Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs and Hitman: Absolution declared “commercial failures” by Square Enix

[Kresnik]

zumnupy10 said:

 

whereas the HD business in Japan remained strong through sales of the Nintendo 3DS version of Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshitachi (Warriors of Eden) 

 

Do Square-Enix have a different definition of "HD" than me?  Weird comment.

But yes, as everyone else has said, this is beyond ridiculous.  Then again, I think these games had extremely bloated development times.  Should sequels come (and we know one is coming for Tomb Raider), hopefully building on the existing base will create a good game without such a drawn-out process; which may in turn make them more in line with what Square-Enix was expecting.

Well, that, and maybe this will be the realisation they need to lower their expectations.