Square Enix Takes $150m Loss - Blu-ray Forum

nameisjimbo · 12-17-2010, 06:43 PM

Wasn't FFXIII released in last year's fiscal year? In any event, if almost all of the sony major titles are down in Japan over the ps2 generation, I'm not sure how much impact bumping up the quality of FFXIII would have had, at least in Japan, the most important FF region. Personally, I haven't liked one since IX, and the only dud prior to IX for me was II, so perhaps I am not in their target demo any longer. Unless the 360 version caused movement to the corridor game now and it would have been more open world, I don't blame SE for going after 360 only owners, the western pie is just that much larger with their inclusion.

I suppose if the argument is that the 360 version led to delays which means that games that should have been out this year have been pushed back, I can see it. Though, the example from the article being pushed out of this year is DE3, which I'm guessing is by a different team.

In any event SQ has screwed up quite a bit this generation, in my book the FF13 downgrade, whatever it may be-everything I've seen posted around the web is only innuendo, though I haven't poked around lately-strikes me as less important than the ridiculous delays in the release timing. Some of that can be attributed to the 360 version inclusion, but really, it speaks to a failure in vision to take the years it took in development.

Screw ups by SQ this generation:
1. FFXIII perpetual release delays (should have been a 2008 release)
2. FF Versus release (should have been a 2010 release
3. KH3: really, where the hell is this, it is one of the few major western hits in the old SE stable and what, handheld spinoffs only?
4. DQS2 should have been released with M+ in 2008, DQS was afterall the best selling console rpg in japan for some time this generation-WII support has been pretty terrible in general.
5. Personal: No TWEWY 2
6. Personal: No PS3 release of Last Remnant, which is my favorite JRPG of the generation
7. Should have given the PSP a few more remakes in the vein of FFI/FFII, I found support for the DS to be pretty good, most of my (US) DS collection is SE property.
8. FFXIV: What needs to be said, really.

I dont' know much about the EIDOS properties, but they strike me as a bit stale (TR in particular), I know they are revamping significantly them, though.

Really there are too many chiefs that have control over their games that you can't dictate the release schedule unlike the western Activision and EA. An Activision would have a yearly rotation that would put out a flagship every year, so say FFXIII in 2008, DQIX 2009, KH3 2010, FFXIV 2011 and so on. Releasing DQIX and FFXIII in the same calendar year is just absurd.

12-17-2010, 06:43 PM	#29
nameisjimbo Member Member since:Dec 2010	Wasn't FFXIII released in last year's fiscal year? In any event, if almost all of the sony major titles are down in Japan over the ps2 generation, I'm not sure how much impact bumping up the quality of FFXIII would have had, at least in Japan, the most important FF region. Personally, I haven't liked one since IX, and the only dud prior to IX for me was II, so perhaps I am not in their target demo any longer. Unless the 360 version caused movement to the corridor game now and it would have been more open world, I don't blame SE for going after 360 only owners, the western pie is just that much larger with their inclusion. I suppose if the argument is that the 360 version led to delays which means that games that should have been out this year have been pushed back, I can see it. Though, the example from the article being pushed out of this year is DE3, which I'm guessing is by a different team. In any event SQ has screwed up quite a bit this generation, in my book the FF13 downgrade, whatever it may be-everything I've seen posted around the web is only innuendo, though I haven't poked around lately-strikes me as less important than the ridiculous delays in the release timing. Some of that can be attributed to the 360 version inclusion, but really, it speaks to a failure in vision to take the years it took in development. Screw ups by SQ this generation: 1. FFXIII perpetual release delays (should have been a 2008 release) 2. FF Versus release (should have been a 2010 release 3. KH3: really, where the hell is this, it is one of the few major western hits in the old SE stable and what, handheld spinoffs only? 4. DQS2 should have been released with M+ in 2008, DQS was afterall the best selling console rpg in japan for some time this generation-WII support has been pretty terrible in general. 5. Personal: No TWEWY 2 6. Personal: No PS3 release of Last Remnant, which is my favorite JRPG of the generation 7. Should have given the PSP a few more remakes in the vein of FFI/FFII, I found support for the DS to be pretty good, most of my (US) DS collection is SE property. 8. FFXIV: What needs to be said, really. I dont' know much about the EIDOS properties, but they strike me as a bit stale (TR in particular), I know they are revamping significantly them, though. Really there are too many chiefs that have control over their games that you can't dictate the release schedule unlike the western Activision and EA. An Activision would have a yearly rotation that would put out a flagship every year, so say FFXIII in 2008, DQIX 2009, KH3 2010, FFXIV 2011 and so on. Releasing DQIX and FFXIII in the same calendar year is just absurd.

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