Square Enix Takes a $350 Million Hit in Value as Stock Plummets

[DarkLordOtaku]

Square should release quality games on a consistent basis. Has nothing to do with PS, Xbox or PC. They peaked in the SNES and PS1 generation and then decayed slowly.

Final fantasy games have been embarrassing past the PS1 era. Even FFVII remake has lots of questionable decisions.

I actually think the Final Fantasy games have been getting progressively better with time, maybe with the exception of FF13 (the third installment mostly).

I think the actual problem here is they flooded the market with JRPGs which only served to compete against themselves. Also, I think that exclusivity hurt their release numbers as a third party developer.

 

[Evilnemesis8]

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D is about to sell something like 1.5M~ FW in Japan(with digital) so I guess next quarter will probably look decent for the HD segment? Romancing SaGa 2 also did much better than other recent titles in the franchise as well.

 

[J_Paganel]

Perfect time for Sony to fully acquire & bring Square Enix home. Yea this includes buying Dragon Quest now that the creator died & the other creators are hitting that age where they retire from work fully or just cash out & settle down. It’s time PS bolsters there japanese side by bring in japanese talent into PS. Much needed it’s an embarrassment PS only have 2 japanese studios that made 2 highly rated games both being massive success & 1 (GT7) aiming to be the fastest & best selling GT game at new premium $70.

Now just fold level 5 to crank AA spin offs rpg of existing PS ip & fold Arc System Work for EVO & PS might be in a significantly better spot then what they’ve been in the past 4 years

For what? Sony will spend even more money on another failed PC port and GAAS, and a new game in the Horizon franchise.

 

[voke]

includes buying Dragon Quest now that the creator died

ummmmmmm last I checked yuji horii didn't die. not sure where you got that info from. As for the rest of you post, idk man im assuming you are a miseducated preteen.

 

[voke]

I actually think the Final Fantasy games have been getting progressively better with time, maybe with the exception of FF13 (the third installment mostly).

I have believed for a looooong time now that FF fans are sipping top tier nostalgia kool aid.

 

[ĿᐄṾᐄṆↁ3☈]

Maybe they should make more shitty action games.
That should fix everything.

 

[SLB1904]

So final fantasy XVI pc didn’t save them? Colour me shocked

 

[Ezekiel]

Lol, they didn't restrict Tifa's chest size, they made it even bigger in Rebirth.

 

[rofif]

Should've made rebirth 100 hours longer.
Seriously. They overbloat that game to fuck and back and then it needs to sell 20mil to make even.
Make the game smaller, remove ton of the minigames and side padding. It doesnt have to take so long to develop

 

[voke]

Should've made rebirth 100 hours longer.
Seriously. They overbloat that game to fuck and back and then it needs to sell 20mil to make even.
Make the game smaller, remove ton of the minigames and side padding. It doesnt have to take so long to develop

I honestly don't think Rebirth costed all that much. It was made in less than 4 years.

 

[Yurinka]

The stock went from 6244 to 5471 yen, but now is 5704 yen.

Others like Bandai Namco, Sega, Nintendo, Mitsubishi, Honda etc. also have been down these days.

I wouldn't say SE is 'plummeting', seems more just a Japanese stock market thing.

Square Enix has a issue with their business.

Nah, pretty likely can be improved but their business is more than healthy.

This FY they had a revenue of almost $2.3B, which is means they are one of the top console publishers and that their revenue is almost 40% higher than 5 years ago. Plus even if they profit margin decreased in the recent couple of years they're pretty profitable.

 

[rofif]

I honestly don't think Rebirth costed all that much. It was made in less than 4 years.

maybe so.
Then how can a company with so successful games tank so much?
If you make good games and they sell well... wtf

 

[Vertigo]

The course correction they announced hasn’t got rolling yet. This is still fallout from their previous strategy.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

I honestly don't think Rebirth costed all that much. It was made in less than 4 years.

IMO I think it's clear they're course correcting, but their recent report didn't deliver any announcements which would suggest a short term "saving grace."

They're reducing their portfolio of titles releasing simultaneously, focusing on higher quality releases, and expanding cross platform access so the Switch crowd can get access to these sooner. All of these are positives, but won't start having an impact on their revenues for another 3~4 years.

 

[AnimePanda]

Full article here:





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Above is a selection from the article I felt needed a spotlight. Interesting read and let this be a lesson Square!

lol i love how they said ff16 and 7 failed lol... squanre enix think now they can foot the whole bill themselves lets see how that works out hahahah

 

[Yobo]

All those Gamepass drops didn't help???? FF16 PC and XIV on Xbox didn't save them???

 

[AnimePanda]

Partnership with Sony went very bad for them.

nigga what LOL... THAT HAS TO BE THE STUPIDEST SHIT I READ TODAY NOW ISTEAD OF FOOTING HALF THE BILL THEY HAVE TO FOOT THE WHOLE COST AND HOPE THEY SELL AN EXTRA 1MIL ON XBOX. do i need to remind people of ff15 sells on xb1.... yeah dont make me start handing u idiots LS LOL

 

[lucasthebeast19]

damn being multiplatform isn't working out for them

 

[AnimePanda]

Forspoken probably would have done decent if they stuck with the protagonist as a White woman. (Agnis philosophy demo.)

Anyways I hate to say I’m just waiting for the inevitable Microsoft buyout. It looks like Sony has missed their window to make a move if they ever really did plan on it and Phil Spencer is talking about buying companies in Asia. Oh well.

hahahah bro xbox aint getting square enix and ur a moron if u think they are hahahah

 

[AnimePanda]

Please provide proof that this is nonsense. Other than a gut feeling?

sony just put out its Q and they were all over profit you mad about facts is funny as hell hahahah its right there buddy use google before u come to look stupid