FORTUNE -- Even though Square Enix now owns storied franchises like Tomb Raider, Thief, and Deus Ex; it's the sci-fi, fantasy role-playing game Final Fantasy that has sold more than 100 million units and has connected with players around the globe. The game publisher has just released Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster soon will be released for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita (March 18), and the first next-gen title, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, launches April 14 on PlayStation 4.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."
What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.
It should have ended sometime ago. But Square-Enix will not give up, as long as theres people buying this damn poor franchise that FF became today. I wonder how much hype people get when SE announces a new FF saying that it's gonna be the best in the series bla bla bla. Oh boy, I miss Square (without the Enix) so much.
It's lasted this long so it will probably keep going as long as gaming is around.
The REAL games already ended after the PS1. Now they don't know what they're doing with the games anymore (especially when it comes to the battle system). When they actually get to making a FF game like the days of PS1 and before THEN I will start playing them again. I don't care about any of the PS2 corridor FF games, MMOs, and real-time battles. I also don't care about their future FF hallway games + spinoffs nor do I care for their Kingdom Hearts Versus 13 game + inevitable spinoffs that they'll milk until the following gen.
You won`t find a studio that creates better human-like characters than Square Enix.
Just look at the lifeless robotic characters western studios creates.