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huaxiong90 on 18 December 2010
eliasg said:

Imagine  what gonna happened if Microsoft is the one who buy SE.  I know , this is an extraordinary possibility because gaming is one of the major economic factors in Japan, so the goverment not gonna let american interests to take over a great player in the gaming industry.

Microsoft have a poor grasp on how to handle the Japanese market (and I don't want to hear the excuse that the Japanese are xenophobic, because Apple Co. is quite successful in Japan), so it wouldn't go well at all. I think it would only make things worse, ignoring American interests.

Don't get me wrong though, I doubt Sony would be able to do much either.



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badgenome on 18 December 2010

I hope so. Wada is already doing an incredible job of running the company into the ground on his own, but if you throw Sony into the mix, the results should be even more spectacular.



eliasg on 18 December 2010
huaxiong90 said:
eliasg said:

Imagine  what gonna happened if Microsoft is the one who buy SE.  I know , this is an extraordinary possibility because gaming is one of the major economic factors in Japan, so the goverment not gonna let american interests to take over a great player in the gaming industry.

Microsoft have a poor grasp on how to handle the Japanese market (and I don't want to hear the excuse that the Japanese are xenophobic, because Apple Co. is quite successful in Japan).


You are right, but i was refering to something completly different , not the ability of MS to control the Japan Market.



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Skeeuk on 18 December 2010
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Skeeuk said:

i think square screwed themselfs. were 4 years in and all they have released is final fantasy 13 and last remnant.

the rest are just games published by square.

Yeah pretty much, and they also shot themselves in the foot by not releasing The Last Remnant on PS3, since the majority of their userbase lies within Sony consoles...


theres many things they could have done. ff13 should have been released when ready, dragon quest should have been put onto psp aswell aswell as ds. and last remnant would have sold pretty good on ps3 but in early years Wada choose 360 and its all backfired.

imo they should not be bought, other gaming companies have moved on to make better games, its not financial sence to buy them out or buy bigger shares.

i hope they pull through though, ive just recently bought a ps2 and the amount or square games is amazing.



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huaxiong90 on 18 December 2010
eliasg said:
huaxiong90 said:
eliasg said:

Imagine  what gonna happened if Microsoft is the one who buy SE.  I know , this is an extraordinary possibility because gaming is one of the major economic factors in Japan, so the goverment not gonna let american interests to take over a great player in the gaming industry.

Microsoft have a poor grasp on how to handle the Japanese market (and I don't want to hear the excuse that the Japanese are xenophobic, because Apple Co. is quite successful in Japan).


You are right, but i was refering to something completly different , not the ability of MS to control the Japan Market.

I edited my post to clarify.  Sorry about that.



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Immortal on 18 December 2010
eliasg said:

Imagine  what gonna happened if Microsoft is the one who buy SE.  I know , this is an extraordinary possibility because gaming is one of the major economic factors in Japan, so the goverment not gonna let american interests to take over a great player in the gaming industry.


xD, gaming may be big in Japan, but it's not nearly big enough for the Japanese government to care about something that controls as little of the market as SE. The only reason that would happen if it did would be because the president plays DQ, ;D.



 

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Jadedx on 18 December 2010

Microsoft should buy them just to piss people off.



Squilliam on 18 December 2010

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non-gravity on 18 December 2010

Sony taking in a huge first party with Square Enix and Eidos would probably piss some of the third parties off.

Third parties would not face such competition on Microsoft's console.

Sony would also get it's hands on businesses and game studios it really doesn't need. It doesn't even need Tomb Raider. So what it would accomplish is that they'd secure the rights to Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts. Plus cripple the Japanese gaming industry further by taking out its premier game publisher



Chroniczaaa on 18 December 2010

The only way Square can save themselves now is to just remake Final Fantasy 7 for the ps3 and KABoom... BIG sales.



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