Revision blamed on slower than expected sales of a ”major HD” game and other factors.
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."
Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.
HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.
It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.
What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.
Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.
I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence
can you please give some of us who don't know anything about this, a summary of what happened?
Balan was knowingly rushed out by S-E, it had an extremely short dev cycle and was fairly low budget.
Naka was the game's director until near the end when he was fired or perhaps he quit, I forgot.
@Chocoburger Yeah they did fire and replace him which caused him to unload a bunch of rants about the company. The project only existed because of Naka in the first place, he convinced Square to give him one shot at making a platformer. They gave him an opportunity but pulled the rug out before he was done for reasons not explained.
The top producer of Square Enix flagship Dragon Quest franchise is stepping down from the role, following delays in developing the next installment of the popular series.
Please o please don't turn dragon quest into final fantasy square enix we dont wont that. Dragon quest works well just as it I. Plus you'll piss off Japanese fans to.
Hopefully they don’t. From this it doesn’t sound like that is the case and development is just taking too long.
This is the reason that I believe that Final Fantasy Versus 13, and future Square releases will be multiplat offerings. Square is in a critical stage financially and can not afford to release a game of that caliber on a single platform. I expect to see FFV13 released on the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system along with the PS3. I also expect the same fate for future Square releases from 2013 and beyond. War has changed.
Square Enix was once an amazing gaming studio that heavily contributed to the forward progression of gaming. Met with positive sales, and mass profits for their hard work. In this day and age they have fallen from grace. Here is hopes that they return to the Square that we once believed in from the 1990s. Back when they delivered the type of gaming experience that the people deserved.
Rated E For Everyone
Poor Sleeping Dogs...
I really, really hate the industry right now. If a game doesn't sell 4 million in its first month out it's considered a failure.
Franchises, brands and IP are held hostage where gamers are FORCED to pay up front the $60 when the game is brand new or see the series die because it wasn't moving "Call of Duty" type sales.
I used to like being able to go out and buy a game when I had the money and when I felt like buying the game, not forced to buy it or else the dev studio closes and gamers are blamed for being pirates.
Ugh, it's so sickening. I think it is time for an industry crash in the mainstream sector. We need to weed out this poor mentality of game design, it's anything but fun.
Sleeping DOgs isnt the reason SE is in a slump. If anything thats the ONLY game thats helped them. Cause it damn sure isnt FFXIII.