Congratulations on FF16 being a huge success

[SilversLyu]

I'm so glad FFXIV brings in like 25-30 million a month from subs and game purchases alone just so Square can take all the money and have the FF team work on other games making the MMO overall worse

If that is really what is going on, they deserve every backlash against XIV they get here in the forums. Never treat something like that what made you in the first place in the modern age (and keeps them from bankruptcy or being bought).

[Mosha]

If that is really what is going on, they deserve every backlash against XIV they get here in the forums. Never treat something like that what made you in the first place in the modern age (and keeps them from bankruptcy or being bought).

They make bank off of 14 and tbf it's normal to use some of that profit to fund other projects. IMO I do think 14 has been neglected by 16 not just because of the lack of funds but due to both games being under the control of CBU3 and SE wasting tens of millions on obvious flops.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Welcome to capitalism?



Legally, corporations who have public stock are required to make money for their shareholders. They only care about the customer as much as is required to keep them paying.



If you want real change, need to change the way the economy functions. As it is now, it's just a means to make investors money.

[SilversLyu]

They make bank off of 14 and tbf it's normal to use some of that profit to fund other projects. IMO I do think 14 has been neglected by 16 not just because of the lack of funds but due to both games being under the control of CBU3 and SE wasting tens of millions on obvious flops.

Yeah I think it's good that they can support their games as a whole, but not so fond of neglecting their flagship so to speak. It's maybe why this game is getting more casualized and the "go play other games" argument is a nice way to also tell people: "see this other Square Enix game, check it out". It is what it is?

[Mosha]

Welcome to capitalism?



Legally, corporations who have public stock are required to make money for their shareholders. They only care about the customer as much as is required to keep them paying.



If you want real change, need to change the way the economy functions. As it is now, it's just a means to make investors money.

Well, a lot of investors are idiots and only think about the money printer going brrrrrrrrrrr and are often enough to fucking stupid to invest in making sure that money printer still goes brrrr and SE is one of the best examples of this it's miracle the company is still here with its suicidal tendencies.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Yeah how dare SE, a company known for their multiple IPs as well as a franchise that strives to reinvent itself with every title not drop everything and only focus on their beloved cashcow that is FFXIV.

Im sure the majority of consumers who dont give a flying fuck about this game is going to like thay business decision.

Yeah I rather see new things coming out from SE rather than just stick to a single game like Blizzard does with WoW. I say this as a consumer that enjoys other games besides FFXIV.

Keep being salty folks.

[Izar_Chillen]

than just stick to a single game like Blizzard does with WoW. .

huh?

Diablo 4 , Overwatch 2 to name but a few.

[Boblawblah]

I just hope I have enough popcorn when things don't change as drastically as people expect once FFXVI is out and the team is officially back on full FFXIV duty.

[Shinkuno]

Yeah how dare SE, a company known for their multiple IPs as well as a franchise that strives to reinvent itself with every title not drop everything and only focus on their beloved cashcow that is FFXIV.

Im sure the majority of consumers who dont give a flying fuck about this game is going to like thay business decision.

Yeah I rather see new things coming out from SE rather than just stick to a single game like Blizzard does with WoW. I say this as a consumer that enjoys other games besides FFXIV.

Keep being salty folks.

Its so funny about about you WoW Refugees that defend Square at every step all have thousands of posts in 2 years while everyone that has been here for almost 10 years doesnt come even close to that. Where do you find all the time to shill with the "huge amount of content in the game"?

[SilversLyu]

I just hope I have enough popcorn when things don't change as drastically as people expect once FFXVI is out and the team is officially back on full FFXIV duty.

I make no illusions of that happening, the team will be placed on potential projects like FFXVII or the next non FF game that flops. We'll see.