Square Enix just announced its quarterly financial results related to the nine months ended on December 31st, showcasing a significant growth in sales and profit year on year.
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.
"Now, if only they announced a western release for Dragon Quest X, it’d brighten my day, but unfortunately we’ll have to wait longer for that, if it’ll ever happen."
I can live without DQX but DQXI MUST come outside of Japan. Its not fair they get to enjoy those games only :(
The Dragon Quest franchise has a slow localization process in comparison to Final Fantasy. It usually takes at least a year after its Japanese release for a mainline Dragon Quest game to reach western markets.
I really wonder if Square Enix is really all that satisfied with ROTR selling 1 million in two months when they were unsatisfied with TR 2013 selling 3.4 million in one month.
Tomb Raider is so darn good! I can't wait to play it more. Now, about Kingdom Hearts 3...when the heck do we get to play it?!?!?!
Tomb Raider has easily been my favorite game this year. A close second is Fallout 4.