http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=242850

Square Enix has revealed that its major franchises are likely to start being released episodically within the next three years.

The firm, which develops and publishes the Final Fantasy series - and owns publisher Eidos - recently released UK No.1 Just Cause 2 and is gearing up for the release of PS3 exclusive Nier later this month.

"Will we see our games split into episodes? It's not something that we are particularly planning, but I've no doubt that we will be over the next three years," Square Enix CEO Phil Rogers told industry site Develop.

When asked how the firm viewed DLC in general, he said:

"Digital is now a massive part of our focus. How we offer content to consumers via digital download is very important to us, and premium downloadable content is an absolute must for the titles that we launch."

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think this is a good solution for games like Final Fantasy actually, though I wonder if they will pull it off well or just start ripping everyone off.

son of a female dog..

does all that company care for is making more and more money

what do they mean by episodes?

please don't make it like a game cut in half and sold and the first part has a cliffhanger ending

This is bad......

That is exactly what it sounds like, hopefully they won't make the first game absolutely mind numbingly amazing with a cliff hanger ending and release the second one a month later with little thought just to bring in some quick sales, oh wait.. they might just do that

Hell yeah! Keep killing your fanbase!

Way to go! I'm really intered in seeing how people try to twist this as a good thing.

@Solid_Snake: More likely something like split into 3-5 parts.

Interested, i mean.

THIS IS TERRIBLE!

Blizz is already doing this with Starcraft 2 campaigns in 3 parts. I really no one else follows.