Sega of America's Jon Riesenbach talks to GameDaily on localizing the Yakuza Collection and the internal localization processes between Sega and Atlus.
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.
- Xbox Wire - Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase followed by [REDACTED] Direct airs June 9. More info inside.
For a brief moment I thought we might get a whole Direct for Gears 6 - seems like it's COD though!
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.
Great to see SEGA still in the industry and doing well after all these years.
It saddened me to see them leave the hardware market after the ill fated Dreamcast, a shame as DC was a superb console with amazing features and tech that were way ahead of its time.
More than happy that the Yakuza series has found a market in the West and is able to reach a larger player base through the efforts of the localisation teams.
Keep bringing the Yakuza releases to the PC, and you'll have a customer in me. They do well on the PC in general. Got '0' for rather cheap, and ended up loving it. Now there's another on Humble Monthly I'm excited to play. After that, I am happy to support the series and buy the games outright, when I can.
Not that I don't enjoy taking advantage of the good deals thus far.
Yakuza Ishin and other side entries to the west
Bring all the Yakuza spinoffs to the west then. I dare you, Sega.
Yeah. We, fans of Yakuza had a hard time convincing you Sega. And now listen this, you still owe us Isshin & Kenzan.