I think the proper headline should be “Square Enix loses nearly $2 billion dollars from investor doubt caused by previous flops such as Marvel’s Avengers and Forspoken, with sales of FF16 not being able to cover the previous fiscal year’s losses.”
I think the proper headline should be “Square Enix loses nearly $2 billion dollars from investor doubt caused by previous flops such as Marvel’s Avengers and Forspoken, with sales of FF16 not being able to cover the previous fiscal year’s losses.” https://t.co/kt3milmmzt
@aitaikimochi Should’ve put more RPG into their action game 😂
Square enix has a lot of problems, but yeah. Final fantasy 16s sales numbers weren't one of them. I would go into detail on what I think square enix needs to do to get back on track, but that would probably take a while. Maybe later. Well, what I can say succinctly, is that I think they need to reevaluate what sort of company they are, and then set their goals and game projects accordingly. I also tend to think that they need to consider reinventing certain franchises, while revitalizing others. For example, I would consider dropping the numbering system from the final fantasy games to indicate a major departure from the norms. Then come up with a title that's going to be a bit of a mix of the old and new for the franchise. I'll stop there, cuz again, I'll be here forever if I keep going. XD
@aitaikimochi This has to be a comedy on the writer's end. If it wasn't for mediocre games like Ballan Wonderworld, to the sales disasters such as Marvel's Avengers it's no surprise that Square Enix couldn't cover the damages. It's not FF16 is to blame here.
@aitaikimochi I genuinely would blame the company’s directions but also the lack of people’s desire in purchasing PS5 games comparing to other console games and PC games than blame FF16 itself. Square Enix isn’t perfect. They have proven that back for FF14 1.0 and FF15.
@aitaikimochi You can't be serious...
@aitaikimochi The guy who wrote the original Bloomberg has been having a joker arc about FF16 even prior to it's released lol. FF16 was definitely not what some wanted, but there's clearly been an effort to twist into some massive financial failure when it objectively wasn't.
@aitaikimochi I mean, the game didn't explode in sales. It was within expectation but on the low end. Sad but what can you do
@aitaikimochi Putting FF16 on there prominently gets more clicks. Pretty much as simple as that.
@aitaikimochi Even if it was multi platform it probably wouldn’t have been able to do cover it