Squre who?

SquareEnix doom was forcasted a long time ago ever since the begining of the Playstation 2 era when they were separated companies. The merge didn't actually help either. The problem was the direction the company was taking through the Playstation 2 era.

I'm not saying that the games were bad or not successful, because the sales and scores prove otherwise. but the games after Final Fantasy X showed the direction Square was getting at, and then with the merge they further went down that path. An implosion could happen any moment, but it happen on this generation where development costs are high and competition is strong.

SquareEnix needs to reboot many of it's franchises (Except Dragon Quest maybe) or find new goldmines.

they will have to hurry, or Gamesoft will beat them with an clone called um: Last Dream 7

Gameloft already made a Final Fantasy clone called Eternal Legacy...

So crazy whats happening, but as long as I get my versus XIII and XIII-2, im all good : )

What Square Enix should do is start Fresh. Go back to its roots and put what remaining resources onto New JRPG's, while at the same time invest in franchises like Hitman and Deus Ex. And get its western studios to work on  WRPG's. An become an RPG publisher.

Pull the plug on FF14 . I bet there is less then 10 000 still playing and its for free.

Theres nothing they can do to save that pile of garbage.  

FF13-2 will be an instant success on release.

FF11 is their most profitable game up to date.

FF14 will eventually pay off its huge loses within 3 years and turn profit.

Dragon Quests and Final Fantasy ports/remakes on DS/3DS and PSP/NGP will sell better than most games on their respective market.

Even if FFv13 sells 5mil copies it might still be a loss for SE but I'm sure a game like that will get a sequel.

There is still a tiny chance we will see FF15 this generation, that will be an instant hit.

SE would be crazy to not join the social network and the smart phone game market, future gamers are lurking there by the millions, if they want to bring the next generation into the home console and handeld market then this is key for their survivability.

Yawn. SE doom thread #7632542

Not if FF14 flops after one year of patching.

I'v looked at the game, and it's not gowing anywhere.

They are not doomed but as long as they have FF14 the will lose money.

lol you think FFXIV is going to do anything?

That game has been bleeding money and it's still awful.  It has a beyond bad reputation and now it's old news, there's really nothing that can save that.  FFXI was great and it's my favorite MMO ever, but FFXIV is a massive waste of time.  There's really nothing they can do to save it.

And while I don't think SE is going anywhere, that doesn't mean they're not a joke.  Final Fantasy has a few games left in it before it goes away and turns into FFVII and FFXIII spinoffs and their other games release and fade into obscurity.

Honestly, in 5-10 years I see them becoming Atari.  They're going to turn into a significant publishing giant that is eventually just going to die and become a fond memory of those old people who love "classic" gaming.