Hooray for more Final Fantasy 7 crap.
Boo if a Tactics remake/remaster is among the casualties.
I mean who the fuck asked for FoamstarsTo be fair, no one asked for Splatoon, either.
I'm gonna be so fucking pissed if DQ3-HD was cancelled. I've been waiting forever for that game!Same :(
Just give us a new Nier.They just took one away from us nearly 8 hours ago, too...
Wait watMobile game NieR Re[in]carnation shutdown. Story is linked to the rest of the series and honestly really good.
Making FF16 and FF7RB exclusive to PS5 is pure stupidity.SE is next level stupid sometimes. They were still talking going all in on NFTs long after they had already failed miserably.
I'm gonna be so fucking pissed if DQ3-HD was cancelled. I've been waiting forever for that game!
Considering that Dragon Quest is like THE RPG franchise in Japan, it would be crazy for them to cancel the one thing that will arguably help them make more money.
Considering that Dragon Quest is like THE RPG franchise in Japan, it would be crazy for them to cancel the one thing that will arguably help them make more money.Japanese market for video games isnt that large. Third largest in the world but only 16 percent of the global market as of 2021. Being big there and nowhere else isnt an achievement.
SE is next level stupid sometimes. They were still talking going all in on NFTs long after they had already failed miserably.
Soooo exclusively FF and DQ titles from now on...and mostly low budget spinoffs.Don't forget Kingdom Hearts . Despite having to split the profits with Disney in order to be allowed to make the series, it's still a top-selling franchise for Square-Enix, and is likely more profitable for the company than Dragon Quest (which pretty much was only big in Japan until very recently, whereas Kingdom Hearts has always been popular worldwide, owing to how big Disney is).
Wonder what games were cancelled.
They litetally sold Eidos Montreal for NFT after the guardian of the galaxy game did well. It just didn't do well enough for them. I feel like SE wanna reach GTA numbers, but the thing is, games like gta and CoD do pander to casuals who only play 3 games so while the sales are great, a lot of people who buy those games will have a small collection libraryI remember they called tomb raider a mild disappointment when it had something like 7 million in sales. They keep chasing that cod and fortnite money.
I remember they called tomb raider a mild disappointment when it had something like 7 million in sales. They keep chasing that cod and fortnite money.
Japanese market for video games isnt that large. Third largest in the world but only 16 percent of the global market as of 2021. Being big there and nowhere else isnt an achievement.Unless I'm misunderstanding something here, I feel like this would be more of a reason to NOT cancel an entry of a region's most popular video game franchise.
https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology-media-and-telecom/market-size-of-video-gaming-in-japan/
Unless I'm misunderstanding something here, I feel like this would be more of a reason to NOT cancel an entry of a region's most popular video game franchise.
Canceling DQ would be the dumbest decision they could do tbh
Canceling DQ would be the dumbest decision they could do tbhEnix bought Square, not the other way around. It's an institution in Japan, and there is zero chance that's happening.
I was kinda hoping for a bahamut lagoon hd 2d remaster even though I barely know anybody who played that game.That game is so fucking good. Itll never happen though.
Their remakes/remasters of older titles were regularly performing better then expected, and large releases usually the opposite. I think any remasters are at least relatively safe, as long as they were actually in dev and not just speculation/an obscure old title.
I mean Final Fantasy 7 and X were well known to be system sellers. They were both in the top 5 most popular games of their eras. I don't think a lot of people bought a ps5 just for FF16. That's kinda the risk when you change the litetal face of a genre. Mario explored tons of different genres of games, but the mainline games are still platformersI think the problem is SE is stuck in the mindset that turn based is just a party lined up hitting the attack/magic/item button all day when it evolved past that a long time ago.
There's also the fact that BG3 was very popular and Infinite wealth and persona as well.
BG3 and Infinite wealth showed you can innovate the turn based systems by adding a lot of aoe that is more complex than "one or all ennemies"(which used to be done by chrono trigger, but whatever). Mobility adds a lot depth to those games system as well. People would probably enjoy a FF that innovates on the classic formula
I think the problem is SE is stuck in the mindset that turn based is just a party lined up hitting the attack/magic/item button all day when it evolved past that a long time ago.Thats one problem, but the bigger one is that SE only wants to make AAAA tech demos with Hollywood blockbuster budgets, then they make the shocked Pikachu face when they dont sell gangbusters like SE expects in their out of touch delusion.
I actually liked FF16, think it was the first graphical performance that made me even slightly impressed with the PS5 generation and the gameplay was fun to boot(the MMO side quests I could live without though).
To be fair, no one asked for Splatoon, either.*splatoon fans when they walk into this thread*
Thats one problem, but the bigger one is that SE only wants to make AAAA tech demos with Hollywood blockbuster budgets, then they make the shocked Pikachu face when they dont sell gangbusters like SE expects in their out of touch delusion.I forget they've been chasing the movie style Megabucks since The Spirits Within. I think they still think they're one of the big guns in the gaming world these days, when I think sales wise they're more on par with/a little ahead of Atlus, lately.
Don't get me wrong, Square has released a bunch of garbage over the course of a few years that looked like they cost a lot to make and then flopped hard. Look at things like Valkyrie Elysium, Harvestella, and Forspoken. At the same time, it feels like they're not being forthcoming about how successful large releases are (FFXVI and Remake/Rebirth) or how successful mid budget stuff in a more classic style is (Octopath 2, Bravely Default 2, Live A Live remake). It's tough to feel like they're really being successful, so some less reliable investments being cut is no surprise, but the direction they're looking to take is very unclear.Theyre publicly traded. You can just look up their quarterly reports or end of the year and do simple timelines. Theyre still reporting multibillion USD gross though, if there was any doubt.
I don't get the warm fuzzies considering their direction lately. Last I heard, they hadn't dropped their desire to pursue NFTs, for example. And they love their mobile gacha garbage. I have zero confidence that this will turn out well.
At this point it feels like Square Enix is largely propped up by FFXIV and Sony's desperation for exclusives.
please Square, I just want a new Valkyrie Profile and not some shitty action spinoffThe VP and SO IPs are owned and developed by Tri-Ace, with SE just publishing them. Im honestly not sure why Elysium was developed by a different studio, but I do know Tri-Ace helps SE do dev work and not the other way around; so its unlikely anything they want to make would be refused for publishing.