Punished Miku
Gold Member
While extending FFVII exclusivity again. Im not convinced. GAAS games maybe.
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Eidos Montreal founder: "I heard rumours that Sony said they're really interested in [acquiring] Square Enix Tokyo, but not the rest."
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
lol I remember that. it sold 3.5 million in two months and they called it a disappointment. What a bunch of hacks lol
AmuroChan
Member
Creative Business Unit I - mainline FF, Kingdom Hearts, Saga
Creative Business Unit II - Dragon Quest, Nier, Octopath, Bravely Default
Creative Business Unit III - FFXIV, MMOs
Creative Business Unit IV - Mana, remasters, ports
FalsettoVibe
Member
Question.....why isn't SE debunking all this acquisition talk? They did so over a year ago when these talks got out of hand.....
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-04-16-square-enix-denies-rumours-of-acquisition-activity
Also, I thought talks like this don't typically get out due to legal issues and stock prices jumping. Why do so many people know about this?
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-04-16-square-enix-denies-rumours-of-acquisition-activity
Also, I thought talks like this don't typically get out due to legal issues and stock prices jumping. Why do so many people know about this?
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Jim Ryan: Hmm, should we acquire the studio who's been exclusively publishing their biggest games on our platform for 25+ years, or should we buy the studio responsible for making fucking HALO?The most obvious acquisition ever but Sony is so unpredictable they will acquire some random company in China instead.
bitbydeath
Member
I don’t think Square releases much on Xbox already, the main impact would be Nintendo if Sony bought them.
Ansphn
Member
They already told us Destiny will remain multiplatform. They will have Bu gie form another studio to create Playstation exclusives I guarantee it but Destiny and Bungie heavy hitter AAA FPS will be on all consoles.
mortal
Gold Member
Wait, I don't understand. What does Nintendo have to do with Sony potentially gaining from acquiring Square Enix talent and IP?
Sony could just as easily continue publishing Square Enix titles on other platforms and generate more revenue, rather than paying Square Enix for multiple exclusivity deals every time.
I'm trying to follow the logic of how this would be considered a waste of money, when it would likely be the opposite, were they to do it.
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Ansphn
Member
There is no reason to upset the Destiny audience. Playstation will for sure have Bungie create a 2nd studio to create exclusives though.
TheTony316
Member
The FF teams
Tri Ace (Star Ocean)
Team Asano (Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy)
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
That's a live service game. Of course it was going to stay multiplatform. They weren't going to pull it just like Microsoft wasn't going to pull 76 or ESO. We're definitley not seeing another mainline Elder Scrolls or Fallout game though
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TheTony316
Member
When there's smoke there's fire. It's just a matter of time at this point.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Really the only thing they didn't release lately was FFVII Remake. Everything else came out on Xbox including the Saga remasters and they even updated the FFXIII trilogy for BC to include 4K FMVs.
Lognor
Banned
But I bet those cheaper jrpgs (Bravely Default, etc) would still come to Switch. They've cultivated an audience there and I can't see those types of games doing well on PS5. There is a market for it and it's on Switch.
Aenima
Member
If that also included the Square Enix mobile division it would be a great deal for Sony as they want more mobile games, and square already has alot of mobile games.
By the way Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, will release today. Its already available to download for android and IOS.
By the way Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, will release today. Its already available to download for android and IOS.
Osaka_Boss
Member
If they do this, Square Enxi is over. Theyve been putting out a huge number os rpgs and remasters, we can't complain. They just need to get their s together. Hope this won't come to be true
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Aspyr next on the list.The most obvious acquisition ever but Sony is so unpredictable they will acquire some random company in China instead.
Jimmyisback
Banned
Maybe there could be a deal where MS gets the western devs and Sony can keep the japanese ones. win win for all.
Aenima
Member
Square Enxi might be over, but Square Enix will be fine.
EDMIX
Member
Yes and no. I can see those titles coming to PS as I'm not sure why Sony wouldn't and they'd do just fine with the PS market as they tend to play lots of JRPGs, I also think you'd still see them on Switch. Having a market on Switch doesn't mean no one plays them on PS as....it sounds kinda silly lol
I don't even see the logic in any of that as a fuck ton of sales records have been broken on PS that haven't been on Switch by Square, so clearly a market for JRPG exist on PS for them to break those records in the first place, so I see it as a likeliness of us simply seeing them launch on both or something.
ManaByte
I think what
bitbydeath
means is that the impact would be greater to Nintendo as they've had more success with those titles then XB has.
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AmuroChan
Member
The western devs have already been sold to Embracer.
Buggy Loop
Member
When your dev studio is not planning to release a game that year yet you want them to make a profit by years end. Real nani the fuck there square.
Eidos from what I heard had a good relationship with Youchi Wada. There was even a Final Fantasy being made in Montreal at the time after Deus Ex. When Yosuke Matsuda replaced him, the western FF was cancelled, citing that it’s for Japan only, at a time when FF versus XIII was in development hell and ultimately ended up as being remade from the ground as FF XV 10 years later. How much money that project bled? Did Eidos really was worth being shut down as a chance to make a FF game?
Fuck SE
PhaseJump
Banned
Indeed.
He should go over there to buy Bandai Namco Holdings, Falcom, Sega, and Capcom while sending Greenberg over to stand in front of Square Enix HQ, rip off his shirt, and start slapping his belly until the cops show up to arrest him. The industry would feel the shockwaves from this for generations to come.
CamHostage
Member
I mean, yes, this is hysterical that the company has to somehow fit promoting PowerWasher Simulator alongside Final Fantasy XVI and Dragon Quest Treasures. However, just for those people going "WTF??", here's a little bit of an answer for you:
PowerWasher Simulator is signed onto Square Enix's indie support service Square Enix Collective, the branch that did Fear Effect Sedna and tried to put Anachronox and Gex back in action through indie licensing and also have a few small games you may have heard of like Turing Test and Tokyo Dark. Square Enix Collective is operated out of the UK. Oddly, this branch did not sell over to Embracer Group (Square Enix Japan has never invested much of any visible interest in the group and I always assumed Collective was an Eidos-office project rather than anything Square or Enix even asked to exist since the ties are obvious and the involvement with Japan is minimal, but Square Enix will keep its Collective even after the Embracer buyout completes.) So expect perhaps more "How the hell is this a Square Enix game?!" moments for some time to come...
https://collective.square-enix-games.com/en_US/games/powerwash-simulator
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I hope they don’t stop making their AA games.
Azurro
Banned
There's no reason to keep them exclusive to the Switch, it would make zero sense to acquire them and keep those smaller games exclusive to a platform you don't own.
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Stuart360
Member
Yeah they wanted 5mil sales in that timeframe, which was pretty ludicrous. I guess it got there in the end though as we got 2 sequels lol.
Same thing happened with Sega and Alien Isolation. They wanted 5mil sales in 6 months or something stupid like that. And alas we got no sequel to a fantastic game that deserved one.
balls of snow
Member
Hope so. That saints row remake doesnt look too hot. But will wait for reviews on that one.
On square enix x sony, Jim Ryan is not so dumb as to not realised xbox is primed to become rpg central once the acquisitions pays dividents in a couple years. Now that persona and yakuza are also no longer exclusives, xbox almost got it all.
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Gameplay Gods Bless
Member
If Sony buys them we can expect more woke nonsense in their games and even more toned down sexuality. Something like Trials of Mana Remake would never fly under Sony ownership. Sony's Playstation division works best with western studios who share it's liberal/progressive outlook, Japan is nowhere near that. That's a hard pass from me Senpai.
AmuroChan
Member
Sony would probably see those AA games as a good fit for PS+ Extra and Premium.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
but its not finalize though, anything could happen : (Ps gamer to nintendo and xboxers right now
//DEVIL//
Member
how many times you want them to debunk it ? twice a year ?
I mean, I would love to Sony make such a move. would be interesting as this to me is as big as MS owning COD.
I mean, I was really impressed when they bought Bungie. Sony was really smart with that move.
intbal
Member
Microsoft needs to make one last request to Square Enix to have The Last Remnant added to the backwards compatibility list. The remaster never came to Xbox One, so the original is stuck on 360. Square Enix has always been very generous with their titles when it comes to the Xbox BC program. Pretty much every game they published on X360 is on there. Except for that one.
Iced Arcade
Member
Kind of makes sense, share has been trimming since letting IO go free.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
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Trazyn the Infinite
Member
I don't want to see Square Enix be owned by PlayStation, which for all intents and purposes, is an American company now.
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
It's a union that makes sense. It feels like it should have happened years ago.
And selfishly, imagine getting original new JRPG's like Triangle Strategy but with modern tech, and not having to settle on limited HD-2D and the like to compensate for the old hardware.
And selfishly, imagine getting original new JRPG's like Triangle Strategy but with modern tech, and not having to settle on limited HD-2D and the like to compensate for the old hardware.
Rykan
Member
Because they're not going to publically comment every time someone on Twitter spreads an acquisition rumor.
Benniewise de Clown
Banned
Doesn't Sony already own shares?
Iirc they bought 20% of Squaresoft to safe them from bankruptcy after FF Spirits within flopped.
Makes sense for Sony to buy SE Tokyo, considering their close ties.
Iirc they bought 20% of Squaresoft to safe them from bankruptcy after FF Spirits within flopped.
Makes sense for Sony to buy SE Tokyo, considering their close ties.
Airbus Jr
Banned
Chukhopops
Member
I’m responding to an argument saying Nintendo would lose the top spot in Japan if DQ became exclusive to Sony, so that’s the base of the discussion.
If Sony buys SE and then keeps them as multiplat then of course it won’t do much to change the landscape and will just be extra revenue. Im not convinced however that smaller SE titles make that much money.
