Not even Clive's heaving pecs could help Final Fantasy 16 sales reach Square Enix's lofty goals

Despite previous comments, it now seems that Final Fantasy 16 didn't actually hit Square Enix's high expectations. Square Enix shared its latest earnings report last week, Bloomberg reported (paywalled, thanks Eurogamer), where it shared that net sales had increased, but operating profit had dropped by 79 percent. President Takashi Kiryu spoke with analysts during a post-earnings call, where he said that the high end of the company's expectations for the game weren't met, with the supposed slow ...