They handle iOS games worse than almost any other major publisher.
They regularly refuse to localize games that fans in regions outside Japan have demonstrated an interest in.
They spend absurd amounts of money games like Final Fantasy XIII, XIV, and XIII-2 only to release turds, and Versus XIII, only to release nothing.
How is this a surprise? Just about the only part of the company that appears to know what the fuck they're doing is whoever is handling the Eidos stuff.
I was just going to say. Theres a FF at E3 that will save them. Stay cool and calm guys.Don't worry, there'll be more announcements at E3 and their earnings will be better next year!
Square just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.
Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I think a KH consoles game would out sell both of them to tell the truth .
The sad thing is with Tomb Raider and Deus Ex is they don't sell in Japan which makes it even harder to make back money on them .
Just Cause
And we still laugh till this day. I think its time we acknowledged that post guys, and wake up!http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11960243
It's been almost 5 years since this infamous post. Maybe they should have listened to him. Maybe people shouldn't have laughed at poor Muppet345 for knowing back then what everybody knows now. That this was a company that was heading for disaster.
I hope they recover, I'll at least stay excited. But not for much longer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix_Europe Though the amount of autonomy they have is uncertain.Square Eidos deals with their Western Titles
Eidos needs to be it's own entity, not ship their info to Japan for fucking approval
Sorry to say that RPG's are now taken over by From and Bioware
SE used to be the standard, they've fallen really far
XII and XII-2 are still in my backlog
XII resonated with me, for some reason the other 2 haven't gained my attention
FF7 came at a time where it could be the herald of several revolutions, 32 bit era, rise of the PS1, 3D, optical storage... It was a product of its time and came out at just the right time, and all that contributed to make it the success it became. It was successful because it was new, and now it isn't. To replicate its success they need something new, not a retread that'd only appeal to nostalgic gamers.All they have to do is remake FF VII...They'd have more money than they know what to do with.
13 and 13-2.
focusing on final fantasy xiii an entire generation was a stupid move. i don't think eidos is working out for them either.
Well, some of the games were very well received, but they had a clear niche before they dominated in, whereas AAA is kind of stuffed now. And I suspect they consider themselves too big to properly cater to their old niche now, but who knows.This is what happens when you don't realize anything.
Well, anything that people would actually want to play.
Gotta laugh at people only blaming the Japan part of SE when Eidos wasn't exactly in tiptop shape when they bought it anyway.
Funny that I had no problem with their money grubbing ports and remakes on gba/ds and now I won't touch anything they release on ios/gplay with a ten feet pole...
Let's not even begin to talk about what they do on home console :lol
From Romancing Saga/FFXII to ...well nothing.
Leaving the next major KH out of the consoles for an entire generation is equally as stupid if not more.
how about not dropping your prices so bloody quickly.
Hitman absolution can already be had for $5, it's not a terrible game and its not even a year old. Tomb raider can already be had for about $20 as well.
People have started to shift some of the blame towards Eidos after Tomb Raider and Hitman. It's clear that both sides have massive issues.
This company's IP should be dealt out and sold off. It has zero competence whatsoever.
focusing on final fantasy xiii an entire generation was a stupid move. i don't think eidos is working out for them either.
Isn't it funny how everybody thought that FNC would be some kind of huge and epic multimedia phenomenon.
haha
That's stupid, which means it's probably true.I know they switched
I was talking about reading something to the tune of that Eidos devs had to send stuff to Japan to get approved for things they were working on
it might have been okay if they could have had the games hit in a timely manner. like 2007 - agito, 2008 - versus, 2009 - xiii. a string of titles to build up to the major release. instead they went dark for three years, released two games, and removed the branding from everything else that was previously associated with it. the only exception being lightning returns. if that was originally valkyrie profile 3 and they rebranded it to be a final fantasy xiii game, well, there is no emoticon for what i would be feeling.
I was just going to say. Theres a FF at E3 that will save them. Stay cool and calm guys.
After
Focusing on FF13 the whole gen on HD consoles
The debacle that is F14
Making Dragon Quest 10 a MMO
FF All the Bravest
Not releasing Vesus
Kane and Lynch
and Destroying Front Mission
This brings a smile to my face.
Believe it or not agnis philosophy is a finish product.They would have to release a finished product for that to have any bearing
it might have been okay if they could have had the games hit in a timely manner. like 2007 - agito, 2008 - versus, 2009 - xiii. a string of titles to build up to the major release. instead they went dark for three years, released two games, and removed the branding from everything else that was previously associated with it. the only exception being lightning returns. if that was originally valkyrie profile 3 and they rebranded it to be a final fantasy xiii game, well, there is no emoticon for what i would be feeling.
Damn, that is an enormous drop. SE is a sinking ship.
Sure. A project that would be one of the most expensive in Square Enix history, and will sell about half of the average Call of Duty game.