Johann said:
Rei said:
kutasek said:
Rei said:
kutasek said:
Rei said:
The person who wrote this article is clearly unprofessional and by the looks of it, is just pissed off over the lack of SE's support for PS3.
What exactly has Wada done wrong?
- Got in touch with Microsoft and(assuminlgy) accepted money from them?
- Restored the relationships with Nintendo and made it sure that Dragon Quest will only increase its popularity in future?
- Bought a UK-based publisher which owns IPs far more popular in the West than anything non FF/KH related Square can produce?
His actions so far made perfect sense and let SE grow and expand.
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That's why profits are down, right.
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As long as that doesnt make them cutting jobs and canning projects I dont really see your point. We are in the middle of economic crisis, yet some companies manage to expand and make take-over bids while others are going bankrupt and being bought. And SE is not one of these.
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They only made profit because most of the games that were produced were bunch of remakes, for ds, and spin-offs, for psp. It's not really expanding, more like milking.
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Their handheld strategy works. And by expanding I mean buying Eidos, that certainly is expanding.
About the IPs: Tomb Raider, Hitman, Championship Manager, Deus Ex, Thief, Just Cause. It is note worthy that in the West all these games are able to easily sell more than any non FF/KH related SE game. Tomb Raider and Hitman, if done and advertised well can sell the same in NA/EU as a mainline FF game. Even the TR:Underworld has already sold 1.5m+, with its terrible advertising and critical response.
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Really? I think you're going by recent trends on that statement. Square's games use to sell a lot.
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What non FF/KH Square games sold a lot in the West? I can only think of a few.
