I think you’re 100% right about how this won’t sell well and that consequently, it will end up making SE think that “no one cares about Xenogears anymore” and will start scaling back merch. Sad!
@@ZX-GearMaybe, but I’m pretty sure Takahashi is no longer interested in pursuing Xenogears any longer. So at most we’d just be getting ports of it on whatever company it would theoretically get sold to’s virtual console.
@@ZX-Gear Honestly, I'm fine with any remake of the game, even if it sucks. I just want to see them do *something* with this IP. I've always had the philosophy that, even if a remake is objectively worse than the original, it doesn't erase the original's existence. Majora's Mask 3D is a great example of this.
@willbill6942 Unless the old versions gets delisted that is. Yeah. That old way of thinking is sadly outdated. Thank George Lucas for going back to improve his OG Star Wars Trilogy for that. It is next to impossible now to find the old theatrical cuts now especially in modern physical media
I mean, this is the same company that partnered with Fender guitars to make an FF14 themed stratocaster (with a matching pick set). This is about as surprising as the sky being blue.
Like for many, Xenogears is my favorite game of all time, but I personally refuse to purchase any of the merch. I don't have a PS1 (though I still have my copy of the game), but the game is still available to me through unofficial means, and if Square Enix were to ever make it available through official means, I would gladly purchase the game again. The FOMO for merch, however, means absolutely nothing to me, and the outrageous prices for merch for a game that is receiving absolutely no attention for the game itself makes the prices even more infuriating. The only Xenogears merch that I've ever purchased (for ~$60) was the unofficial English version of Perfect Works, and I would have also gladly given Square Enix that $60 (not $600!) for an official English version of Perfect Works.
It really is such an SE moment when they see poor sales of anything they release, and then blame the product, instead of realizing it's their own fault. I even did a bit of research on luxury watches and found you can buy actual luxury watches for the same price as the 2000 USD one. So out of touch and nonsensical.
Dude, the Form-Ism situation is far worse. They’ve been doing jewelry and luxury watches for ages now. But the pricing on the Form-Ism is absurd. A 20cm figure with some bits of diecast costing more than high quality 1/6 figures from the likes of Hot Toys or InArt? THAT’s what can tank the merch for Xenogears….
You bring up an excellent point. Bandai's Soul of Chogokin line also comes to mind. You spend a lot, but you get big mech figures that has a lot of die cast metal. Xenogears merch being so much more expensive than it should be is because Square knows they can get away with these stupid prices. I also don't have much confidence in their Bring Arts line, what with 2B having QC issues, to the point of needing a v2 very fast. V2 2B still had QC issues, like her high heels breaking, for a figure that costed 100 USD.
YEAH this is Out and Out Greed! There Is LITERALLY NO REASON FOR SQUARE ENIX TO SELL MERCHANDISE FOR AN ALMOST 30 YEAR OLD GAME! THAT THEY NEVER REMASTERED!! THEY NEVER Even Focused on it! And the only Playable Reference to this Game is the Final Form of the WELTAL in “World of Final Fantasy”. THAT IS ALL! Honestly Nintendo has been Kinder to the Director of Of his XENOBLADE series than either Square or Namco! So Square should Absolutely Fuck off for this One! And Hopefully One Day the Creator will have enough Cash to Purchase back the XENOGEARS license!
Reminds me of the RE4 Leon Kennedy Jackets that costed over a Grand. So yeah. Funny to see Square copy off of Capcom in terms of merchandising. Also,what kinda Xenogears Fan owns a Bugatti or a Maybach?
Maybe the watches are an elaborate money-laundering scheme. I'm personally shocked at that new 20cm Weltall figure that sells for 36,000 yen. With all of the QC issues that ALL Square products have--nevermind that a 20cm figure isn't even worth this price--who is going to preorder this blindly??? Square seems to be losing touch.
@@Kammie69 I know, it's wild! It hasn't even been 2 weeks and Square announced a 3rd set of model kits, priced at 3x that of the original set. I cannot possibly fathom what is going on at Square.
The bring arts figure many think are overpriced, for a weird xenogears and Front mission model kits seems pretty accesible (of course need a ton of paint).
I'm a really big fan of the Seibzehn model kit they released recently. One of the best products I've bought from Square. High quality, doesn't need paint, and very fairly priced.
@@brucey5585 considering this is square, I don't expect anything quality. The maker also remains completely unlisted on either the English or Japanese store pages, which doesn't inspire hope.
Did you forget the Weltal FORM ISM at 369 USD? It's gotten ridiculous lol even at nearly 200 for the ID Weltal that was too much (even tho I did get it, this and ChuChu our lord and saviour lol)
@@Ido013 lol yeah. The whole situation with Weltall Id was awful as well, forcing people to order from Square's terrible store to get the decals that should've been included for that price. I'm holding my breath on the FORM ISM Weltall. I don't want to rip into it too much, but seeing all this, I don't have high hopes. Also, the ChuChu figure can't move it's arms! Biggest disappointment of them all. How am I supposed to recreate her most iconic scene??
And yet this TH-camr fails to see how they are part of the problem. "As long as there is merch I am happy." Dude, you are part of the problem. The fact that you can't see this is very sad.
@@joshstephens413 "as long as there is good, fairly priced merch I'm happy," would be a more accurate statement, but I felt that this video was enough that I didn't need to say that whole thing. I do realize I am part of the problem. I'm a big collector, which conflicts with my distain for Square. After this and the Weltall Id Situation, I don't plan on buying anything I deem "unfair" from any first party markets if I get them at all. Stuff like Form ISM Weltall I plan on buying second hand to ensure Square doesn't get the sale on it directly from me, and I will never buy these watches.
Isn't the key issue, aside from executives working high end licensing deals the average fan can't afford, is that Square either doesn't wholly own the rights, or don't want to buy them?
@@Bobby90 Xenogears was developed before Monolith was formed, and they do own the exclusive rights to it. I wouldn't fault anyone for not knowing though, considering Xenogears has been in stasis for the last 25 years.
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I think you’re 100% right about how this won’t sell well and that consequently, it will end up making SE think that “no one cares about Xenogears anymore” and will start scaling back merch. Sad!
Square being out of touch and wondering why their licenses aren't selling. Maybe liquidation is the best case scenario?
@@ZX-GearMaybe, but I’m pretty sure Takahashi is no longer interested in pursuing Xenogears any longer. So at most we’d just be getting ports of it on whatever company it would theoretically get sold to’s virtual console.
@TheAlmightyMoist I don't trust anyone else not even myself if I was Takahashi's Disciple with it
@@ZX-Gear Honestly, I'm fine with any remake of the game, even if it sucks. I just want to see them do *something* with this IP. I've always had the philosophy that, even if a remake is objectively worse than the original, it doesn't erase the original's existence. Majora's Mask 3D is a great example of this.
@willbill6942 Unless the old versions gets delisted that is. Yeah. That old way of thinking is sadly outdated. Thank George Lucas for going back to improve his OG Star Wars Trilogy for that. It is next to impossible now to find the old theatrical cuts now especially in modern physical media
I mean, this is the same company that partnered with Fender guitars to make an FF14 themed stratocaster (with a matching pick set). This is about as surprising as the sky being blue.
Lol I forgot about the ff14 strats 😂
Like for many, Xenogears is my favorite game of all time, but I personally refuse to purchase any of the merch. I don't have a PS1 (though I still have my copy of the game), but the game is still available to me through unofficial means, and if Square Enix were to ever make it available through official means, I would gladly purchase the game again. The FOMO for merch, however, means absolutely nothing to me, and the outrageous prices for merch for a game that is receiving absolutely no attention for the game itself makes the prices even more infuriating. The only Xenogears merch that I've ever purchased (for ~$60) was the unofficial English version of Perfect Works, and I would have also gladly given Square Enix that $60 (not $600!) for an official English version of Perfect Works.
It really is such an SE moment when they see poor sales of anything they release, and then blame the product, instead of realizing it's their own fault.
I even did a bit of research on luxury watches and found you can buy actual luxury watches for the same price as the 2000 USD one. So out of touch and nonsensical.
Dude, the Form-Ism situation is far worse.
They’ve been doing jewelry and luxury watches for ages now.
But the pricing on the Form-Ism is absurd. A 20cm figure with some bits of diecast costing more than high quality 1/6 figures from the likes of Hot Toys or InArt?
THAT’s what can tank the merch for Xenogears….
You bring up an excellent point. Bandai's Soul of Chogokin line also comes to mind. You spend a lot, but you get big mech figures that has a lot of die cast metal. Xenogears merch being so much more expensive than it should be is because Square knows they can get away with these stupid prices.
I also don't have much confidence in their Bring Arts line, what with 2B having QC issues, to the point of needing a v2 very fast. V2 2B still had QC issues, like her high heels breaking, for a figure that costed 100 USD.
Square and Capcom have generally ben ticking me off more and more over time.
YEAH this is Out and Out Greed! There Is LITERALLY NO REASON FOR SQUARE ENIX TO SELL MERCHANDISE FOR AN ALMOST 30 YEAR OLD GAME!
THAT THEY NEVER REMASTERED!!
THEY NEVER Even Focused on it! And the only Playable Reference to this Game is the Final Form of the WELTAL in “World of Final Fantasy”.
THAT IS ALL! Honestly Nintendo has been Kinder to the Director of Of his XENOBLADE series than either Square or Namco!
So Square should Absolutely Fuck off for this One! And Hopefully One Day the Creator will have enough Cash to Purchase back the XENOGEARS license!
They do this so often. FFXIV statues for Hydalen, Zodiark, and Shiva are some examples. Might be that NFT tax if those games are failing.
"WELTOR" lmao
@@joesaiditstrue lol, Google Translate moment
Has a long time fan of this game, I would buy a re release of this game. Hell I want to actually buy it.
Reminds me of the RE4 Leon Kennedy Jackets that costed over a Grand. So yeah. Funny to see Square copy off of Capcom in terms of merchandising. Also,what kinda Xenogears Fan owns a Bugatti or a Maybach?
They sold a Final Fantasy 6 statue for FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!
@@FiveTimeFiveTimeFiveTime wtf?!
@@willbill6942 google masterline Terra 1/6 scale it should come up
@@willbill6942 I tried to post a link but I guess TH-cam’s spam filter won’t let me, you’ll have to look it up yourself.
I wish we could just get a Remaster or Remake of XenoGears someday instead of a watch.
I will probably get the Bart figure.
Maybe the watches are an elaborate money-laundering scheme.
I'm personally shocked at that new 20cm Weltall figure that sells for 36,000 yen. With all of the QC issues that ALL Square products have--nevermind that a 20cm figure isn't even worth this price--who is going to preorder this blindly??? Square seems to be losing touch.
@@Kammie69 I know, it's wild! It hasn't even been 2 weeks and Square announced a 3rd set of model kits, priced at 3x that of the original set. I cannot possibly fathom what is going on at Square.
The bring arts figure many think are overpriced, for a weird xenogears and Front mission model kits seems pretty accesible (of course need a ton of paint).
I'm a really big fan of the Seibzehn model kit they released recently. One of the best products I've bought from Square. High quality, doesn't need paint, and very fairly priced.
Square should leave the game alone. They will just fuck it up.
It will depend on who the watch maker and the quality of the watch.
@@brucey5585 considering this is square, I don't expect anything quality. The maker also remains completely unlisted on either the English or Japanese store pages, which doesn't inspire hope.
Did you forget the Weltal FORM ISM at 369 USD? It's gotten ridiculous lol even at nearly 200 for the ID Weltal that was too much (even tho I did get it, this and ChuChu our lord and saviour lol)
@@Ido013 lol yeah. The whole situation with Weltall Id was awful as well, forcing people to order from Square's terrible store to get the decals that should've been included for that price.
I'm holding my breath on the FORM ISM Weltall. I don't want to rip into it too much, but seeing all this, I don't have high hopes.
Also, the ChuChu figure can't move it's arms! Biggest disappointment of them all. How am I supposed to recreate her most iconic scene??
@@willbill6942 I had Maria kneel in front for a close enough reenactment lol
Let's also not forget this happened right after they made VII Rebirth and XVI exclusive to more expensive consoles, thus guaranteeing lower prices.
Good video
Yeah... Square has dine this weird lifestyle brand shit with everything.
game is deadlocked on ps1, whats going on with square?
@@dwasp27moto41 hey, let's not forget you can get it on the PS3 store too 😆
@@willbill6942 but i want a physical remaster, preferably on switch 😂
No one has a ps3 anymore cmon now guys 😂
Ff9 bring mulipart is greedy af
Square Flopnix
And yet this TH-camr fails to see how they are part of the problem. "As long as there is merch I am happy." Dude, you are part of the problem. The fact that you can't see this is very sad.
@@joshstephens413 "as long as there is good, fairly priced merch I'm happy," would be a more accurate statement, but I felt that this video was enough that I didn't need to say that whole thing.
I do realize I am part of the problem. I'm a big collector, which conflicts with my distain for Square. After this and the Weltall Id Situation, I don't plan on buying anything I deem "unfair" from any first party markets if I get them at all. Stuff like Form ISM Weltall I plan on buying second hand to ensure Square doesn't get the sale on it directly from me, and I will never buy these watches.
Isn't the key issue, aside from executives working high end licensing deals the average fan can't afford, is that Square either doesn't wholly own the rights, or don't want to buy them?
@@Bobby90 Xenogears was developed before Monolith was formed, and they do own the exclusive rights to it. I wouldn't fault anyone for not knowing though, considering Xenogears has been in stasis for the last 25 years.
you are woke, attacking square enix after leaving you
you guys did this to pokemon too