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Square Enix reveals Eidos bid
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Pop On Arrival
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You reinforce your position in the west by not treating the customers over there like second class citizens. Not by buying out shitty publishers and their washed up IP's.
grandjedi6
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Square-Enix: We want someone who makes something that isn't a RPG. Really, we'll take anybody at this point.
MikeE21286
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I'm in.......seems like a lot of money for Lara Croft though..
Hero of Canton
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Pop On Arrival said:
I don't think Square-Enix has of late. Sure, some of its games still take a while to make the journey over, but quite a few major titles have had simultaneous worldwide releases, and they're always very well localised. Recently, Square-Enix has also published several titles from other companies, like Space Invaders Extreme for Taito, and (in Europe) Persona 4 from Atlus.
chocomarker1
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UraMallas said:
no, they have to look into ways how to acquire warner bros. shares in eidos. square-enix wants all of the power.
If Square Enix really wants to appeal to the west, Eidos is not the answer. I can only really see two possibilities for Square to get a greater presence here:
1.) Make some western development studios. Perhaps start in Vancouver, where there seem to be around 500+ unemployed, highly talented western developers desperately looking for a job or a publisher. Also, make some more western focused games straight from Japan. Bethesda and BioWare have done a great job showing that action RPGs can be highly successful here, but for some reason their western targeted game was The Last Remnant, a title that plays even slower than a regular turn based RPG. When making these action RPGs I'd also suggest using franchises that appeal to the west more like say a skypirating adventure with Balthier and Fran or a reimagined Parasite Eve game, since guns seem quite popular here.
2.) Merge with a major western publisher. Square Enix has a fantastic presence in Japan and also a huge amount of handheld technology as well as a couple of really strong IPs. I'm sure there's at least one western publisher who would love an increased presence on handhelds and in Japan.
1.) Make some western development studios. Perhaps start in Vancouver, where there seem to be around 500+ unemployed, highly talented western developers desperately looking for a job or a publisher. Also, make some more western focused games straight from Japan. Bethesda and BioWare have done a great job showing that action RPGs can be highly successful here, but for some reason their western targeted game was The Last Remnant, a title that plays even slower than a regular turn based RPG. When making these action RPGs I'd also suggest using franchises that appeal to the west more like say a skypirating adventure with Balthier and Fran or a reimagined Parasite Eve game, since guns seem quite popular here.
2.) Merge with a major western publisher. Square Enix has a fantastic presence in Japan and also a huge amount of handheld technology as well as a couple of really strong IPs. I'm sure there's at least one western publisher who would love an increased presence on handhelds and in Japan.
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Mr. Pointy
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New Legacy Of Kain RPG.
Deus Ex 3 to have RPG elements.
SWiV shooter by Taito.
I'm just making shit up.
Deus Ex 3 to have RPG elements.
SWiV shooter by Taito.
I'm just making shit up.
Fragamemnon
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J.C. Denton in Kingdom Hearts 3 confirmed.
Byakuya769
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Pop On Arrival said:
POINT. mft!
Mr. Pointy
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2K Boston is too busy with a new X-Com game. And Warren Spector is already making Kingdom Hearts 3.diss said:
Infinitemadness
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I feel a lot of the Eidos franchises would fit right in with Ubi. But hell, go Square, go!
Revolutionary
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EDIT: err nvm
Trailblazer
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I don't think people should view this as, Square wanting buying Eidos franchises. I think this is has more to do with Square wanting western built development tools, engines, and wanting to integrate an western development environment, and know how into their company.
HK-47 said:
Yes, yes we do.
jorma said:
It was a rumor that appeared shortly after BioShock was released. Basically, a few years back Take-Two bought the X-COM license back so the assumption was they were going to use it, and since 2K Boston isn't working on the next BioShock people did some probing as to what they were doing and reported back that it was X-COM.
So, to answer your question, there is no guarantee that it's X-COM but it is by far the popular belief. We do know that 2K Boston though is making a multiplayer heavy first person shooter though (from job postings and their own admission) so if it is an X-COM game it isn't exactly the X-COM of 1992 necessarily.
radioheadrule83
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If they become Squeenix's UK publishing arm as well as their conduit into the UK development community - getting them work, I'm all for this. I hope they change EIDOS beyond all recognition, and aren't just in this for - say - Tomb Raider.
Panajev2001a
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Pop On Arrival said:
S-E's reply: Why? They are third class citizens, we are already doing them a favour... Now get away from me!
akilshohen
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I don't see them meddling that much. But then again, we haven't seen SE buy a western company yet.
Panajev2001a
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Jonnyram said:
Especially when there are awesome developers like Insomniac that are still independent... (I wonder how much they would ask for a buyout, if they were interested).
Truth to be told Eidos has a quite wide umbrella of IP's as well as some great developers like Nixes and Crystal Dynamics which are very well versed on multi-platforms development (ranging from PSP, to PS2, to Wii, to PC, to Xbox 360, to PS3) with good proficiency/development know-how on all platforms.
S-E would enjoy having more IP's on its hands as well as a big boost to their software R&D group.
HyperZone<3
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heck, I'da though that IO alone was worth that much. But with today's economy a price that low shouldn't be surprising.
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