Final Fantasy 7 Remake appears to have taken to Nintendo’s sales charts not unlike Avalanche to a Mako Reactor when it struck Switch 2. And Xbox Series X|S, yes; I’m going to go out on a limb and speculate that Nintendo’s hardware got the lion’s share of the split with these late ports, but don’t get me wrong. If you bought it on Xbox, you’re in for a great time, too.
Not only did it hit second place on Switch 2 and seventh on Xbox, but the game managed to snag ninth place overall, for U.S. sales in January 2026. That’s a tremendous achievement for a nearly six-year-old game in a famously frontloaded genre and proof that Square Enix can still pull pretty decent numbers for the AAA sphere—I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a ten-million announcement for this first chapter in the Remake trilogy by year’s end.
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Circana’s prolific Mat Piscatela broke down the results in his customary string of charts, beginning with the big one: the overall top 20. In fact, Remake leaped from 225th place to 9th in January courtesy of this fine pair of ports, per Circana’s own data points. On the Nintendo side, Remake fared better than everything but Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Of course, that game was in its third month on the market, but a.) it’s literally Pokemon; b.) the charts are revenue-based, which gives Game Freak’s return to Kalos a $30 leg up on Square’s return to Midgar. (FF7 Remake retails for $39.99 USD; Pokemon Legends for $69.99 on Switch 2 and $59.99 on Switch).
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The Nintendo ranking puts Cloud Strife’s band of freedom fighters (well, technically Barret Wallace’s, but I digress) above Donkey Kong Bananza, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Metroid Prime 4, and more. On the Xbox front, where it’s harder to get a bead on exact performance, Remake still came in at the fitting 7th place finish beneath a bunch of sports games, Minecraft, Battlefield 6, and Black Ops 7. I don’t recall Final Fantasy 16 charting nearly so well when it got its own, less late, Xbox port last year, which is a bit of a shame. That game’s good, too, darn it.
The real test will arguably come from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which hits these consoles on June 3. The sequel infamously launched far lower than its predecessor, but trilogy co-director Naoki Hamaguchi has been vocal about its sustained success in the nearly two years since the GOTY-nominated epic launched back in 2024.
There’s firm reason to believe that Rebirth has fared relatively well on PC, and Hamaguchi claims its sales have picked up nicely on both PC and the original PS5 iteration, but will a bunch of first-time Remake trilogy purchasers feel like they got their fill with Part 1? Hard to say. It’s a much more recent port, and arguably one fueled by greater fandom hype despite the diminished overall sales, so it could end up charting all the better.
Time will tell, Cloud. Either way, Square Enix is probably pretty happy right now.
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