In his “Financial Results Summary”, Square Enix’s Yosuke Matsuda confirmed that abandoned sales “have been poor”. Following the poor critical reception and developer Luminous Productions’ merger with Square Enix, it’s natural to wonder if the game sold poorly.
Square Enix confirms Forspoken sales figures “have been lackluster”
Although its financial report begins by focusing on an overview of the first through third quarters, commentary on the recently released Forspoken appears on page 6 (via the RPG site).
The relevant section details “difficult” reviews, “lackluster” sales and how Square Enix now sees “considerable downside risk to (its) fiscal 2023/3 earnings”.
En el lado más positivo, Matsuda señala que “el también juego ha recibido positivos sobre sus características de acción, incluidas sus abilities de parkour y combate, por lo que ha arrojado resultados que conducirán a la plus de nuestras abilities de déarrollo de otros juegos in the future. ”
When asked what kind of impact poor Forspoken sales would have on long-term numbers, Matsuda noted that he couldn’t answer the question with an exact number, “partly because the stock comes to come out and partly because the response will depend on how sales will be once (Square Enix has) launched some of the next promotional initiatives.