Take a look at this full gallery of 15 Kingdom Hearts game logos so far and let its bursts of colour make you question whether Square-Enix are milking the franchise or not.
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.
There's only one per platform save for the DS and PS2. How's it being milked when compared to Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty?
Well considering it's been out for nearly 11 years and has around seven main titles with the others being remakes, final mixs or mobile/ browser games. It's not that bad compared to other game series.
But the story is getting confusing. I just really hope KH3 is the next KH game with it coming out before the end of 2014.
Also hoping KH 1.5 HD remix gets a release date for NA/ PAL regions. ( We all know it's coming Square-Enix)
All they needed to make was KH3, but no. They screwed the story with spinoffs and lore and totally disconnected the people that didn't have the platforms to play them.
Is the franchise being milked?
Considering what was supposed to be a trilogy has amassed fifteen different logos before the third game, I'm gonna hazard a guess and say, "Yes. Obviously. A blind man with his eyes gouged out and his face buried in a block of cement in the Marianas trench could see as much."
Did they really miss an opportunity name a game Re:birth By Sleep ?
But we have Re:chain and Re:coded ?