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Chazore said:

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S-E didn't need the EGS to launch the smartphone ports of their first Final Fantasy games on PC and call them remakes. So no, it's bot the existence of the EGS that allows Square-Enix to make lazy PC ports as they had been doing that for years.

The lack of real competition in the jRPG scene on PC and the brand name of their IPs is what allows them to keep doing that.

Yeah, that's pretty much been the way of SE for years now, but I'd think that by taking more money from EGS, would further allow SE to just do less and less each time, because now they're getting paid extra just to do less.

EGS isn't a root cause for SE doing worse, but I feel like it's another venue for them to not do any better, because where can they go from this point, if they're getting free cash and not having to improve?.

I know the only way for them to actually improve is to just not buy their games on PC, but from what I've seen over the years on some forums and especially Steam game forums, the die-hard fans won't stop either out of fear or rose tinted glasses (though I see more fear of Jap publishers "pulling away" from PC as some fans like to claim).

We do have some form of competition in the JRPG space, but it's usually from the likes of Capcom and Bamco, but that isn't really much to go on. I honestly don't see there being big enough competition from that space on PC, that would be enough to force SE to get their shit together.

Square-Enix's problem is complacency. They don't need to do better to sell and, therefore, they don't do it. Them getting money from exclusivity deals from Epic only reinforces that attittude, also encouraged by Sony's money from console exclusivities.

Not buying their games will change that attittude, of course, but how can that happen? Game boycots have never worked so the only other reasons to not buy their games are: a) They're so bad no one will want them; b) People get bored of them; or c) There's something newer/better that lures players away from the traditional games.

S-E isn't stupid enough to make games that are that bad and, after 15 FF games and 12 DQ games, people still seem to want more of them. The only option remaining is that someone comes with something else that sparks competition, forcing S-E to get their heads out of their arses. But, who can do that? Bandai-Namco isn't, as their "Tales of" series has been around for a while and couldn't make a dent in FF sales. Capcom doesn't make RPGs (because no, Monster Hunter aren't RPGs) and they haven't showed any signs that this might change in the near future. Sega has Persona, but those games aren't competition to S-E due to its style and gameplay.

So, who else could do it? Well, I can only think of two answers: either none or someone from China. But, for some reason, chinese developers seem more focusaed on MMOs than traditional RPG games.