How did people feel about Dragon Quest X going MMORPG?
My Dragon Quest-obsessed friend refuses to acknowledge the game for that reason. Do others feel this same way?
Honestly, from a business perspective DQX is a smart move. XI is the most profitable FF ever. Taking one shot at a DQ MMO could have amounted to a core financial pillar for them going forward for the next decade.
Whether it pans out or not, it was a smart gamble.
They have not?
Deus Ex was a success, they considered Sleeping Dogs one, mentioned Just Cause 2 as an example for long lasting, constant game sales. Tomb Raider seems to sell quite well and only Hitman seemingly underperformed.
Meanwhile S-E relaunched FFVII and VIII on PC but on no big shop, bombed FF XIV into the ground, halted the development of many games to correct that game, couldn't connect to their DS success outside of Dragon Quest and failed to deliver on projects that are long overdue (Versus, KHIII, etc.).
I hope they don't turn away from Eidos or PC, because that wasn't the reason S-E didn't do quite as well as they hoped.
Deus Ex sold around the same as XIII-2, but cost a lot more to make I'm sure. Sleeping Dogs was not a success. Sold like 90,000k first month when I'm sure they wanted millions, considering it literally is better than GTA IV. Tomb Raider is their biggest brand name besides FF and DQ. They invested very heavily in the game. It's doing decently but I'm sure they wanted, and rightfully expected, a gigantic hit with this game. It's a masterpiece.
Thief 4 is also being moved to next gen. And how much is Soul Suspect actually going to sell? Eidos makes great stuff, but the sales are really not setting the world on fire, at all.
And Hitman mega, mega bombed. And it looks like a very expensive game to make.
They are only part of Square that makes money. They are going to be fine....
People just believe what they want to believe I guess.