Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Larirawiel]

Embracer Group buys bigger parts of Square Enix:
https://embracer.com/release/embrace...-other-assets/

Interesting. But it seems, that the japan parts are not affected.


Cheers

[Padudu]

Embracer Group buys bigger parts of Square Enix:
https://embracer.com/release/embrace...-other-assets/

Interesting. But it seems, that the japan parts are not affected.


Cheers

https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/n...elease_fin.pdf just to add

"In addition, the Transaction enables the launch of new businesses by
moving forward with investments in fields including blockchain, AI, and the cloud."

Tomb Raider, Deus Ex all going in the name of NFT. :P Ohh SE.. never change. It's been a real mess outside of XIV, and even then I have the scary feeling that they'll treat XIV like they treated Deus Ex and Tomb Raider.. successful, but not successful enough for them.

[Vahlnir]

https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/n...elease_fin.pdf just to add

"In addition, the Transaction enables the launch of new businesses by
moving forward with investments in fields including blockchain, AI, and the cloud."

Tomb Raider, Deus Ex all going in the name of NFT. :P Ohh SE.. never change. It's been a real mess outside of XIV, and even then I have the scary feeling that they'll treat XIV like they treated Deus Ex and Tomb Raider.. successful, but not successful enough for them.

FF XIV is their cash cow, so I don't see them dropping it in the foreseeable future. If it starts becoming less profitable though...I guess we'll have to see what happens.

[AziraSyuren]

FF XIV is their cash cow, so I don't see them dropping it in the foreseeable future. If it starts becoming less profitable though...I guess we'll have to see what happens.

If they haven't dropped support for 11, which is pretty much a dead game (with a consistent and dedicated remaining playerbase, mind), they won't drop support for 14, either. They haven't even dropped support for Dragon Quest 10 yet.

[Padudu]

FF XIV is their cash cow, so I don't see them dropping it in the foreseeable future. If it starts becoming less profitable though...I guess we'll have to see what happens.

You bring up a good point! SE's current direction lately just makes me a bit paranoid, I think. Nothing is immune to greed after all, and SE has been on a trend of flops and monetization with their other titles. While I can't see them dropping support I can see them sucking the life out of the game.

[Vahlnir]

I can see them sucking the life out of the game.

Honestly, they've been doing it for years. It has been pretty clear to me over the years that FF XIV tends to suffer more than usual when SE has other big projects they're working on.