What happened to SB (story)?

[bswpayton]

Hmm I loved sb story

[Furiea]

you can bypass the 250 limit by editing your post.. please do that instead of making more small posts.

[Ilenya]

Not to derail everything, but I've seen that quote before, and it was in regards to 1.0, *not* Stormblood.

[Quite]

@Ilenya Which quote? I paraphrased a bunch.

Edit: Oh, that one. Well, nothing is really derailed. Even if the article is old (which I didn't know at the time) it's not the point of what I wrote. It's just the spark that got me thinking. I adjusted the post to be more accurate. Thank you.

[Unscene]

@Ilenya Which quote? I paraphrased a bunch.

The person who sold all their SE stock. That was in 2010.

[Ilenya]

@Ilenya Which quote? I paraphrased a bunch.

Today my attention was brought to an article where someone who owned stock in Square Enix left a message on twitter saying:

"First thing in the morning tomorrow, I intend to instruct those who manage my precious Square Enix stock (however little it may be) to arrange to sell all of it. To Square, thank you for the enjoyment of your products up until now, with the exception of this last one. Goodbye."

Apparently he was referring to Stormblood (SB), and that stock turned out to be worth 26 million (or so the article says). This got me thinking: Why would anyone's faith in a functioning company shatter so completely that they would sell it all? And then I remember how much I complained about the SB story, the NA server move, and the DDOS attacks, and... well... I think I understand why.

That quote about selling the stocks? That was from the initial release.