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scottie on 15 May 2011
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Mr Puggsly said:
scottie said:

I suppose that's what happens when a company that is only capable of making jrpgs focusses on the 360, to the neglect of consoles doing much better in Japan. I would probably care more if I had enjoyed a single game they made this gen.

They were paid to focus on the worst selling console of 5 and that happened when the second worst selling console of 5 was struggling more.

The market has changed. Square and Enix used to rely on whatever platform was popular in past gens. Now they actually have to focus on all platforms to maximize sales. And it gets even more troublesome because western audiences prefer home consoles while Japanese audiences have really shifted to portable consoles.

 

Prioirty should have been

DS > PSP > Wii > PS3 > 360

 

Instead, for a while it went

360 > DS > PS3 > 0 > Wii > PSP.

 

Plain and simple, Square Enix cocked up very seriously, and are paying for it. They either need to get back to producing JRPGs for Japan, or eventually sink into insignificance.