Nintendo banned Square from their offices for 10 years after FFVII went to PlayStation. EDIT: japanese business model is akin to Yakuza

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Hynad said:

TheBraveGallade said:

square and playstation's relationships has only ever been that of a tird party and major developer. an important one but still....

square and nintendo's was almost that of a psudo sencond party dev, like what rare became almost immediatly upon square's departure. nintendo subsitized ALL localization of FF1-6, and more telling, they gve them mario to work with for SMRPG, something that nintendo arely does NOWADAYS, and was almost unheard of back then, we all know how protective nintendo is of their ip....

Just no.

Sony bought Square shares in the late 90s early 2000s. They helped them staying afloat after the Spirit Within debacle.

Sony and Square have had a good relationship since FFVII, that has been very similar to Nintendo’s during the 90.

Well, the Enix merger is what really helped Square stay afloat. The gains were mutual to both companies but Enix was in far less danger than Square at that time. While Square Soft's poor management, spending, and of course Spirits Within almost took them down, Enix's issue at that time was the constant delay of Dragon Quest VII which worsened financial projections for them. Thus, boy met girl or something like that.