*Sigh* ... Yet another Square Enix countdown teaser - Blu-ray Forum

Marine Mike · 06-26-2009, 03:47 PM

*Sigh* ... Yet another Square Enix countdown teaser
4 minutes ago - 10:40 AM on 06.26.2009, Jim Sterling 4 comments

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Dear games industry,

Please stop putting up countdown teaser sites for upcoming games. Either just announce the bloody things or shut up forever. Putting out teasers is basically an admittance of arrogance on your part, and the endless speculation you get is mawkish and annoying.

It's not like Square Enix has even put out much of anything recently that deserves" a teaser, and they can use all the pretty music and "mysterious" number fours that they like, the whole thing will still come off as stupid and pretentious, like all teaser sites invariably do. Could the teaser be about Romancing Saga 4? Who even cares? I'll give a crap when I actually have an announcement.

I hope you take the message of my letter into consideration, and make more of an effort to be inventive, rather than dreary, in your future marketing efforts from this point onward.

Yours lovingly,

Jim Sterling of Destructoid.

Click here for the site.

aphex · 06-26-2009, 04:35 PM

no access. What's the timer at?

ScarredLungs · 06-26-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by aphex

no access. What's the timer at?

226: 17

Shin-Ra · 06-26-2009, 07:12 PM

*Sigh* ... Another Jim Sterling Story.

Septimus Prime · 06-26-2009, 07:23 PM

I'm guessing Seiken Densetsu 4.

They'll f it up, though, so I'm not excited in the least.

Marine Mike · 06-29-2009, 03:37 PM

Hey Look, Now, There Is A Dragon
By Brian Ashcraft, 4:00 AM on Mon Jun 29 2009, 5,984 views

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The countdown page for some game Square Enix is trying to hype. The large "4" and the countdown clock are old, but the dragon drawing is new.

Even if we don't like countdown clocks, we do like dragon drawings. Also, the SaGa (AKA Final Fantasy Legend) style music *might* be new as well, since we don't remember hearing it last time.

Hrm, think this is counting down to a new SaGa title? "Stratos" is in the source code if that means anything....

ATRamos1652 · 06-30-2009, 11:01 AM

Puff the Magic Dragon IV. New series, 3 prequels to go. FPS.

MOONPHASE · 06-30-2009, 11:05 AM

A dragon makes me think of Dragon Quest but that seems a little too obvious and then there is the 4.

ATRamos1652 · 06-30-2009, 11:14 AM

Now there is a sword-wielding boy riding the dragon.

Marine Mike · 06-30-2009, 02:22 PM

And Now There Is A Boy...
By Brian Ashcraft, 1:00 AM on Tue Jun 30 2009, 9,985 views

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First there was a landscape and the number four. Then a dragon. Now? Now there is a boy. He has a sword.

Tomorrow we hope this Square Enix countdown site brings us clouds or maybe, just maybe, the sun. Oh the suspense. It is killing us.

Velmeran · 06-30-2009, 02:31 PM

Dragon looks somewhat like the dragon art Square used for Final Fantasy Tactics (on PSOne) *shrugs* a new Tactics game would be the 4th (FFT, FFT Advance, FFT A2) in the series as well...

Probably just grasping at straws and wishful thinking on my part though...

LifeOfAPirate13 · 06-30-2009, 02:32 PM

Hopefully another Tactics game without stupid Judge Rules and hopefully on a notable system PS3!!!

dk3dknight · 06-30-2009, 03:01 PM

I wonder if its a countdown till they flush the toilet...

dpomp · 06-30-2009, 03:09 PM

what is the countdown in minutes?? can't access the site.

Marine Mike · 06-30-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dpomp

what is the countdown in minutes?? can't access the site.

7909 minutes approx

dk3dknight · 06-30-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

7909 minutes approx

7909 Minutes
131.8 Hours
10.9 Days
1 Week 3 days
.03 Years *rounded up*

And thanks to kjacobs03 for correcting the voices...

kjacobs03 · 06-30-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dk3dknight

7909 Minutes
131.8 Hours
10.9 Days
1 Week 2 days
.03 Years *rounded up*

1 Week 2 days =/= 10.9 days

dk3dknight · 06-30-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kjacobs03

1 Week 2 days =/= 10.9 days

Fine 1 week 3 days, which I had originally then something told me put 2 down.. It was the voices again dammit..

Thank you for correcting the voices they tell me tell you they are sorry..

Rike255 · 06-30-2009, 05:55 PM

I'm so excited!! ...Wait, no I'm not...

Terjyn · 06-30-2009, 06:22 PM

Is there a reason to believe this is PS3 related? Like a playstation logo on the site or anything of the sort?

06-30-2009, 11:14 AM	#9
ATRamos1652 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Chula Vista, CA (in San Diego County)	Now there is a sword-wielding boy riding the dragon. Last edited by ATRamos1652; 06-30-2009 at 11:23 AM.

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06-26-2009, 04:35 PM	#2
aphex Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Scottsdale Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:4	no access. What's the timer at?

06-26-2009, 07:12 PM	#4
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Sigh ... Another Jim Sterling Story.

06-26-2009, 07:23 PM	#5
Septimus Prime Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:2	I'm guessing Seiken Densetsu 4. They'll f it up, though, so I'm not excited in the least.

06-30-2009, 11:01 AM	#7
ATRamos1652 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Chula Vista, CA (in San Diego County)	Puff the Magic Dragon IV. New series, 3 prequels to go. FPS.

06-30-2009, 11:05 AM	#8
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	A dragon makes me think of Dragon Quest but that seems a little too obvious and then there is the 4.

06-30-2009, 02:31 PM	#11
Velmeran Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Minnesota Blu-ray collection:268 Trading Score:8	Dragon looks somewhat like the dragon art Square used for Final Fantasy Tactics (on PSOne) shrugs a new Tactics game would be the 4th (FFT, FFT Advance, FFT A2) in the series as well... Probably just grasping at straws and wishful thinking on my part though...

06-30-2009, 02:32 PM	#12
LifeOfAPirate13 Expert Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Chicago, IL Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:18	Hopefully another Tactics game without stupid Judge Rules and hopefully on a notable system PS3!!!

06-30-2009, 03:01 PM	#13
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	I wonder if its a countdown till they flush the toilet...

06-30-2009, 03:09 PM	#14
dpomp ₯ Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Texas PSN: dpomp131 Blu-ray collection:231 Trading Score:19	what is the countdown in minutes?? can't access the site.

06-30-2009, 05:55 PM	#19
Rike255 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:AB, Canada PSNetwork: Rike255 Home Theater Gallery:44 Blu-ray collection:57	I'm so excited!! ...Wait, no I'm not...

06-30-2009, 06:22 PM	#20
Terjyn Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:122	Is there a reason to believe this is PS3 related? Like a playstation logo on the site or anything of the sort?

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