I doubt it, but there's no guarantee they're going there to an even heavier extreme either. We probably won't see the full ramifications for a few years as it is.
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Breaking News: Yoichi Wada resigns as Square Enix CEO, likely being replaced by CFO
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BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
IrishNinja
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wow...still, can't say this came outta nowhere.
elements of GAF wanna blame every bad decision square's made on him, and that doesn't strike me as fair, but the company's still been a shadow of what it was, with projects moved around in such a way that implies awful management.
glad to see him go, and i'd love to hear sakaguchi's thoughts right now.
elements of GAF wanna blame every bad decision square's made on him, and that doesn't strike me as fair, but the company's still been a shadow of what it was, with projects moved around in such a way that implies awful management.
glad to see him go, and i'd love to hear sakaguchi's thoughts right now.
Those came before 3DS and WiiU. They aren't going to ignore 2 years in a row of losses for the first time in company history and two systems failing to meet expectations. Iwata's job is clearly in peril unless something drastic happens to turn things around.
"Reminds me of when I almost tanked the entire company with Spirits Within."
According to this article, both Dragon Quest X and Tomb Raider underperformed.
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/business/news/130326/bsd1303261848017-n1.htm
Yes, but they also give the benefit of the doubt due to his track record to allow him to turn things around, as he has done with the 3DS. Sure, it may not be meeting expectations, but it is profitable and not doing badly by any sense of the word
Femmeworth
Banned
Wada definitely wasn't the only person to blame.
it means we will probably get more of this
Can't wait for Nintendo investors meeting, should be soon and *popcorn.gif* worthy
There are games that are designed to extract every last penny out of you and then there is this game.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
A CEO is only as good as his last product. Wii U is an abject failure and 3DS isn't much better.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
How did people feel about Dragon Quest X going MMORPG?
My Dragon Quest-obsessed friend refuses to acknowledge the game for that reason. Do others feel this same way?
My Dragon Quest-obsessed friend refuses to acknowledge the game for that reason. Do others feel this same way?
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Wada and Iwata moving to Denmark?
3DS is doing extremely well in Japan though.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Well yea but Iwata brought those too. Looking from one half the story is not always correct way to see things, and yes of course his job is in perils.
they're running jobcenter now.
Iwata is next on the chopping block.
Oh come on! A dude got lost his job! lol.
and nowhere else
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Jobcenter: Lightning Returns
3ds isn't going to earn him a whole lot of points, but there's a clear difference between a system performing like an xbox 360 and one performing like a sega saturn.
Not entirely true. It's doing well in every region, it's just not setting records on fire in America and Europe, but it is not doing badly AT ALL, contrary to what GAF seems to think
Megalosaro
Banned
About time. Maybe they'll actually start releasing their Japanese games in the States again.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
If so Iwata will be unemployed for the rest of his life.
Infinite Justice
Member
Damn it finally happened.
Good luck to him in his other endevours
Good luck to him in his other endevours
IrishNinja
Member
well yeah, but after that
internally, and after sipping some good burboun...yeah that's about how i picture it
iwata's a made man, though! with connections & hair like that, Yamanuchi yakuza connects + renewed love hotel investments will have him on easy street i figure
aw cmon ani, i go the retronauts saturn ep playing as you wrote this, man
Tell that to the rest of the world. Nintendo had to cut their 3DS sales projections 3 times for FY2013.
Problem is when GCN failed to take off they still had GBA doing insane numbers, 3DS is no GBA. They can't fall back on it during bad times like they did with GBA. If WiiiU is bombing then 3DS needs to make up for it, which it isn't.
Megalosaro
Banned
It's the highest selling MMO of all time in Japan. Those that play it consider it to be a strong entry in the franchise.
Last time this company was in this amount of trouble a man named Sakaguchi saved them by creating Final Fantasy.
Bring him back and give him free hands on the next title.
Take the best creative people from both square and enix. Put them on this title.
Risk everything on this final move...and save the company.
Bring him back and give him free hands on the next title.
Take the best creative people from both square and enix. Put them on this title.
Risk everything on this final move...and save the company.
They have not?
Deus Ex was a success, they considered Sleeping Dogs one, mentioned Just Cause 2 as an example for long lasting, constant game sales. Tomb Raider seems to sell quite well and only Hitman seemingly underperformed.
Meanwhile S-E relaunched FFVII and VIII on PC but on no big shop, bombed FF XIV into the ground, halted the development of many games to correct that game, couldn't connect to their DS success outside of Dragon Quest and failed to deliver on projects that are long overdue (Versus, KHIII, etc.).
I hope they don't turn away from Eidos or PC, because that wasn't the reason S-E didn't do quite as well as they hoped.
3DS performs ok. But it could perform better if someone who knows what he is doing would actually run Nintendo.
Holy shit indeed
We finally gonna have no more 'westernizing' games at SE now? And the possible reverse betrayal next gen is actually happening?
He can probably stay unemployed and live the rest of his life quite comfortably. CEOs are low on my list of people to feel sorry for losing their jobs, and if I do it won't be for the same reasons as, say, when masses of people get laid off at a developer after crunching development.
Honestly, from a business perspective DQX is a smart move. XI is the most profitable FF ever. Taking one shot at a DQ MMO could have amounted to a core financial pillar for them going forward for the next decade.
Whether it pans out or not, it was a smart gamble.
Deus Ex sold around the same as XIII-2, but cost a lot more to make I'm sure. Sleeping Dogs was not a success. Sold like 90,000k first month when I'm sure they wanted millions, considering it literally is better than GTA IV. Tomb Raider is their biggest brand name besides FF and DQ. They invested very heavily in the game. It's doing decently but I'm sure they wanted, and rightfully expected, a gigantic hit with this game. It's a masterpiece.
Thief 4 is also being moved to next gen. And how much is Soul Suspect actually going to sell? Eidos makes great stuff, but the sales are really not setting the world on fire, at all.
And Hitman mega, mega bombed. And it looks like a very expensive game to make.
People just believe what they want to believe I guess.
The timing of this is really interesting.
Square and Enix merged exactly 10 years ago on April 1, and this fuckwit has destroyed everything that was great about the Square side pre-merger.
It's essentially the end of the financial year, so Square Enix will have a fresh start from April 1.
Look at the stuff they have coming:
- relaunch of FFXIV
- rumoured renaming of FFversusXIII to FFXV
- FFX and FFX-2 HD remasters
Man, I've got a really good feeling about the imminent future of the company.
They just need to cancel Lightning Returns to prove that they can do it.
Square and Enix merged exactly 10 years ago on April 1, and this fuckwit has destroyed everything that was great about the Square side pre-merger.
It's essentially the end of the financial year, so Square Enix will have a fresh start from April 1.
Look at the stuff they have coming:
- relaunch of FFXIV
- rumoured renaming of FFversusXIII to FFXV
- FFX and FFX-2 HD remasters
Man, I've got a really good feeling about the imminent future of the company.
They just need to cancel Lightning Returns to prove that they can do it.
Should the blame not rest on those in charge of those areas, and not Iwata?
They are only part of Square that makes money. They are going to be fine....
Canis lupus
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A chance for FFvs13 seeing the light of day. Their priority should be Eidos, main FF and KH games. It was a mistake to focus on so many things that resulted in so little things getting done.
please fire Toriyama for a better square-enix!!
Isn´t Iwata the guy who has the last word?
UnblessedSoul
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Finally, I hope there are big changes at SE
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I don't think Sakaguchi coming back will help. There's still a lot of talent at Square Enix so restructuring is their best bet. Making the company more efficient at what they do with an intelligent CEO at the helm is what they need.