Yesterday, we reported on Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles' impressive sales milestone, and the somewhat intriguing comment made by director Kazutoyo Maehiro on the matter. A million copies in just a few months is nothing to scoff at for a modern remaster of a decades-old title which, while it bears the name of a major franchise, belongs to a subgenre that's seldom lit the financial world aflame.
It was promising stuff, hinting at the strong possibility that Square Enix themselves are presumably pleased. This is important for those of us who are hoping that Maehiro gets his wish with an eventual sequel. Now, the director's thoughts have been compounded by an excellent little analysis from none other than Final Fantasy Tactics' original creator, the supremely talented Yasumi Matsuno, who contributed to the 2025 revisit and seriously underestimated The Ivalice Chronicles' commercial mileage.
"With the premise that this is purely my personal opinion and not the view of SQEX company," wrote Matsuno on Twitter, "let me talk seriously about [the sales figures]. Remasters and remakes generally do not exceed the sales figures of the original version in principle (the original version sold about 2.5 million copies worldwide). The sales...
