Seems they've finally learned.
They now forecast conservative sales numbers and try to exceed them instead of expecting breakout hits.
They now forecast conservative sales numbers and try to exceed them instead of expecting breakout hits.
Source: http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/library/docs/150512/page06.htmlFirst, HD games in the Digital Entertainment segment. Launches in FY2016/3 will mainly be titles for the Western market. We are planning several releases of major titles in the second half. We expect the competitive environment to be tough, with our competitors announcing big titles in the E3 in June. We believe our titles can fully compete with these big titles, however, as I will explain later, we have been conservative in our forecast for FY2016/3. We are confident about the quality of each title, and will aim at a level far beyond our current forecast.