Quote Originally Posted by Azurymber View Post
SE stock will continue to drop as their recent games have met with a negative response, and failures such as XIV have reduced consumer confidence.

Even if XIV 2.0 is perfect it is nearly impossible to re-market a failed game, and all the people on here who claim spamming advertisements will work have no real marketing experience. 2.0 will not be SE's saving grace.

SE's stock will rise again if the next final fantasy (15? versus?) is a massive success. If not, they will probably fall drastically.

There are a lot of -MUCH- safer stocks out there.

That being said, SE probably won't die as they can make millions off KH3, FFVII-HD/3D, FF15

If you want to invest in a winner, try ZeniMax Media if they ever go public (owns Bethesda). Their new Elder Scrolls MMO will almost for sure be one of the most successful mmo's on the market and will probably make ff look like a joke. Even the screenshots of it and concept art look years ahead of XIV. Plus they will have 3-way massive PvP battles and let you explore all of skyrim, morrowing, tamriel, and a bunch of other places. So its like every elder scrolls in one in a multiplayer arena.
And slated for release 2013.
Pretty much this.

SE's development as been pretty lackluster for the last several years. not everyone liked FFX. a lot of people did not like FFXII or FFXIII and FFXIV flopped as well. of course i'm not sure how these games did in Japan. I'm also not sure how much cash the mobile market brings in for them or their retail stores.

Eidos is bring in a lot of cash for the company, sure. but as a whole there are a few things in the pipeline and not a lot of hype, as usual.

However it is implied that SE has enough cash to throw around to keep FFXIV alive. so either the subs are enough to keep it afloat or their pockets are deeper than implied.