Can Square-Enix Turn It Around This Generation?

OnlySP: Square Enix has declined to bring Final Fantasy XV or Kingdom Hearts III to E3 this year. That isn’t a huge surprise since there is little evidence that either of these games are going as well as the developer says (year after year after year in the case of the former). Also if there is anything to show Square-Enix might wish to do so at the Tokyo Game Show instead.

[weekev15]

Tbh Square aint what they used to be. Monolith soft are gonna be killing them. X looks like the kind of game Square should be making, instead Square seem intent onHD remasters, please just focus on the games you have Iin development that folks have been waiting on for eons.

Hopefully they will use e3 to announce localisation of Bravely Second which would be a nice move.

[Xof]

To "turn it around" wouldn't they have had to have been going in the right direction at some point? All SE has ever done is mooch off the brand-recognition of old Square and Enix IPs.

[AiirJordann23]

Probably the same old teaser trailer they been releasing. Im so tire of SE fuckin over everyone. I guess were have to wait and see what happens

[LostFlock]

No... Honestly im looking forward to both FF15 and KH3 but they really should have never announced or teased KH3, its basically Versus 13 all over again. Its obvious 15 will come out first and once they had a firm release day then tease KH3, but never like what they're doing now.

[Elda]

Agreed!..Until they have any game they are making near completion then they should start announcing it not when it's just a concept & nothing has been even started.

[Slade23]

I'm looking forward to seeing is Final fantasy XIV: ARR at E3, notice that KH3 and XV won't be there :/ . Kind of lower my excitement.

[pompombrum]

Being honest, I don't think Square-Enix will ever be the company that Square was. They have a lot riding on FFXV though and I'm trying to keep the faith however I can't say I'm all that excited for it yet.

[kewlkat007]

Square will never be the same..lets just accept it and move on..That japanese gaming market also, does not help

[feraldrgn]

It's been 8 years & they still haven't turned it around, they've had some good games (2006 FF12), but not of the same caliber as the experiences the original Squaresoft team created.

I think most of the original devs are with Nintendo now.

Though there has been Bravely Default, which many seem to be enjoying as well as FF14:ARR which is great.

But they've had so many misses, people aren't confident in them anymore.

(Maybe if they released FF12HD in a timely manner, finished FF15 & it ends up good, maybe we'll notice them again)

[Dark11]

Not really .. SE is done like most of the japanese publishers.

[SuMtOnE]

NO unless they turn back to SQUARESOFT

[kewlkat007]

"Squaresoft" that name is so synonymous with quality...

I remember those days..

[KinjoTakemura]

It seems like that's the only way gamers will get some RPGs and adventure games out of them.

[Elda]

If so it'll be 2/3rds into this gen life cycle knowing FF-XV & KH3 will not be released until 2016-2018 & those are the only S-E titles that anyone is really interested in.

[DawginTow1]

"Can Squenix turn it around?" If Sleeping Dogs 2 aka Triad Wars is any good (& isn't just some mmo thing), it'd be a good start. Oh, & a Just Cause 3 reveal! That could bring the dead back to life IMO O.o

[PaleMoonDeath]

By the gods I hope they do, Square Enix and Capcom raised me during the late 90's and early 2000 years, Konami helped too! but they are on a somewhat different footing.

High hopes for FF15 and this new rumored Resident Evil.

[KinjoTakemura]

It's time that Square gets back to it's core audience and stopping making games that try to please everyone. Thief and Murdered : Soul Suspect are examples of what happens to games when you try to make a game that tries to add bits and pieces of all genres into one game, it usually comes out as a warm turd. Square said a few months ago that they were going to try and get back to making games for their core audience, RPGS!!! I wish they would take a look at what made games like Vagrant Story and Chrono Trigger so popular in their time. Story, immersion, gameplay, battle systems, user interfaces, and game length were formulas for success. What happen Square? WTF are you doing? Wake up!

[Elda]

Square didn't make Thief or Murdered:Soul Suspect.