through schedule shambles.
It's not like Yosuke Mitsuda is any better. He requested Hitman and IO Interactive to be sold off because it was "no longer profitable". He also ignores the fact that Taito has a slew of intellectual properties that can be utilised for todays console market but ignores the subsidiary company in favour of them just being a Japanese arcade brand, and poorly mismanaged Tokyo RPG Factory.
For as bad as Yoichi Wada was, his acquisitions of Taito and Eidos was able to diversify Square Enix as a gaming company, yet Yosuke Mitsuda is backpeddaling on both these subsidiaries potential just because their domestic gaming division is going through schedule shambles.
This is why Hironobu Sakaguchi and the other FINAL FANTASY bigwigs that left Square Enix were perfect executives: because they were artists and developers that understood how administrative decisions affected their end work. Both Wada and Mitsuda are profit driven. Square needs to add more developers into its executive positions.
But up until now, KINGDOM HEARTS is in a sort of haven where SQuare doesn't meddle that much, which may be thanks to Disney.
They dont meddle with kingdom hearts eh? So Kingdom hearts is keeping the world order....Donalds magic at it again behind the scenes?
Nomura got that big dick energy rn
Dude's been probably had that type of energy since around July last year once they knew the end was in sight, and had to jump to the FFVII Remake.
This is why Hironobu Sakaguchi and the other FINAL FANTASY bigwigs that left Square Enix were perfect executives: because they were artists and developers that understood how administrative decisions affected their end work. Both Wada and Mitsuda are profit driven. Square needs to add more developers into its executive positions.
But up until now, KINGDOM HEARTS is in a sort of haven where SQuare doesn't meddle that much, which may be thanks to Disney.
Business and art, it's one hell of a balance... I can speak from experience. I'll say this though, I agree. When you've got people in charge that care about the art, you usually see more higher quality products coming out as a result. People want things that are GOOD, obviously. Gimmicky stuff only really works if it makes sense to the consumer and if it's... good lmao. So when phone games come out and die around three weeks later, that's why. Pokemon Go, on the other hand, was a summer phenomenon and people still play that game. Trust, if Square were to follow your suggestion and put say, Nomura in an executive position.... Well first off we'd be getting Versus XIII in a fort night most definitely LOL, but I bet we'd also be getting a lot more passion projects getting approved as well.
The drawbacks though are of course, focusing on the art too much and not considering creating products that are things that people actually wanna buy. Sometimes you need people to say no, some ideas don't work in practicality. So yeah, balance lol. But I wish they did though.
Dude's been probably had that type of energy since around July last year once they knew the end was in sight, and had to jump to the FFVII Remake.
Business and art, it's one hell of a balance... I can speak from experience. I'll say this though, I agree. When you've got people in charge that care about the art, you usually see more higher quality products coming out as a result. People want things that are GOOD, obviously. Gimmicky stuff only really works if it makes sense to the consumer and if it's... good lmao. So when phone games come out and die around three weeks later, that's why. Pokemon Go, on the other hand, was a summer phenomenon and people still play that game. Trust, if Square were to follow your suggestion and put say, Nomura in an executive position.... Well first off we'd be getting Versus XIII in a fort night most definitely LOL, but I bet we'd also be getting a lot more passion projects getting approved as well.
The drawbacks though are of course, focusing on the art too much and not considering creating products that are things that people actually wanna buy. Sometimes you need people to say no, some ideas don't work in practicality. So yeah, balance lol. But I wish they did though.
I pretty much concur with the entirety of your post.
Like I've said before, Nomura as a director has to make sacrifices, and I imagine the lack of scope in terms of the original worlds is one. I presume he had to make that sacrifice in order to prioritize the Disney and Pixar properties being unique experiences and movies all in themselves.
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