Square Enix Financials Fall Through the Floor

[Realitycrash]

Uh? Is it just me that thought Square-Enix was swimming in money from all the FF-games?

 

[Realitycrash]

Time to call in the back up plans for guaranteed money.

1) Release Kingdom Hearts 3.
2) Release Final Fantasy XIII Versus or whatever we're calling it now.
3) Release Final Fantasy XV--and make it good, it will sell three times as much.
4) Release sequel to Final Fantasy VIII (okay, so I'm really the only one that wants that).
5) Release a new Chrono game.
6) Remake Final Fantasy VII on the PS3.

Follow these steps, and the company will be back in black immediately.

They are re-releasing Chrono Trigger again. It will hardly cost them a buck, but people will buy it for the new format. 100% profit.

 

[Gindil]

Kingdom Hearts 1 is an early PS2 title. It's incredibly easy to find.

And all the sequeals and extended versions that reside on GBA, DS, and PSP? I'm arguing for Square to update or port everything they have to the current generations, not for them to continuously segment the market by making the previous games exclusive only to one or two systems.

 

[TheRocketeer]

I can hardly say I'm surprised.

What a shame.

 

[TheEdgeofDespair]

To me, Square died in 2003 when it merged with Enix. This news only shows us that the lurid, zombified monstrosity of its remains has finally been put to rest, thankfully before it did further damage to Square's legacy.

 

[archvile93]

Simple:

Remake FF7 that should make you guys enough

Never played it but seem people seem to think it was the Second Coming of Christ via a PS Game...

No that was Bioshock, and it was on Xbox. Or maybe it was TF2. That's what everyone and their dog tells me anyway. More importantly though...

OT: Wow, that really must hurt. All that bad luck just came around just when they released a financially and critically disasterous game. It's like the universe just said, "now is the time to strike them down!"

 

[humpty334]

They shoould try and make movies

 

[Defense]

Can i just say that I love Square Enix games? Is that allowed on the escapist? I enjoyed FFXIII, I found it to be very similar to past games in many respects? I really don't see any decline in quality, merely a change in style that started with VII? Yes, they've been expiramenting, but isn't everyone's big boo-hoo about JRPGs that they never do change?

No, you can't say you like Square Enix, that's basically taboo here on The Escapist.

Square Enix's games have been "bad"(I don't believe they are) because they changed the formula too much. Dragon Quest IX is deeply rooted in tradition, but most people will say it's definitely better than Final Fantasy XIII.

To me, Square died in 2003 when it merged with Enix. This news only shows us that the lurid, zombified monstrosity of its remains has finally been put to rest, thankfully before it did further damage to Square's legacy.

How about Enix? The Dragon Quest games are absolutely brilliant.

 

[Innegativeion]

AUUUUUGH.

And I had a feeling Kingdom hearts 3d would be their last spinoff before finally getting to the third installment.

God dammit. I really hope they can pull through this.

 

[Innegativeion]

KINGDOM HEARTS 1 & 2 FINAL MIX FOR PS3!!!!!
that would solve your problems

Sad thing is, even though I own both KH1 and KH2, I'd probably buy them both if the final mixes were released in America.

While they're at it, how about a PS3 port of birth-by-sleep?

 

[Baresark]

It sucks that they are having a bad quarter... but it's only a single quarter.

Also, why all the hate towards FF12, it was great and is my second favorite after FF6. I liked the play style, it actually made grinding fun, and character development was great. I had hoped they would have released a version with Zodiac Job System in American, but no dice. I played it on an emulator though, fantastical really. I think FF7 was a good game, but I can't help but feel this was their first game with big bad summons and the rendered movies, and it was a milestone for the genre and industry... which made up for the fact that it wasn't that well written and the characters were mostly boring and bland. Not that FF12 characterization was that much better, but the battle system wasn't fluff either.

But damn.... FF13.... made by the same team who did FF10(which I thought was awful), nice looking, bad characters, interesting but ultimately mediocre battle system, just why?

 

[zeldagirl]

It sucks that they are having a bad quarter... but it's only a single quarter.

Also, why all the hate towards FF12, it was great and is my second favorite after FF6. I liked the play style, it actually made grinding fun, and character development was great. I had hoped they would have released a version with Zodiac Job System in American, but no dice. I played it on an emulator though, fantastical really. I think FF7 was a good game, but I can't help but feel this was their first game with big bad summons and the rendered movies, and it was a milestone for the genre and industry... which made up for the fact that it wasn't that well written and the characters were mostly boring and bland. Not that FF12 characterization was that much better, but the battle system wasn't fluff either.

But damn.... FF13.... made by the same team who did FF10(which I thought was awful), nice looking, bad characters, interesting but ultimately mediocre battle system, just why?

I was just going to say, it makes me so sad to see FF12 hate. That game was fantastic! Glad to see I'm not alone.

 

[Beautiful End]

Time to call in the back up plans for guaranteed money.

1) Release Kingdom Hearts 3.
2) Release Final Fantasy XIII Versus or whatever we're calling it now.
3) Release Final Fantasy XV--and make it good, it will sell three times as much.
4) Release sequel to Final Fantasy VIII (okay, so I'm really the only one that wants that).
5) Release a new Chrono game.
6) Remake Final Fantasy VII on the PS3.

Follow these steps, and the company will be back in black immediately.

NO! I completely agree and want a FFVIII sequel! Sure...I'm afraid they'll screw it up kinda like FFX-2 did (Not that I hate X-2), but dammit! I love FFVIII! It's a risk I'm willing to take! D8

 

[Space Spoons]

Man, that's a shame... But it's not entirely surprising. Square-Enix is a hollow shell of what it used to be, desperately clinging to the last few threads of greatness that remain as fans continue to abandon ship in droves. When Final Fantasy XIII was released and proved to be the single most divisive game in the series (remember the days when the FF name guaranteed a quality JRPG, no questions asked?), I knew it was the beginning of the end.

One can only hope their financial hardships will force them back onto the right track, but honestly, I can't see that happening.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

If ever there was a time to act on that FFVII remake... that time would be, oh, say, right about now.

And if they re-released an HD remake of FF7, they'd make all that back and then some.
I don't even care for the game or franchise that much, but it'd be stupid to pass up the opportunity to make shit-tons of $$$ by not re-making it.

Simple:
Remake FF7 that should make you guys enough
Never played it but seem people seem to think it was the Second Coming of Christ via a PS Game...

And everyone else who said this.

While I would love love LOVE to see a FF7 remake, this just killed any chance of it happening within the next five years.

A Final Fantasy 7 remake would be the MOST expensive project that Square Enix has ever done. That game is HUGE - that is like five games or more by modern standards. To remake FF7, Square would need to be rolling in cash - they'd need to be 150 million in the black, not the red.

So yeah... I now mourn the death of my hope of an FF7 remake. **cries**

 

[yanipheonu]

This is the worst thing to happen to Square since FF XIV!

Really though, I feel for them. A shame things turned out the way they did.

FFXIII and FFXIV are two reasons why they're in the shape they're in.

Contrary to popular belief, FFXIII wasn't a financial failure. XIV was.

Hell, it wasn't even a critical failure. Some people just like hating on it.

 

[Erana]

Can i just say that I love Square Enix games? Is that allowed on the escapist? I enjoyed FFXIII, I found it to be very similar to past games in many respects? I really don't see any decline in quality, merely a change in style that started with VII? Yes, they've been expiramenting, but isn't everyone's big boo-hoo about JRPGs that they never do change?

No, you can't say you like Square Enix, that's basically taboo here on The Escapist.

...Not really? Being an obnoxious fanboy is taboo on the Escapist, but Squeenix itself is fine. Its just tough to mention it without stirring up people's inner fanboy/hater because its so damn polarized.

Man, that's a shame... But it's not entirely surprising. Square-Enix is a hollow shell of what it used to be, desperately clinging to the last few threads of greatness that remain as fans continue to abandon ship in droves. When Final Fantasy XIII was released and proved to be the single most divisive game in the series (remember the days when the FF name guaranteed a quality JRPG, no questions asked?), I knew it was the beginning of the end.

I could say the same thing about pretty much any 3D Final Fantasy. No one game cost them billions of yen in debt.

 

[Sacman]

Come one Square... you can die, just wait until Deus Ex is out first...

 

[Defense]

Can i just say that I love Square Enix games? Is that allowed on the escapist? I enjoyed FFXIII, I found it to be very similar to past games in many respects? I really don't see any decline in quality, merely a change in style that started with VII? Yes, they've been expiramenting, but isn't everyone's big boo-hoo about JRPGs that they never do change?

No, you can't say you like Square Enix, that's basically taboo here on The Escapist.

...Not really? Being an obnoxious fanboy is taboo on the Escapist, but Squeenix itself is fine. Its just tough to mention it without stirring up people's inner fanboy/hater because its so damn polarized.

Oh, sorry. I forgot to add the hashtag.

#joke

 

[tombman888]

Make Kingdom Hearts 3. I swear, it'll sell like hotcakes (i never understood that phrase...) And i will buy a copy for every friend of mine who owns the right console for it.

But seriously, i do hope they can get back up from this.