Square Enix’s Stock Has Fallen 30% From Its Peak This Year, Wiping Almost $2 Billion Off The Company’s Market Value.

[Darth Vader]

This has nothing to do with FFXVI but all to do with their overall financial results. The game had very limited impact in those same results since it came out 8 days before the end of the fiscal quarter/year.

This guy needs a bloody lawsuit.

 

[Old Gamer]

A Square acquisition creates friction with Nintendo that's absolutely not needed but whatever I guess.

Nintendo already created the friction themselves by siding with MS on the ABK ordeal. Don't bother worrying about keeping the peace with a neighbor who hates you.

 

[anonpuffs]

TIL 88 metacritic is "mixed reviews"

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

You had a typo, fixed it for you. You're welcome!

both are shit

 

[Evilms]

It's true, the 100k~200k copies of an Xbox version would have drastically increased sales of the game and saved square enix

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

TIL 88 metacritic is "mixed reviews"

TIL 84 (soon 83) MC is the biggest flop of all time.

 

[Gamernyc78]

TIL 88 metacritic is "mixed reviews"

Thts what i was thinking. Wtf did thy get mixed from? Def an angle their pushing. Any other title would have been "mostly positive reviews" or "reviewed well" etc.

 

[Dick Jones]

Is this Bloomberg article from the cunt who shits on Sony and Nintendo successes? The son of Michael Pachter, Taka M

 

[anonpuffs]

TIL 84 (soon 83) MC is the biggest flop of all time.

it is when it was hyped up to be the game of the generation and the best game of all time, strong enough to carry the hopes and dreams of the hordes of twitter xbots on its broad, strong, manly, todd-like shoulders (snicker). face it, it's a disappointment on the level of forspoken

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

it is when it was hyped up to be the game of the generation and the best game of all time, strong enough to carry the hopes and dreams of the hordes of twitter xbots on its broad, strong, manly, todd-like shoulders (snicker). face it, it's a disappointment on the level of forspoken

i dunno my man. Yoshi-P wanted to make a "Must-Play FF" and clearly he failed to so.

Both are shittie games from shittie companies. defending/praising one and shit the other one is the biggest sign of hypocrisy ever.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

OP (and Takashi) should worry more about the disastrous Starfield sales compared with Fallout 4 and Skyrim. Another multiplatform that was made exclusive.

The media will never talk about this tho, it's all on FF16, even 3 months after release.

 

[Evilms]

OP (and Takashi) should worry more about the disastrous Starfield sales compared with Fallout 4 and Skyrim. Another multiplatform that was made exclusive.

The media will never talk about this tho, it's all on FF16, even 3 months after release.

 

[Danja]

Send out that FoamStars public Beta SE... the diamond in the rough y'all sitting on .

But seriously what they need to do is go the Capcom route. Start nurturing some old but beloved IP's with care and remake them, build up some good will again.

Selling off their Western Studios was a dumb move and I'm still puzzled by it, but yeah.

Sony should have done a merger before this gen started but too late for that now. I kinda have a feeling we won't see much more exclusives between them going forward as well.

 

[Bryank75]

Sony need to pounce. They probably wont under the morons that seem to run the place atm...

Best thing is to keep them making the 2D classic RPG's and drop them on PSPlus and then have the big studios work on their best IP's in a really focused manner, cutting projects like Forespoken (which I own but have yet to play).

Concentrate on FF mainline games, FF online (XIV), Dragon Quest, Nier and Kingdom Hearts...

Then cut costs by getting rid of middle managers and upper management that have proven that they have no idea.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Fck this clown. Not worth a click or a lick of attention. We can get this info from sources worth a shit.

 

[sugarbetik]

Looking at their financial results, no wonder investors aren't happy with SE strategy.

 

[Evilms]

Final Fantasy XVI

• 3 million copies sold in one week on PS5 only
• 87 metascore with 146 reviews
• 8.1 userscore
• 88 opencritic with 167 reviews
• 100~150 million $ budget?
• 8 years in development (since 2015)

Starfield

• No worldwide sales figures despite release on PC, Steam, Xbox Series X & S
• 84 metascore with only 74 tests, despite Microsoft's careful selection of reviewers
• 6.1 userscore
• 87 opencritic with 134 reviews
• 72% on steamdb
• By far the worst start for a bethesda game in physical sales in the UK (~15k, the only real data we have)
• 200 million $ budget
• 11 years in development (since 2012)

Which of these two games should we be more worried about?

 

[AshHunter216]

If 87 for FF16 is considered "mixed reviews" what is 84 for Starfield?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Final Fantasy XVI

• 3 million copies sold in one week on PS5 only
• 87 metascore with 146 reviews
• 8.1 userscore
• 88 opencritic with 167 reviews
• 100~150 million $ budget?
• 8 years in development (since 2015)

Starfield

• No worldwide sales figures despite release on PC, Steam, Xbox Series X & S
• 84 metascore with only 74 tests, despite Microsoft's careful selection of reviewers
• 6.1 userscore
• 87 opencritic with 134 reviews
• 72% on steamdb
• By far the worst start for a bethesda game in physical sales in the UK (~15k, the only real data we have)
• 200 million $ budget
• 11 years in development (since 2012)

Which of these two games should we be more worried about?

MS own Bethesda.

SE is third party. Square enix is the one that should be more worried.

 

[Evilms]

MS own Bethesda.

SE is third party. Square enix is the one that should be more worried.

All the more reason. Despite Microsoft's colossal financial resources, Starfield falls short of FF16 in all areas.