Square Enix Q1 FY2014 numbers: extraordinary loss.. Praises Mobile/Social/Browser

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JEMC said:

The Fury said:

MoHasanie said:
Yikes, was this because of Tomb Raider?

Didn't Tomb Raider sell over 2 million copies. Isn't that enough to be profitable?

 

If there is any company that needs a good restruction it's SquEnix. I can't say I've enjoyed any SquEnix game this generation like I used to, a sign of things (not even the western ones made by Eidos).

http://www.destructoid.com/tomb-raider-hitman-sleeping-dogs-all-failed-square-enix-249692.phtml

Sleeping Dogs has sold an estimated 1.75 million copies to day, followed by Tomb Raider at 3.4 million and Hitman at 3.6 million. Square Enix blames these "slows sales" in part for its "extraordinary" financial losses this year.

Incredible but true, but the losses where included in last year's fiscal, not this past quarter.

I agree with NikkoM, these losses probably are for unannounced games that were cancelled.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

Surely VGC is good enough. They expected 3.4 for Tomb Raider and expected 3.6 for Hitman. All 3 games sold well below what they expected.