Very Concerned for the Future of FFXIV and SE

[Ath192]

Square Enix's mgmt is a super greedy bunch of execs and have used FFXIV to fund failed projects, maybe Sony, who kept the CD port from killing consoles will see the value of investing FFXIV money into FFXIV

[Thaciscokidd]

Square Enix's mgmt is a super greedy bunch of execs and have used FFXIV to fund failed projects, maybe Sony, who kept the CD port from killing consoles will see the value of investing FFXIV money into FFXIV

The current climate of Sony moving away from eastern games and all out Restructuring of Sony Japan would be a detriment to Square Enix overall.

Honestly it'd be more of a Microsoft move to try to buy Square Enix since they are trying to get into the eastern gaming sphere more.

I'm kinda hoping that Nintendo tries and buy the full rights to Super Mario RPG from Square Enix. I'd love to see Geno and Mallow in a game again.

Sidenote: FF14 has nothing on Squenix's Mobile department when it comes to Net Profits.

[RitsukoSonoda]

The current climate of Sony moving away from eastern games and all out Restructuring of Sony Japan would be a detriment to Square Enix overall.

Honestly it'd be more of a Microsoft move to try to buy Square Enix since they are trying to get into the eastern gaming sphere more.

I'm kinda hoping that Nintendo tries and buy the full rights to Super Mario RPG from Square Enix. I'd love to see Geno and Mallow in a game again.

Sidenote: FF14 has nothing on Squenix's Mobile department when it comes to Net Profits.

SE isn't likely to sell to Sony or Microsoft. The recent sale of its western studios was primarily due to a shift in direction and feelings of instability caused by trying to branch out too much as the titles associated with those studios were not RPGs. They acquired those studios in an attempt to establish a stronger foothold with western audiences however the titles produced after doing so failed to generate the sales numbers they hoped for and because of that they basically lost attention to more profitable franchises and attempts at creating new franchise titles which have had both failures and successes. The sale also gave them funds to essentially play with as SE has always had an interest in new electronic and digital technologies and NFTs and blockchain tech appears to have piqued someone's interest. The question however is whether or not they'll find a way to get beneficial use out of it or if they will meet failure like other companies have already experienced experimenting with it as they could end up just repeating the same cycle that passed with those western studios.

As for other things they could have done with the funds obtained in that sale. I have a number of friends that are still wishing for a NA or worldwide Dragon Quest X release as they've seen me play it and read about it online but see learning Japanese as too daunting a task to play a video game.

[Thaciscokidd]

SE isn't likely to sell to Sony or Microsoft..

Totally agree. I was just saying that it would be a move that Microsoft would try to do. Also, Japan doesn't like Foreign Ownership. But now I do wonder with Sony moving more into California would this block Sony from even attempting to buy Squenix.