Quote Originally Posted by Nebelheim View Post
That's something i noticed is all these financial articles on square enix is putting all the financial problems solely on ff16 and not accounting the massive flops of all there recent mobile games marvel avengers and forspoken. It just seems easier to put the blame on a recently released game that has only been out 2 months.
I think some readers are missing the point of the article and what investors said and end up spreading misinformation. Investots "blame" XVI not because it flopped, but because it was a very expensive blockbuster project that failed to cover for the other big eff ups of the company. They also mention not liking producers having so much creative control over the projects, and that's a long workplace culture issue SE has in particular.

I don't know exactly why XVI underperformed (again, it didn't flop, it's different). Some people say PS5 exclusivity, but that didn't seem to hinder the absolute pre sale success VIIR2 had some days ago. I remind people that XVI was outsold by Pikmin 4 in Japan, a niche title that doesn't has the brand power FF has.

But yeah, this year has been a big L for SE, just put this into perspective: people still remembers the absolute failure of Avengers and Forspoken, but do any of you remember Babylon's Fall? Let that sink in...