FINAL FANTASY XV

Final Fantasy XV hit the house in 2017-2018, and we were fascinated by the messiness of it all. This game had been in development hell since 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, got rebranded to XV in 2012, and finally released November 2016 after a decade of industry churn. By the time we picked it up, the dust was settling on a 10-million-copy seller. We spent 68 hours across two years watching the four-bros road trip RPG unfold. 427 peak viewers came for the story of Square Enix's complicated journey with this franchise. The game had issues—ambitious scope versus execution gaps—but there was something compelling about streaming the follow-up to a decade-long dev nightmare.

68 hours streamed over 2017-2018 with 427 peak viewers and 17,100 hours watched reflects steady interest in the franchise redemption angle. 255 average viewers stayed for the narrative complexity and combat system debates. Final Fantasy XV brought 10 million sales and all the baggage of Versus XIII's legacy. Our streams documented a game that nobody thought would ever ship, and then did.