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ULTROS! · May 25, 2011

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/25/square_enix_mmo/

Square Enix is readying a new large scale Massively Multiplayer Online title to be announced some time this fiscal year. The company made brief mention of this new game during its May 13 earnings briefing. A full transcript of the briefing was posted today at the company's IR page.

According to the transcript, Square Enix hopes aims to operate two to three large scale MMO titles simultaneously, a target it feels will allow it to have stable cash flow. It says that it is developing one more title in addition to Final Fantasy XIV, and it hopes to announce the game during the fiscal year.

The transcript also makes note of the problems faced by FFXIV, saying the game will take a bit more time, but they're at the point where they can see the target.

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

Hopefully it's FFXIV.

glaurung · May 25, 2011

Oh my god.

It's like they're going to ram the Titanic (FFXIV) that is sinking with another ship that will therefore go down even worse.

hamchan · May 25, 2011

FFXI-2

Gromph · May 25, 2011

hamchan said:
FFXI-2

Please! I'm in.

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

Assuming they're excluding stuff like Wakfu, this would point to... Dragon Quest?

GhaleonQ · May 25, 2011

the piece said:
According to the transcript, Square Enix hopes aims to operate two to three large scale MMO titles simultaneously, a target it feels will allow it to have stable cash flow.

Maybe. Those sound WAY more like famous last words, though.

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

Nirolak said:
Assuming they're excluding stuff like Wakfu, this would point to... Dragon Quest?

Dragon Quest MMO would be... Hm.

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

GhaleonQ said:
Maybe. Those sound WAY more like famous last words, though.

It works for NCSoft, but NCSoft's competence with MMOs is like a thousand times higher.

Kandinsky · May 25, 2011

Day 1.

GhaleonQ · May 25, 2011

Nirolak said:
It works for NCSoft, but NCSoft's competence with MMOs is like a thousand times higher.

Right.

As for Dragon Quest, my assumptions are:

casual fanbase that makes it so profitable doesn't play them and won't care

hardcore fanbase, judging by IX/X, freaks out more than Final Fantasy XI fanbase (and, of course, those fanbases intersect)

Dragon Quest reaches Final Fantasy-levels of spinoffs and everyone gets annoyed

Right?

polyh3dron · May 25, 2011

That's a great idea considering they did so well with their last one.

Big One · May 25, 2011

GhaleonQ said:
Right.

As for Dragon Quest, my assumptions are:

casual fanbase that makes it so profitable doesn't play them and won't care

hardcore fanbase, judging by IX/X, freaks out more than Final Fantasy XI fanbase (and, of course, those fanbases intersect)

Dragon Quest reaches Final Fantasy-levels of spinoffs and everyone gets annoyed

Right?

I don't think you understand how well a Dragon Quest MMO would actually turn out with the Japanese. As soon as it's released, everyone who has never played an MMO game in their life will start doing so. It's as simple as that

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

I just saw this and thought it was very relevant to the thread.

MMOs in Japan are now a bigger market (as in more dollars) than retail games in Japan.

sonikokaruto · May 25, 2011

i realy hope this is FF14

Gromph · May 25, 2011

Big One said:
I don't think you understand how well a Dragon Quest MMO would actually turn out with the Japanese. As soon as it's released, everyone who has never played an MMO game in their life will start doing so. It's as simple as that

No, if Tanaka is the director.

Anyway I'm agree with your post, a Dragon Quest MMO will be amazing.

sonikokaruto said:
i realy hope this is FF14

I bet more for FFXI-2 or FF XV.

Lebron · May 25, 2011

Timesplitters MMO, believe.

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

Lebron said:
Timesplitters MMO, believe.

I'm nearly positive that Crytek owns the rights to TimeSplitters.

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

Gravijah said:
I'm nearly positive that Crytek owns the rights to TimeSplitters.

You are correct.

Jeels · May 25, 2011

I'm still waiting for FFXIV to be fixed so it can be released on PS3.

Trevelyon · May 25, 2011

They keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding yen.

Lebron · May 25, 2011

Gravijah said:
I'm nearly positive that Crytek owns the rights to TimeSplitters.

motherfuckers

bloodforge · May 25, 2011

The only MMO I'd be interested in from SE would be one set in Ivalice.

sonikokaruto · May 25, 2011

this is starting to look sad

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

bloodforge said:
The only MMO I'd be interested in from SE would be one set in Ivalice.

FFXI already has a world just as rich and beautiful as Ivalice.

Lebron said:
motherfuckers

TimeSplitters 4 on the Cafe/720/PSFo'.

Please. :'(

Momo · May 25, 2011

Vagrant Story MMO.

One player amongst the thousands will have the blood sin and everyone chases after him/her.

Rpgmonkey · May 25, 2011

Wonder if it's going to be F2P, while FFXIV has a subscription. Or maybe the reverse, after FFXIV's reception.

Forkball · May 25, 2011

KINGDOM
HEARTS
ONLINE

Momo · May 25, 2011

Forkball said:
KINGDOM
HEARTS
ONLINE

Disney would so not allow it I wouldnt think.

kayos90 · May 25, 2011

Forkball said:
KINGDOM
HEARTS
ONLINE

No.... that would be horrible. Plus I'm pretty sure Disney would say no to that.

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

Forkball said:
KINGDOM
HEARTS
ONLINE

We already have enough characters that look like Sora.

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

Gravijah said:
We already have enough characters that look like Sora.

This is the only game where everyone being the same character would make sense though.

HK-47 · May 25, 2011

Momo said:
Vagrant Story MMO.

One player amongst the thousands will have the blood sin and everyone chases after him/her.

Matsuno cant handle large projects though!

lordfroakie · May 25, 2011

Dragon Quest Online
Final Fantasy Type-0 online

ULTROS! · May 25, 2011

Xenogears Online
Chrono Online
Mana Online
OnLine SaGa
The World Ends With Online
Valkyrie Profile Online
Star Ocean Online

What other dreams are there to shatter?

Teknoman · May 25, 2011

Damn it Square, you just posted financial documents showing that you bit off more than you could chew. One thing at a time please (unless its free to play or something...).

GhaleonQ · May 25, 2011

Big One said:
I don't think you understand how well a Dragon Quest MMO would actually turn out with the Japanese. As soon as it's released, everyone who has never played an MMO game in their life will start doing so. It's as simple as that

I'm not saying you're wrong, since I don't know. However, my understanding is that it retains sales because it's traditional, instigates nostalgia, has a social aspect tied to the real world, and isn't expensive. Oh, and it's good.

You might be right, but there are some people here for whom Dragon Quest is like magic. If you need to solve a problem in Japanese game sales, push the Dragon Quest Button. Could you expound a little?

lordfroakie · May 25, 2011

ULTROS! said:
Xenogears Online
Chrono Online
Mana Online
OnLine SaGa
The World Ends With Online

What other dreams are there to shatter?

Ends up being Chocobo Dungeon Online

cw_sasuke · May 25, 2011

DQ online for iOS devices developed by gameloft.

Dizzy-4U · May 25, 2011

ULTROS! said:
Valkyrie Profile Online

Mmmm....sort of want.

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

Well, hopefully they will give it the time it needs after this.

Teknoman · May 25, 2011

Could be developed by another company and simply published by S-E...would they see a steady stream of income from that? Because imo, they dont need to take on any other new online projects until XIV is sturdy.

And if it's XI-2...well everyone would just bail out from both XI and XIV lol.

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

Nirolak said:
Well, hopefully they will give it the time it needs after this.

http://www.abload.de/img/ffxivonlinewpq8.png[MG][/QUOTE]

The FFXIV threads were a special kind of crazy.

Tizoc · May 25, 2011

Dragon Quest MMO for PS3, 360 and Cafe Wii. The money this would make can help Japan recover from their deficit...even a little...and applied.

HK-47 · May 25, 2011

Gravijah said:
The FFXIV threads were a special kind of crazy.

That was mainly Londa.

Nirolak · May 25, 2011

HK-47 said:
That was mainly Londa.

They seem to be quintupling down on Londa though, so good for them!

This also explains the dearth of announcements out of Square Enix Japan, since all their staff is busy making MMOs.

Teknoman · May 25, 2011

Even though the new team is diligently working on fixing xiv/ changing battle systems and other foundation changes, the official forums can get pretty nuts at times.

cosmicblizzard · May 25, 2011

This seems like a bad idea.

SpaceDrake · May 25, 2011

I'd actually be willing to put money on "Dragon Quest MMO" in the vein of DQIX but expanded. IX's multiplay features were evidently wildly popular in Japan and being able to take that online, countrywide, would basically turn it into the Japanese equivalent of World of Warcraft, guaranteed.

But god, will anyone have confidence in them after XIV? Will they need to trumpet that it's being developed out-of-house?

Gravijah · May 25, 2011

HK-47 said:
That was mainly Londa.

Somebody had to fight the bias.

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