Matsuda stepping down as Sqenix President and CEO

[SaitoHikari]

A lot of their new games are flopping hard, mostly the somewhat smaller ones, remasters and remakes that are getting a positive reception, but those don't tend to really stay in the spotlight as long as a good AAA title would.

Unironically Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default 2 were probably the biggest recent hits from Square, and they started off as Nintendo Switch exclusives which likely didn't help them.

Everyone seems to be under the impression that Bravely 2 bombed though.

Octopath 2 doesn’t appear to have flown off the shelves like Octopath 1 did either, but it is enjoying massively positive reviews and word of mouth right now, so it’s likely to have crazy long term legs.

I think the most successful RPG they released last year was Triangle Strategy, which they said broke 1 million.

[Vahlnir]

Everyone seems to be under the impression that Bravely 2 bombed though.

Octopath 2 doesn’t appear to have flown off the shelves like Octopath 1 did either, but it is enjoying massively positive reviews and word of mouth right now, so it’s likely to have crazy long term legs.

I think the most successful RPG they released last year was Triangle Strategy, which they said broke 1 million.

Harvestella seems to be getting some decent feedback as well, even though it's not a huge success. I plan to snag that one when I'm able.

[Raoabolic]

Harvestella seems to be getting some decent feedback as well, even though it's not a huge success. I plan to snag that one when I'm able.

I wanted to like Harvestella more than I did but Stardew Valley spoiled me real hard on farming/harvest moon style games.

[Vahlnir]

I wanted to like Harvestella more than I did but Stardew Valley spoiled me real hard on farming/harvest moon style games.

Stardew Valley is pretty solid. It just doesn't keep my attention for very long.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Everyone seems to be under the impression that Bravely 2 bombed though.

Octopath 2 doesn’t appear to have flown off the shelves like Octopath 1 did either, but it is enjoying massively positive reviews and word of mouth right now, so it’s likely to have crazy long term legs.

I think the most successful RPG they released last year was Triangle Strategy, which they said broke 1 million.

The latest sales figures I can seem to find for Bravely Default 2 is the Switch version selling about a million copies at the end of 2021.
Not exactly a giant success, but at any rate I imagine their sales for slightly smaller Switch games are beating PC, PS and Xbox AAA releases in revenue... Something I imagine the investors aren't too happy with.

I wonder how much money they spent on something like Forspoken, and how much of it has it made back as sales aren't exactly on an upwards trend on it...