2009 is set to become one of the most dominate years in Square Enix's history as a video game developer. Nothing 2008 has thrown at them has caused the company to completely stall or stop developing video games. Attempts to takeover less fotunate companies in the year has shown the gaming industry the power and wealth this company has at its disposal whilst still creating video games.
This article looks at what the game industry can expect concerning Square Enix in 2009.
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The only thing that is getting dominated is Squeenix's fragile butt by Microsoft.
LOL square actually thinks them a microsoft are friends.
a stronger move to show the 360 is a good rpg machine would have been to work more with mistwalker from Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. Both better games than anything square has released on the 360 thus far.
They'll dominate with the Ps3 release of FF13 in 2009(JP),but Kingdom Hearts on PSP/DS will just be successful releases-they won't shape nor dominate the market they're coming out for.I have my doubts regarding Star Ocean 4s ability to generate sales of 200,000+,but it might chart as well.
Other than that,it's pretty much a given Square Enix will need more unmarked briefcases from Microsoft in order to survive another year
Square has to change before it can dominate again. If they realize that its unwise to change elements of success then they will start seeing the money roll in. I don't mind them making multiplat games but I do mind when they do it because they are money hungry....Sqaureenix was never about the money because the games they made brought them in more than enough....now they are getting greedy and so they get no money and it will continue to happen until they see the error of their ways.
of ps3s sold and copies of advent children moved.ps3 will definitely hit it's 10 million for the year worldwide.8 more 10 millions to go to hit 100 million.but don't think square is truely behind sony fully.before ps3 launched they made their intentions known....
http://www.gamespot.com/new...
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In a Wall Street Journal article about Sony's new system, Square Enix senior vice president Michihiro Sasaki told the paper, "We don't want the PlayStation 3 to be the overwhelming loser, so we want to support them. But we don't want them to be the overwhelming winner either, so we can't support them too much."
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square knows that ff will push ps3s in high numbers.same with capcom knowing that monster hunter for ps3 instead of wii would have pushed high numbers.the point is,they are purposely not helping sony,but only enough to keep things even in the race.
that's why support is needed for level 5.a good rpg maker.their support of ps3 is telling.they want to move forward and give their ps2 fans something to look forward to if they don't have a ps3 yet.unlike square or capcom.
can't wait to see what happens upon ff release.
apocalypse.................