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[Negotiator101]

Dang, looks like their last couple of big games must have missed internal projections.

Hope the effected land on their feet.

affected.

 

[nial]

I told you so supernova8

Does that even matter when talking about the American branch of a Japanese company?
For example, I've seen news about layoffs happening in Square Enix, Inc. (United States), but I'm pretty sure you will never see that being the case with the Japanese branch (Square Enix Co., Ltd.).

nvm he's banned.

 

[Clear]

To be honest I doubt this'll result in that many layoffs, their US and UK operations are not particularly extensive I believe.

Their real problem is that their marketing is shite and they have wasted a lot of time and money on underperforming GaaS efforts like Babylon's Fall and Foamstars.

Frankly, the crazy part is that their one notable breakout hit with Nier Automata back in 2017 hasn't really been capitalized on. A Gacha title and modestly budgeted re-release of the original 2010 game is not how most publishers follow up on a mid-budget project that ended up shifting 8million units!

 

[Chukhopops]

I guess that puts to rest the debate about their recent games' sales performance. Feels bad to see SE like that.

Did they publish full numbers anywhere? I'm curious how far off the mark they are compared to their forecast last year.

 

[Zathalus]

To be expected, all the recent games have either been sales disappointments or completely bombed critically.

 

[Shifty1897]

Square CEO in 2022: Western games are the problem.
New Square CEO in 2024: Small games are the problem.
Newest Square CEO in 2026 when the big games also fail: Anime grunting is the problem.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

the youtube awards are the most valuable on that shelf.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

recent

recent?

 

[Zathalus]

recent?

As in the past few years. I think Dragon Quest 11 and 7 remake sold quite well.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

As in the past few years. I think Dragon Quest 11 and 7 remake sold quite well.

I mean, SE has become a meme of "x game didn't meet expectations"

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

I blame the following:

- Gamepass
-Xbox
-Phil Spencer
-Sarah Bond
-DEI
-Stupid Gamers
- Smart Gamers
- Israel & all of the middle east
-Joe Biden
-Donald Trump
-Sony & their money hatting policies

I think i've covered all my bases.

/s

 

[MikeM]

Maybe they should layoff the exclusive deals.

 

[MikeM]

I blame the following:

- Gamepass
-Xbox
-Phil Spencer
-Sarah Bond
-DEI
-Stupid Gamers
- Smart Gamers
- Israel & all of the middle east
-Joe Biden
-Donald Trump
-Sony & their money hatting policies

I think i've covered all my bases.

/s

Cost of living is a real one.

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

Cost of living is a real one.

Nah- Thats Joe biden.

 

[Larxia]

They had credibility?

Kingdom hearts is still banished to the Epic Games Store.

Worst decisions they ever made, I still don't get it. They probably sold like 1000 copies max.
Releasing them on steam would be easy money, I see people every day begging for a steam port.

 

[MikeM]

Nah- Thats Joe biden.

I'm canadian.

 

[GHound]

Western publishers do mass layoffs, it's westerners (or Tango).
Japanese publishers do mass layoffs, it's westerners.

Coincidence? No, it's because we westerners are lizard people.

 

[DavJay]

FFXVII should be made like megaman 9 or Sonic mania in FFVI style. Probably only take 2 years max to make on a lower budget and it would sell like crazy.

 

[havoc00]

Foamstar bros what went wrong

 

[Dr. Claus]

Nomura's fault.

No. It's babylons fall, foamstars, ever crisis, and forspokens fault.

 

[Dr. Claus]

FFXVII should be made like megaman 9 or Sonic mania in FFVI style. Probably only take 2 years max to make on a lower budget and it would sell like crazy.

We had games like that. It's called octopath traveler 1 and 2. They sold Ok. Hate to break it to you, but niche genre will continue to remain a niche genre. Changing it to FF won't suddenly make the numbers triple.

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

So don't make Foamstars, Forspoken, or Babylon's Fall, and their other failed projects.

Make more games like ff16 because that was so freaking epic with an incredible story and was GOTY 2023

 

[IAmRei]

Nomura's fault.

Ofcourse, always be

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

I'm canadian.

#Me too.

 

[Kataploom]

Focusing on AAA gaming is a mistake these days... Square is one of the few gaming companies from Japan that is reporting mass layoffs and it's basically because the have unrealistic sales expectations. Well they tried releasing some AA games but it felt like they self sabotaged or something like that, didn't feel like an honest intent...