Editing Final Fantasy IV (section)

===Sales===
Upon release in Japan, ''Final Fantasy IV'' sold about {{formatnum:{{#expr:900000/4.5}}|}} cartridges on its first day, about {{nowrap|4.5 times}} less than what ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' sold on its first day a year later, no doubt because audiences were hoping for more of the same.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Oki |first1=Masaki |last2=Haynes |first2=Rik |title=Big in Japan |magazine=Nintendo Game Zone |date=20 January 1993 |issue=4 (February 1993) |pages=7–8 |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-game-zone-04/page/n6}}</ref> The Super Famicom version of ''Final Fantasy IV'' went on to sell {{nowrap|1.44 million}} copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan Platinum Chart Games |publisher=The Magic Box |year=2006 |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml |access-date=March 2, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017061224/http://the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml |archive-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref>

The PlayStation version sold an additional 261,000 copies in Japan in 1997.<ref name="EBsales">{{Cite book|title=Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 1998 |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |year=1998 |location=Tokyo |language=ja |script-title=ja:ファミ通ゲーム白書1998 |trans-title=Famitsu Game Whitebook 1998 |chapter=1997年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP100 |trans-chapter=1997 Game Software Annual Sales Top 100 |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/1997_ne_fa/index.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628204000/http://geimin.net/da/db/1997_ne_fa/index.php |archive-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> By March 2003, the game, including the PlayStation and WonderSwan Color remakes, had shipped 2.16 million copies worldwide, with 1.82 million of those copies being shipped in Japan and 340,000 abroad.<ref name="2003sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf#page=27 |title=Titles of game software with worldwide shipments exceeding 1 million copies |date=February 9, 2004 |access-date=March 1, 2008 |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |page=27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109063558/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> The Game Boy Advance version of the game sold over 219,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2006.<ref name="EBsales2">{{Cite book|title=Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 2007 |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-4-7577-3577-4 |location=Tokyo |page=387 |id={{JPNO|21240454}} |language=ja |script-title=ja:ファミ通ゲーム白書2007 |trans-title=Famitsu Game Whitebook 2007 |chapter=2006年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP500 |trans-chapter=2006 Game Software Annual Sales Top 500 |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2006_ne_fa/index.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626214525/http://geimin.net/da/db/2006_ne_fa/index.php |archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> As of 2007, just before the release of the Nintendo DS version, nearly 3 million copies of the game had been sold around the world.<ref name="FFIVGametrailers">{{cite AV media |author=[[GameTrailers]] |date=May 17, 2016 |orig-year=July 30, 2007 |title=Final Fantasy Retrospective - Part 3 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8eIF06uBis |website=[[YouTube]] |url-status=live |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226222749/http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22905.html |access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> By May 2009, the DS version of the game had sold 1.1 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results Briefing: Fiscal Year ended May 31, 2009 |date=May 19, 2009 |url=http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/pdf/news/20090525_01en.pdf#8 |work=Square-Enix.com |access-date=July 21, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912080046/http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/pdf/news/20090525_01en.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref> According to [[Steam Spy]], another 190,000 copies of the PC version were sold by April 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Fantasy IV |url=https://steamspy.com/app/312750 |website=[[Steam Spy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411231212/https://steamspy.com/app/312750 |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>

In addition, ''Final Fantasy Collection'', which includes ''Final Fantasy IV'', sold over 400,000 copies in 1999. This makes it the 31st best selling release of that year in Japan.<ref name="magicbox">{{cite web|title=1999 Top 100 Best Selling Japanese Console Games |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell1999.shtml |work=The Magic Box |access-date=August 16, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215082832/http://the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell1999.shtml |archive-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref>