Forspoken fik, måske som forventet, lidt hårde ord med på vejen mange steder fra, og det ledte delvist til skuffende salg tilbage i januar. Det har dog lige taget udgiver Square Enix noget tid at samle sig, men nu kommenterer de også på spillets præstation.
For nylig fremlagde de finansresultater (via VGC) og her siger snart tidligere præsident Yosuka Matsuda, at salget var "lacklustre" efter "challenging" anmeldelser.
"However, the game has also received positive feedback on its action features, including its parkour and combat capabilities, so it has yielded results that will lead to improvement of our development capabilities of other games in the future," he told investors. That said, its sales have been lacklustre, and while the performance of new titles with February and March release dates will be the ultimate determinant, we see considerable downside risk to our FY2023/3 earnings."
Square Enix har vist brug for at Final Fantasy XVI bliver et hit.