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Nem on 11 February 2013
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Player2 said:
Nem said:
Player2 said:

Greed. Dragon Quest IX is the best selling game of the franchise but they had to turn X into an MMO in an attempt to earn even more $$$.

I blame Sleeping Dogs too for their financial results.


nonsense, Sleeping dogs sold more than a million, it made profit to them with the legs it had.

FFXIV:ARR is the probable reason for this, as it consumed most of the companies resources. DQX beeing the issue i seriously doubt. It sold really well for an MMO, i would just like to know how the retention was in subscribers. Also, the Wii U is a much better platform for it due to the touch screen doubling as a keyboard and mic.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/250528/square-enix-reports-losses-of-68m-sleeping-dogs-ships-15m-units/

"Squre Enix before it released its report had warned about lower than expected sales for Sleeping Dogs"

This was late November and the Christmas sales boost was pretty much expected.


There was a statement after that that cleared up what they meant with that one. They had exagerated predictions for the game but the game did sell well and made profit for them. Thats why a sequal is rumored to be in development. And cmon... the game sold 1.4million on physical alone and square didnt have to pay for most of the development. I'm pretty sure they made good profit there.

"Contrary to what some people might believe, United Front Games' Sleeping Dogs did not suffer from poor sales, but was rather a victim of "unreasonable sales expectations."

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/11393/article/sleeping-dogs-not-suffering-from-poor-sales-according-to-square-enix-president/