| Dodece said: Take a moment and brace yourself, because I am about to say something controversial. The heir apparent isn't even a Japanese studio. The one most likely to supplant Square is Zenimax. Given their success in the West it is probably only a matter of time before they turn their eyes to the East. You don't need a pedigree if you can be revolutionary, and this company could be just what the doctor ordered. Give them the format, and I guarantee you that they will not only take the genre in fantastic new directions, but they will be successful in doing that. |
They can't be the new squaresoft, because they dont' even make games yet, they're newly formed and it's the elder scrolls mmo, they own studios Bethesda, Id, and Arkane and others. two of which imo have gotten worse with id being terribly worse, and have dumb downed their games from previous iterations. Also, how's it even related to the thread because they don't make JRPG's?
What games has Zenimax done that revolutionized anything?
Each elder scrolls since dagger fall has gotten dumb downed some things for accessibility and made a better game, but little new has been introduced. (still excellent games)
Dishonored is like a thief.
Fallout 3. Took out many other things that were previously in the fallout series. Fallout New Vegas Reintroduced them but that was made by obsidian.
Imo in quality it currently is atlus. With an array of games
SMT
Persona
Catherine
Radiant Historia
Devil Summoner.
Sales wise it's still square... since DQ and FF are still the kings of sales in JRPG's, aside from pokemon and monster hunter.
