Why Square Enix is Currently the Best Publisher

John Meadows of GoozerNation writes, "Does Square Enix have the touch right now? Dare I say they might be the best publisher? Let’s look back at 2012." The article goes on to show what Square has done so far in 2013 and what they are doing better than other publishers.

[NewMonday]

just the Eidos part, the rest of the company need to learn from them.

[lashes2ashes]

You don't know what a publisher is do you. This is about publishing a game not developing it. Completely different things, dishonored for example was crated by Arkane and published by Bethesda.

[NewMonday]

other than Sleeping Dogs the good games mentioned are all originally owned by Eidos and developed by Eidos studios.

if the talk is of good marketing and distributing, SE are still bad.

if the talk is about traditional SE games like FF and DQ, SE are still bad.

the article is talking about Deus Ex: Human Revolution , Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider, all part of Eidos IP catalog and made by Eidos devlopers (minus SD)

[DragonKnight]

This article is ridiculous. It states that SE are the best publishers because 4 Eidos games scored highly. That has nothing to do with Square-Enix and everything to do with Eidos. If Eidos went to another publisher and made those games exactly the same, it wouldn't mean that that other publisher is "the best publisher." Frickin' laughable.

[-Superman-]

Valve is best. Look at support of Valve games, like TF2 and Portal 2.
Free DLC, support, everything. Really, portal 2 only 15 us dollars, while some crappy games cost 60 euros.

[TheLyonKing]

Should be renamed why the Edios side they bought over is the best and why SE development time is hindering them and making them one of the worse.

Admittedly that's an overly long title.

[mandf]

The company as a whole today are underachievers. They have so many Ips screaming to be made. Kingdom Hearts 3 is a crime in my eyes. How about another Chrono series? A lot of time has been spent on the internet about a FF7 remake. Final Fantasy Versus has a lot of hype. So sad.

[Godmars290]

Good game publishers. Lousy if not exploitative game makers.

[Bellcross]

+1

[mochachino]

Sleeping Dogs
Dues Ex
Tomb Raider

Some of my favourite games this gen so I would agree that square is a great publisher. I don't think it's a great developer anymore though, FF has been pretty bad all gen

[VsAssassin]

Now if thy can only publish and release FFvs13 and KH3 as in now then I would applaud them. Until then, I'll applaud those devs who made the games.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Exactly. Until they release VS and KH3 I'm not praising SE for anything. All credit goes to the developers that made the games currently released, just so happens that SE is publishing them.

[rataranian]

Publisher maybe. Not developer.

[InTheLab]

They suck at doing what they're known for..

At the start of this gen, would you have been surprised to hear that Square's best games are TR, Hitman, Sleeping Dogs, and Deus Ex?

[cyguration]

Except those aren't Square's...they're Eidos.

Had Square not taken over Eidos, what games would they have published on their own?

[Donnieboi]

ATLUS is the best Japanese publisher right now: SMT, Persona, Demon's Souls, Catherine, P4G, Trauma Center, etc

[DarkZane]

No Bravely Default Flying Fairy or Final fantasy Type 0 localizations and no Final Fantasy Versus XIII release. Yeah, they sure are the best.

[Xklaw]

I just came here to laugh at this article, AHAHAHAHAH.

[Mr-SellJack]

nah ubisoft are arguebly the best in this generation especially in the upcoming years as a 3rd party publisher ofcourse(outland,rayman,farcry ,Assassin's Creed,Watch Dogs,Beyond Good and evil 2,Call of Juarez,Driver San Francisco,From Dust,Just Dance,Scott Pilgrim,Prince of Persia,ZombiU,Trials Evolution,Tom Clancy's)They have diverse genres and variety whereas rockstar has only open world games and much fewer games

[DomceM]

ubisoft is ok but too much assassins creed. milking sucks.

[DomceM]

the only publisher i dont hate is SE. Im starting to love these guys.

[josephayal]

I'd have to say that Final Fantasy XIII is a great game, I really liked the story, thks SE

[LAWSON72]

Just so you know this is about square as a pub not a dev. They have published games like tomb raider, sleeping dogs, deus ex hr, just cause 2, and i think hitman absolution.

[DragonKnight]

He's trolling. He goes into any article and spouts of the exact opposite of what the common opinion is.

[LAWSON72]

They probably are they have been doing very well at publishing, especially on pc. Like seriously just steam drm, benchmark tests, and very well optimized. Keep it up square.

[HarvesterOSarow]

Yeah, no. From a publisher standpoint they are getting better than they used to be, but they are getting lucky. Everything they have been developing and publishing is straight crap. They have been getting lucky with Eidos, meanwhile all of their own material is bombing. To be a good publisher, you need to publish great material, and MAKE great material. I understand the difference between development and publishing, but when other companies are doing it better....ATLUS...then Square-enix is not doing well.

[Knightofelemia]

As a publisher SquareEnix is good I like Tomb Raider and had fun with Sleeping Dogs. But as a developer they have lost their touch ever since they merged with Enix. As a developer Squaresoft was great and all there games were good I remember always getting excited when a new Squaresoft game hit the market.

[Roper316]

lucky for SE they were able to buy some other developers who still make good games, SE has been a complete disaster this gen. Hopefully they learned a lesson and will go back to their roots next gen. If not they should just be a publisher & stop making those horrible hybrids that don't know what they're supposed to be and nor do the gamers.

[Evil_Ryu]

Hitman absolution was garbage i want my money back