/r/ffxivdiscussion: Square Enix Notification of Recognition of Extraordinary Losses

[DiaDeem]

My prediction? They're gonna axe that garbage Symbiogenesis NFT game that nobody's even playing, and they're probably done giving PlayStation any kind of exclusivity. Both XVI and Rebirth were part of this fiscal year, and both missed on the XBOX/PC Market. If they're reporting "Extraordinary losses" then that means the exclusivity deal was just not worth it.

Other than that, I don't know what else they can do. They haven't done particularly well in the mobile market either, so my hope is that we'll see more mid-range games that don't cost as much to make but can still sell well like Octopath or Triangle Strategy. Not every game needs to be Porsfoken.

Also, other than XIV and XVI, I'm glad they're done making their own engines. There's a charm to an in-house engine, but they're insanely costly to make and rarely justify the time and expense.

[Mosha]

Both XVI and Rebirth were part of this fiscal year, and both missed on the XBOX/PC Market. If they're reporting "Extraordinary losses" then that means the exclusivity deal was just not worth it..

I wouldn't have much faith in Sony's exclusivity deals if they were publishing their first-party games to Steam. The writing has been on the wall for the last few years. But tbf its SE its a miracle they are still in business.

[Turtledeluxe]

My prediction? They're gonna axe that garbage Symbiogenesis NFT game that nobody's even playing, and they're probably done giving PlayStation any kind of exclusivity. Both XVI and Rebirth were part of this fiscal year, and both missed on the XBOX/PC Market. If they're reporting "Extraordinary losses" then that means the exclusivity deal was just not worth it.

Other than that, I don't know what else they can do. They haven't done particularly well in the mobile market either, so my hope is that we'll see more mid-range games that don't cost as much to make but can still sell well like Octopath or Triangle Strategy. Not every game needs to be Porsfoken.

Also, other than XIV and XVI, I'm glad they're done making their own engines. There's a charm to an in-house engine, but they're insanely costly to make and rarely justify the time and expense.

Pretty sure there are like 25m XBox series in the wild and unless PC is driving huge sales, it's probably not worth the added dev time.

For products like a mainline FF, PS and/or Switch with a close PC release is the smart way to go imo so they can churn out in a reasonable time period.

What they need to do is make better FF games that are not sequels. It's really that simple.