RustyNails
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Square Enix Major Loss, Cancels Games [Up: Funds Rebalancing]
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RustyNails said:
FFXI was BY FAR the most successful product Square has ever made.
It's going to be impossible for them to achieve the same level of success, but I actually don't think it's unrealistic for them to get it to make it operationally profitable and start working off some of their losses. Japan just doesn't have the same selection of MMOs or any other serious contenders, so in some regards it's just a captive audience.
And the PS3 port is likely already done, and possibly a good source of transient players. It'd be a mistake to manufacture discs, though - they should really just release it only on PSN so they don't sink money into inventory.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Nirolak said:
Yeah i hear him say that but i will believe it when i see it happen from the Japanese side.
I won't really count FFXIII - 2 who knows how much assets the reusing for that .
The idea we had to wait this long for Versus cause the team had help out FFXIII is such crap.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
As long as KH 3D is fine, we're good.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
FFXIV to blame?
CrunchyFrog
Member
Mindjack, 3rd Birthday, FFXIV and the likely cancellation of the PS3 version at this pointwonderfuldays said:
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Ravidrath said:
XIV probably cost 30-40+ million in development and infrastructure alone. Coupled with the revenue loss of 8 months of 1 million+ subscription fees and 1 million+ PS3 sales (which I'm sure their earnings forecast included), it can almost single handedly account for this entire loss.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Wouldn't it be wiser to rebrand FFVersusXIII as FFXV instead of cancelling it?
Seraphinianus
Banned
markot said:
bishonen geralt
when you wake up in the morning, tell me about the nightmares you had as a result of that idea
arnoldocastillo2003
Member
Regulus Tera said:
NO.............
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Nirolak said:
damn you mods catching my phantom edits
Regulus Tera said:
A friend working on Project Dropship at the LA Studio seemed to imply that XIV was the main culprit for his layoff, but that there were plenty of other smaller failures.
For example, apparently they somehow expected sales from Mindjack? They had started another FPS project at AQ Interactive, too, but cancelled that, as well.
That's really good. I'll believe they're capable of it when it happens though.Nirolak said:
I first saw FFVS13 when I was 16. It's insane how long it's been when I think about it. I'm not sure why they showed that game so early. I bet they didn't even start working on it properly until recently. I can't honestly believe they've been developing it that long.
I think it should. It provides the game to a larger audience and increases chances of sales. Seems like the smart business decision. If I remember right, didn't the 360 version of FFXIII sell something like 1.5 million copies? Add that to the PS3's 4.1 million or something, and the overall number looks a lot better than it would on the PS3 alone. I doubt PS3 sales were affected in any way by that happening. It just puts the product in more hands which helps the developer.Bel Marduk said:
How much does being an exclusive really help? If it strikes hot, it strikes hot, and I can understand the huge benefit in that, but multi-platform just seems like the safe and smarter choice to me.
Then again, I don't really keep up with sales-age so take my opinion lightly.
What the hell is SE doing? Are they just burning piles of money Dark Knight-style? They pour vast amounts of time, money, and manpower into games that end up ranging from mediocre to downright bad! What happened?
Oh, and what's this about the 3rd Birthday? Did it turn out badly? Did it bomba?
Oh, and what's this about the 3rd Birthday? Did it turn out badly? Did it bomba?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
arnoldocastillo2003 said:
Why not? It's obvious that there's no set "standard" as to what a Final Fantasy mainline title is anymore. Might as well take this huge project that has obviously siphoned a lot of development resources and maximise its appeal potential.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Regulus Tera said:
Versus won't get cancel but if they do i wonder if they would have to pay Sony .
As for renaming it i don't think it really going to matter .
UltimaKilo
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Ravidrath said:
Yeah, I think I remember something called PSN. Hmm...
gundamkyoukai said:
I don't think it will get canned. Square should consolidate and put games on the back-burner. Lay off some folks, merge teams etc.
booyakasha
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if versus 13 gets cancelled there will be riots in the streets
Synth_floyd
Banned
Dear Square Enix,
Make good games. You haven't done so for a long, long time so the future is not looking bright but try your best. K thx bye.
synth_floyd
Make good games. You haven't done so for a long, long time so the future is not looking bright but try your best. K thx bye.
synth_floyd
harriet the spy
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And to think of all the money they could have made with even the shitiest remake of FFVII.
But no, HD towns is hard.
But no, HD towns is hard.
Unknown Soldier
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The funny thing is I don't think FFXIV had cost Squenix all that much really. The game was shipped with quite literally no content at all and it shared engine development costs with FFXIII.
They really should cancel FFXIII-2. Nobody wants that shit. Nobody.
They really should cancel FFXIII-2. Nobody wants that shit. Nobody.
arnoldocastillo2003
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Regulus Tera said:
Yeah but that will mean that FFXIII-2 has to be released before FFXV so that people wont get even more confused, so thats why i said no.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
arnoldocastillo2003 said:
FFX-2 was released after FFXI.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
The likelihood of big FF games being cancelled is:
FFXIV >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FFXIII-2 > FFvsXIII
But it will probably be none of them.
FFXIV >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FFXIII-2 > FFvsXIII
But it will probably be none of them.
Seraphinianus
Banned
harriet the spy said:
that would be a trump card on the whole situation.
cancel everything > pour money into FFVII Remake > get disgustingly rich > get complacent again
arnoldocastillo2003
Member
Regulus Tera said:
Yeah but FFXI was an MMO meanwhile FFXV is a fullfledge game.