With just over a day until Sony’s big PlayStation Meeting which has the industry on super hype mode, news has surfaced that Square Enix technical director Yoshihisa Hashimoto has embarked on a trip from Japan to JFK airport.
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.
I am looking forward to this.
I wonder if FF XIV will be moved to the PS4. The are so late with it it might die off very quick.
I hope FF V XIII will finally make an appearence or even FFXV.
Please be Final Fantasy Versus.
The curtain rises, Watson. Nobody can stop this hansom.
Just Cause 3.
Whatever it is, tomorrow's announcement can't come soon enough. If rumours be true, the PS4 will have a beefier amount of power than it's blatant competitor, the next XBOX. Whatever happens tomorrow, I'll stay with my PS3 for at least 2 more years. I still need to play a few HD trilogies, both Fallout games, upcoming games (GTA V, TLOU and DaS 2 etc...), Silent Hill: Downpour and much more. Although some of those games will give a temporary fix, longer ones such as both Fallout games should last me a long time.
In retrospective, this generation has been great for Sony regardless of their initial bumpy start. What began with MGS4 and Littlebigplanet, this generation has done Playstation well with the Uncharted trilogy and many more.
Let's hope that the next gen succeeds this generation well and doesn't repeat mistakes we've seen devs make during the course of this generation (EG: Skyrim's "state", poor ports, yearly releases and downright cruel DLC tactics).
Long Live Play,
bring on the PS4.
If it aint for ff versus i hope your plane crashes lol just kidding. effin hurry up & show sum new footage atleast.