Doom and gloom was the talk of many industry analysts in 2012 and heading into the year of 2013, as many people were cursing gaming with the end of living room consoles. The Wii U was struggling in its first few months and the other two had yet to unveil or announce new consoles. Even with that, it didn't take long for the tides and tones to change.
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.
They need to be left behind. Progress needs to continue. Imagine what Watch Dogs and Destiny would have been had they not been held back by last gen hardware. Either way, I can't wait to see FFXV at Gamescom!
Square Enix of all people should be the last publisher talking about leaving an old platform to die. PS1 and PS2 received plenty of support from them in their latter years, and PS3 should be no different.
Last gen need to die already it lasted the length of two average gens.
last gen getting no more AAA games from here on it only sports and lego games and maybe a few dirty ports of COD. don't expect any God Of War 2 type situation .
They only reason why some are still on last gen like cod is because theirs is still millions that play and haven't moved in to ps4 or Xbox 1. They want to make $$$.