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Square Enix's Q2 results outline
- Thread starter Exentryk
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Dark_castle
Junior Member
And people say Square Enix is dead.
PshycoNinja
Member
Key words being "these studios". Doesn't mean the FFXV or KH3 teams are working on iOS games.
As long as they keep making mobile games they are to me.
So much talent being wasted, no doubt.
hmm, I would attribute that to the cost they already spent to make it onto the PS3?
Honestly, X looks like they actually redid the whole game(from what I've seen) but yes, it seems stupid even as stupid as not saying if it'll come for Vita -.-
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Exentryk
Member
Doesn't bother me. Ports are nice and all, but real hype is KH3 and FFXV.
Both HD collections could be rendered in full HD or even HD+ (2500 X 1600). There is an opportunity to really make these the definitive versions. Instead they miss out on capitalizing on a huge opportunity. Sony needs to step in if need be.
Just buy a ps3.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
So SquareEnix is becoming financially solvent by moving away from portable consoles/HD Consoles and betting the farm on iOS.
Damn it!!
Whatever else you want to say about FF14:ARR, and I'm definitely on board with calling it "WoW with prettier outfits and less content", props to Naoki Yoshida for pulling off the impossible.
Matsuda said:
Very interested in seeing how that goes this gen. I've said in the past that existing mindshare lead in SEA will be what pulls Japanese development out of the doldrums; the upcoming FF14 launch plus mobile content will be a solid test of that.
This implies you know about how the game is built, how the assets are actually made...
But I do agree, I hope Sony steps in. This is a cornerstone in the Playstation saga, while I do not believe it to be the "best" PS "branded" games out there many people associate these games with the Sony brand. They can't let the momentum fall, if they truly wish for a PS1/2 era with a plethora of games they must step in, not just for Indies(which I love) but for "AAA" publishers as well.
Dead to us. I have little doubt they can keep living, talks of shutting down are at best the wet dreams of those who just want to see the current SE burn.
FF and KH.
tiggerkiddo
Member
So how about giving us more meaningful content for XIV? Lightning stuff doesn't count.
no, they are clawing back a fraction of their investment in FF14...with FF14
it's a shitty catch 22
if FF14 failed again they'd just complain about being broke and go mobile/iOS with everything
they make money on FF14, everything is MMOs from here on out.
Some iPhone "cheap" games few care about, more KH, FF or DQ since that's the only viable IP SE (jap) have now.
I'm more interested if SE will greenlight Bravely Default 2...
They won't. They're just HD remasters...
This attitude is precisely the problem with gamers today. Company's have taken to twitter, message boards, and are going meta on a daily basis to try and make sensible decisions for future products.
I own one, but I would rather take the initiative to let Square Enix know what I want. Not releasing the collections on the PS4 is just one of the many problems that illustrates just how out of touch they are.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Start buying Drakengard 3 and Bravely Default to show some support for their other IP's then.
"Studios in Japan are continuing to work on developing flagship HD (high-definition) game titles for consoles such as "FINAL FANTASY XV" and "KINGDOM HEARTS III," which have already been announced at E3."
All I needed to hear.
All I needed to hear.
Well they were save by FF in the first place of course.
HD remasters of some Iconic games that would surely net them a pretty penny.
That feedback thing, Project Flare?, is it live yet?
They are. To me anyways...
Wouldn't this be incredibly difficult though? The game's source was built for the PS2. The reason it's taking so long to bring to PS3 is because they have to bring it from one esoteric architecture to another and compared to all other HD remasters so far it's a far, far bigger game. I imagine it would be a similar hurdle to get it from PS3 to PS4.
If the game had also been made for PC (like 7-9) then it would be out by now and I'm sure it would be coming to PS4 as well.
The Phoenix Down will arrive in the form of a Fantasy based on Reality.
EekumBokum
Member
Disappointing. So then wtf was that not KH3 KH game on PS4 supposed to be?
nextgen 358/2 days remake
I will buy Bravely Default which we are getting because Nintendo is publishing it - yes.
enf said
Glass Rebel
Member
It's hilarious how none of Square-Enix Europe's games in the last few years have had a particularly strong online-component and it's still where they want to take the company going forward. Seriously, you can't make this shit up.
I want the iOS version of FFT on the Vita so bad. I know it's a port, of a port, of a port but damn, I would still love it.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
"Sell-out type" What does that mean? Sell out as in games that are gonna sell out or that they are selling out going the western route or some shit?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Everyone needs to buy these games, EVERYONE.
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
The PS3 versions will be the definitive ones, these games don't have the polygon count to really benefit from such resolutions, the gain would not be that great from full HD. And PS3 to PS4 would be almost starting from scratch due to the all the hardware differences.
What I don't understand is why they don't release the KH HD collection on the 360 since they announced KH 3 on the xbox one. I mean this is the end of the gen, they know how to develop for the 360.
Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the sunshine never comes
Glass Rebel
Member
why would I buy Drakengard when I want more games like (most) pre-XIII Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, Valkyrie Profile, Secret of Mana etc.
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
Because from a broader perspective at least it's not an online or a mobile game.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
because it's going to be amazing and one of the few games that won't try to be online or mobile.
If it doesn't sell well, then why should SE even try?
Captain Smoker
Member
Glass Rebel
Member
Ok, why would I buy a game I have no interest in? So Square can maybe decide to throw me some scraps that loosely resemble what I actually want from the company and what they're still capable of creating?
I have already pre-ordered the Bravely Default CE like the tool I am but I don't see how buying Drakengard 3 would further my interests.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Financially SE isn't dead. But to me and many others based on the focus of online gaming and of course the output of mobile titles they may as well be. I personally only have interest in Bravely Default. A game from October 2012.
And Versus 13 should still be released on ps3.
SE has already made the most sensible decision, and that is to support the smartphone platform, and not focus heavily on the schizophrenic buying habits of westerners, but focus on what they know, the Japanese market. The home console product category is in decline in Japan, MS and Sony both see this and won't be releasing their systems till later. Why should SE get behind a platform that treats the Japanese as second class, when their games are primarily targeted to the Japanese market?
There's a difference between most western publishers who are treating it as a shovelware dump off platform so they can make a quick buck to fund their legitimate games and Square Enix who seems to be taking the platform seriously at the expense of their console/PC development.