E3 2011 Predictions

[viion]

I dont think 14 will be at e3, my guess it will be more other games and focusing maybe even dues ex infos, as well as kingdom hearts n all that blablah. then tgs will be more ffversus13, and then come 2012 we might see ff14

[Ostia]

I found the above comment to be uninformed trolling. The financial statements of the companies speak to the truth of the matter...

Square Enix had annual total revenue of $2,374M US ending FY10

Activision Blizzard had annual total revenue of $4,447M US ending FY10

Where did you find the information fro SE ? i went here http://www.square-enix.com/eng/news/...q3earnings.pdf and did not see your numbers, anywhere(Unless they are in yen or i just dint see them)

Here are the blizzard numbers http://investor.activision.com/relea...leaseID=548900 wich you where right, thats why i ask the question of the SE numbers, i just could not find them.

[OMEGA_HACK]

/addtag "Mine is bigger than yours thread"

On topic:
XIII-2 and vsXIII will take the limelight probably.
XIV might be mentioned lightly as a PS3 thing (something to take from this is: IF they do mention PS3 then expect they are getting close to wanting to charge us)
some kind of KH spin-off
and the FF Agito (or whatever its being called now)
new* FF title on a handheld

*I say new as it will be a "new" story with a very similar style of gameplay to another FF title.

But like I said... Project Cafe is going to steal all the thunder (Nintendo always does according to the press)

[Catapult]

While I don't expect FFXIV to take center-stage, it needs to be at E3. To not show the recent changes and planned changes would be an economic suicide just as bad as the way they launched the game in the first place.

From a sales and subscription perspective, what is currently hurting FFXIV the most is the people who walked away 6 months ago. You have here a collection of players who rage quit (and I really mean "rage") when the game was at its worst and have since been advocating that people not touch this game with a 2000 foot pole. I'll quote a friend of mine who is among these people:
"FFXIV is currently nothing more than the framework of a mediocre MMO. Square Enix would be better off cutting their losses and scrapping the game entirely and then using the engine to re-make FFXI or some other game."
And people take him seriously since he is top of his class in Australia's leading Video Games educational institute.

These people of course know nothing about what has happened since Yoshi-P took the reigns, making their comments to people considering picking up and trying out FFXIV exceptionally uninformed and unhelpful. These are the people that Squeenix needs to, at the very least, silence from their bad press, even if they can't get them playing again. And they can't do this in the game or it's community itself - they can only do this in an environment that is attentively watched by gamers and press across the world that would otherwise attempt to avoid news on this topic.

E3 & TGS.

These events give Squeenix a rare opportunity to actually tell the quitters how things are changing and show that, come PS3 release, the game is actually worthy of consideration in a second round of reviews. They would be very foolish to not take this opportunity.

[Naylia]

Where did you find the information fro SE ? i went here http://www.square-enix.com/eng/news/...q3earnings.pdf and did not see your numbers, anywhere(Unless they are in yen or i just dint see them)

Here are the blizzard numbers http://investor.activision.com/relea...leaseID=548900 wich you where right, thats why i ask the question of the SE numbers, i just could not find them.

Bloomberg has both companies (US and foreign exchanges) and allows for a conversion to US dollars on one of the tabs with a simple click.

http://investing.businessweek.com/re...ticker=9684:JP

Financials tab -> View Income Statement in US Dollars

[viion]

Square Enix may even allow e3 be used for more of their westernised and show games such as Hitman 5 and new tomb raider.

[Cairdeas]

Square Enix may even allow e3 be used for more of their westernised and show games such as Hitman 5 and new tomb raider.

E3 is mostly going to be about Deus Ex, FFXIII-2 and Vs XIII, But its expected that some of the XIV staff will attend for interviews. Naoki might.

Gamerescape Eorzeapedia is already got their press creds and talking with SE about interviews for various games.