Corporate Confusion - Square Enix Needs A Corporate Realignment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- For years, me and my friends have had a running joke. If Square Enix says one thing, they will announce something shortly after that totally contradicts what they just announced. Announce a crazy niche JRPG game? Well, soon an action VR game will be announced. Did they announce a traditional old school game? Welp, blockchain announcement incoming!
The corporate world of Square Enix seems to have no clue what the actual studios are doing, and the studios themselves appear to have no idea what the others are doing. There is no alignment between business decisions within divisions, with statements from one division directly contradicting the developments of another. It's just a train wreck watching it.
One division will say they made XYZ decision because games with those mechanics don't sell... AS SQUARE ARE MAKING GAMES WITH THOSE MECHANICS. It's just so mind numbingly stupid at this point and I had to rant about it.
'Nobody likes turn based games anymore'
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Baldur's Gate 3 laughs in the background
I get told no one wants turn-based RPGs so much, it's not the province of AAA big budget titles, and only small indie projects do that kind of thing anymore. Meanwhile, we have Baldur's Gate 3, and Honkai Star Rail. And Persona. And Pokémon. The Yakuza games just went from action beat-em-ups to turn-based because that turned out to be MORE popular.
I was told the FFVII remake could not possibly use the old ATB system because it's "old-fashioned." Nobody wants to play a game like that anymore, it's garbage. What a shit game that was, the remake should play nothing like that. Hey, guess what, Super Mario RPG remake is coming out and it's a shot-for-shot recreation of the original game with the exact same turn-based battles and everyone is psyched beyond belief for that. I guess that is only possible because it's a "small indie" project from some nobody company like NINTENDO with some obscure franchise like MARIO, huh??? Yeah, they are probably spending a sensible budget on it, but it will make insane profits, meanwhile Square Enix does nothing but complain about how every Final Fantasy game is a financial failure (except FFXIV of course).
Honkai Star Rail Enters the Chat
Square Enix needed to have the same level of convinction toward Final Fantasy that From Software has shown toward Dark Souls.
Square "turn based doesn't sell". Atlus "Bet"
Sega looks at Square confused and bemused at that attitude
@@kyleway8513 but sega also confused with their own scheme in NGS
like what the hell was that game lol
Not really confusing. Octopath sold 3 million, FF15 sold 10 million.
I think it makes a lot of sense. Remakes cost very little to make, and they know the niche fan base for these games exist. It's very low risk and adds a sku to thier portfolio. FF16 cost 711 million dollars to make. They will not recoup even close to that money making a turnbased game. BG3 is an anomoly not the rule. Turn based games are just super niche. I say this as a fan of games like ng2, bayonetta, dmc 5, Burnout 3, these games are also very niche. ff16 was a mistake because it doesnt appeal to action fans like me or rpg fans like you. The thing is square wants a gta level reception, all these triple a companies do. Atleast your getting proper remasters and have thousands of games from the past to pull from. Action fans have like 16 games. And platinum makes about 12 of them. And they can't even make a straight up action game without a bunch of gimmicks tossed in for half the game killing the pacing.
The problem is not JRPGs but the terrible executives of this company who think it is necessary to please imbeciles, who don't even play their games.
And at the same time, every effort is made to make this company have a Western look, since its fans want to play good Japanese games.
They need to learn at once that it is impossible to please everyone.
I just like the fun games coming out lately. Liked 16. Liked BG3. I enjoyed 1 and 2 and I enjoyed old final fantasy. Peeps be weird chief.
Yeah you'd think you'd just make an action game because you like them. then also make other rpg's just because you like them. All of these genres have been proven to work if you put enough love into them. But I guess making excuses then being surprised when something does sell saves you from disappointment. I love them to but they really need to put the level of effort they put into the 7 series into everything else. If they arent sure out source like you did with ff16. That worked out great but it would be a slap in the devs faces if suddenly they said "yeah ff16 did bad because arpgs suck" would be funny. next you know ff17 will be an fps not because they thought it would be cool, but because money. Sadness
You said a point for 30seconds and repeat it for like 12times
the answer is simple , news "innovative" project are unrealistic expectation for the investors ( NFT , ext... is only speech to seduce investors) , old news/classic games are Fast and EZ money because they were already made , so they cost less to produce , .....
RPGs don't sell. NOSTALGIA sells.
Man, I just want them to remaster Brave Fencer Musashi and Xenogears (complete).
but Xeno series has a confusing IPs
since Xenogears was with SE,Xenoblade woth Nintendo and Xenosaga with Bamco
Possibilities, possibilities, possibilities.
Final fantasy XVI is a great game by ti the average gamer its a basic game with very little ways to make different things happen.
Elden ring is selling 100 times more because gamers feel like it has infinitely more possibilities to see or fo something amazing AROUND EVERY CORNER
This has been Square for a long time. They have great artists but idiotic business men. Final Fantasy Mystic quest is a great a example, although I enjoyed it they gave us a watered down RPG cause they thought we weren't ready for it. The country that created Dungeons and Dragons wouldn't be able to handle the complexity of JRPGS... smh
The problem comes from players falling for this for years now and also because most players today have absolutely no standards.
I stopped caring after 12. 13 looked good but combat sucked. 15 I noped out. 7 remake wasn't worth imo. I want classic JRPG from them not a mid ARPG.
Bro videogames use way more power than nfts. People are such sheep.
Video games make money
@@pogoacct8611 Plenty of people made money on nfts but I don't know what that has to do with the comment. He said it was tone deaf for a game about saving the environment to have nfts. Not seeing that making video games about saving the environment would also be tone deaf. Not that electricity use is destroying the planet at all.
Frankly they need to go back on making good stories and good music and fire whatever woke writers they got now.
Speak the truth, get downvoted to hell and back... I haven't looked at Squenix ever since they released that card game where every man was a sexist or idiot and every woman was a brave victim. It's a pity about the quality games they used to deliver, but since they don't, it's no skin off my back if they want to throw themselves into that woke abyss. In the end, I just need good games, which company made them is irrelevant.
TL;DR Don't tell companies to stop being woke, support good games instead.