Final Fantasy's Pixel Remaster Series Has Now Sold Three Million Copies

It's almost like Square shouldn't have waited like 2 years to make them available on other platforms besides mobile and PC. I've never even played Final Fantasy, and I knew that was stupid. Hope to change that before long though.

3 million and 1...if they'd release another round of physical copies. Just sayin'.

(Yes, I know, PlayAsia)

@TheBoilerman here in nyc plenty of independent video games stores sell the physical versions you do not have to go to play asia..

@johnedwin Not everyone lives in New York City...

I bought IV myself. Going to grab V next.

@Not_Soos So far I’ve only bought the Pixel Remasters for 1 and 6, so I can’t speak for the others. The version of FFI is pretty nice! It doesn’t have the content added to the GBA and PSP versions, but it’s solid.

The Pixel Remaster of FFVI is a mess. They spent a lot of time on new sprites and the new soundtrack is phenomenal, but they skimped badly in the programming. For one thing, the framerate is out of sync with the movement of characters, so everything is constantly stuttering. The cutscenes are strangely paced. I could go on.

The long and short of it is: the original FFVI is like a complex watch. Music, animations, and dialog are all perfectly orchestrated together. Unfortunately the Pixel Remaster is like a poor, superficial copy. I recommend the SNES version, ideally with a retranslation and bug fix patch.

How about a reprint then because that couple cartridges was absolutely impossible to come by about 3 minutes after release.

I don't think the twenty or so physical copies they made are much of a contributing factor either way.

If the physical wasn't so expensive I might of jumped on this, but it just wasnt worth it for games I probably wouldnt play

@Bunkerneath yeah, same here. I am a physical buyer so looked at PlayAsia a few times but once they hit you with tax I thought … nah.

Have these titles ever been on sale individually? I know Square titles are often for cheaps on eShop fairly regularly. I’d pick up FFVI and get somewhere with it, unlike my failed attempts on SNES mini and iOS.

I have the physical version of the Pixel Remasters and as a collector’s piece it’s really nice. The remasters really do look great on the OLED Switch and the remastered soundtracks are universally excellent.

One thing that really, really irks me though is that I have six FF icons for all of the different games. They’re pretty uniform, which is nice, but would it really have been so much more effort to have a menu on the cart on startup to choose which FF you wanted to play? It makes the collection feel like a ROM dump rather than a premium celebration of old FF games. I’m aware that it’s a total nitpick, but it cheapens it a little for me.

@LastFootnote No need for a retranslation, the Woolsey was and remains absolutely fine. It’s accurate and far more elegantly worded than the later translation or various attempts at fan translations I’ve seen (Cyan’s last letter to the Maranda girl being one very good example, the guy who laments the world changing in Jidoor another - so many examples.)

I like the Pixel Remasters a lot but VI is one that I still think the original is still preferable (IV too.) The technical issues are a shame, they really shouldn’t be like that.

They forgot to announce a special sale to celebrate the success

Now they need to do the same for Dragon Quest.

two of those are me.
Steam and Switch.
Might triple dip when the ps4 version goes on sale.

Would've sold a lot more too if they'd priced it sensibly and made a lot more physical copies available.

FF1 , 2 , 4 is not included what GBA or PSP ver we have no opening no secret ending , no extra dungeon

Do they count the physical version as 6 copies sold? That would be pretty funny.

@Mommar that's true. I live in New Donk City, myself.

@LastFootnote wow, I disagree. There is judder (or I don’t know what to call it with FF6 remaster) but I played it on my PS5 and an OLED screen and it was a little annoying and they should fix it but I would never go back to the old version that I have on my SNES classic.

Being able to turn off random battles and up EXP and MP alone made this game so much more enjoyable for me personally. The new soundtrack, trophies, artwork, and updated graphics are all pretty good bonuses too. I think the censorship was dumb so I guess I’d complain a little about that. I think overall the new version just takes what I remember from playing this beautiful game 25 years ago and modernizes it a bit and makes playing it more like I fondly remember.

@vyseofhr I see what you mean about the ROM dump, but I always prefer separate tiles for collections. That way I can see how long I've spent on each game, I can better see how many actual games I have, and I can group them separately if I want. Like my SNES online app is in several "folders" based on genre, but being able to specify Super Metroid for Metroidlikes and Earthbound for RPGs would be better.

With that said, I suppose I don't want individual titles for the 150 Atari game collection.

It was a cool collection but definitely not definitive. Mostly barebone games with little to no contents with cheats added, that was it. The fact that the physical versions were limited made it even worst. Still this collection had the quality that modern dev nowadays are trying to cheap on the core gamers.

It looks like with this collection Square Enix was trying to take the lazy mobile to console route similar to what Rockstar and Sega did with the GTA Trilogy and Sonic Origins collections and just port over the mobile versions as definitive when the quality are very poor compare to the olders games. With Rockstar and Sega they at least had other devs do it for them so they don't get the full blame but with this Square Enix did it themselves so they deserve all the blames.

Slightly baffling release given the context of other recent square titles getting a better revamp (live a live, whatever mana titles) and FFs popularity. GBA versions proved these look great handheld and this kind of looks like a lateral step from that, which unfortunately I don't have the taste for. Maybe I'll change my mind at some point

I bought the physical game from PlayAsia and then I also bought FFVI digitally on its own.

buying just one game at a cheap price counts as a sale so the 3 million number is exaggerated..

It's never enough for Square Enix. Waiting for them to reverse saying it is a success, and then say how disappointing these numbers are.

A physical version in regular stores would have worked, but they just wouldn't do it. Shame on them.

And this is despite them hobbling it by limiting the physical release and delaying the console ports.

I find the visuals of dragon quest 1-3 on switch to be really unappealing, I would LOVE a pixel remaster of those first 6 games

$75 is a bit much to pay for just six very retro titles (never mind the asinine which the physical goes for). I can patiently wait for a 40-50% off sale.

@Manguy888A Yeah that's cause those were lazy phone versions that Square Enix port to PC and Switch. Had they ported the Super Famicom or Wii versions it would had been fantastic. Also no a pixel remastered version of those will be terrible no matter what. You're literally asking them about replacing one phone version for another phone version. We don't need phone versions of games for Switch, we need proper exclusive console versions like the Final Fantasy III HD 2D remake.

@LastFootnote That bothered me so much. I thought it would be something I got used to later in the game. Nope! I still loved my play through of it though. Even with the mess it’s still my favorite FF game. Overall the collection is everything I wanted. Some of my favorite games ever (coming from an older gamer).

@TheBoilerman Join the rest of the world and get it digitally, it's usually cheaper and the myth of "ownership" is exactly the same regardless. If you're going to buy a game just to trade it in, don't buy a game. If it's just for a shelf display, we need to get over that attachment. Movies, music, books, etc have all gone to better options to save space, materials, etc.

@TheBoilerman
3 million and 2 if they didn't cost as much or more than Final Fantasy XVI, a AAA release.

@RobynAlecksys

The best Step would be DRM free like on Gog.
Music did it and they did not wen't down Hill.

Physical Copies are nowadays often worthless, as Day One Updates are often deeply necessary and also often there is not even the whole Game included on the Medium.

And i often see me to want physical Copies also for the Art on it.
So maybe a digital Picture Frame to change out what you like at the Moment would be a great Idea.

To the Topic:

The Soundtrack, the new Soundtrack makes the most Worth in a Purchase of the Games.
I passed the Rest of the Games until now, but Final Fantasy VI was a Blast and i was not disappointed with what they did in the Opera.

@RobynAlecksys
While I respect your opinions on the matter, I do not, nor will I, share in them. Have a nice day.