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Final Fantasy XVI Japan Sales Drop Second Week After Launch
- Square Enix grappling with weak momentum on flagship franchise
- Initial sales also lagged past iterations of long-running game
Final Fantasy XVI on sale in central Tokyo on June 22.
Photographer: Richard A. Brooks/AFP/Getty Images
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Sales of Square Enix Holdings Co.’s new Final Fantasy game tumbled during the second week after its release, a sign of continued weak momentum in the video game publisher’s biggest titles.
Final Fantasy XVI’s mainstay Japan sales fell almost 90% to 37,763 copies during the week to July 2, video game tracker Famitsu estimates showed Thursday. The figure does not include digital downloads.