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Galaki on 14 May 2011

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To reverse Square Enix's fiscal fortunes, Wada hopes to give a major push to social networking games and apps for high powered cell phones. However, he is unsure if developers who've worked on package games can work in these areas, so he's hoping to make use of external developers. However, he's not considering an acquisition.


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Carl on 14 May 2011

I agree. Square Enix are doomed because Wada is running things.

That is what this is about, right?



                            

NiKKoM on 14 May 2011

Yeah! .. Final Fantasy 7 Remake for the iPhone confirmed!



 

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dsage01 on 14 May 2011

FF 11 had a 3 million launch just for the PS3 version. It's far from doomed.



brendude13 on 14 May 2011
Carl2291 said:

I agree. Square Enix are doomed because Wada is running things.

That is what this is about, right?


Agreeded.



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Mr Khan on 14 May 2011
dsage01 said:

FF 11 had a 3 million launch just for the PS3 version. It's far from doomed.

FF11 had a PS3 version?

On topic; Square Enix seems to have fallen headlong into the problems afflicting most third parties overall, but then have augmented that with a few poor decisions, like the Eidos acquisition and Final Fantasy XIV as a whole. SE seems to be stuck in the thinking of more, bigger, and flashier, which forced Squaresoft into the Enix merger in the first place.



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Xxain on 14 May 2011
Mr Khan said:
dsage01 said:

FF 11 had a 3 million launch just for the PS3 version. It's far from doomed.

FF11 had a PS3 version?

On topic; Square Enix seems to have fallen headlong into the problems afflicting most third parties overall, but then have augmented that with a few poor decisions, like the Eidos acquisition and Final Fantasy XIV as a whole. SE seems to be stuck in the thinking of more, bigger, and flashier, which forced Squaresoft into the Enix merger in the first place.


unfortuenatle that only translates into how the game looks

FF13

FF14

Last remnat

3rd Birthday

pretty much anything SE themeselves have developed has been terrible in a design sense....but all look great.



dsage01 on 14 May 2011
Xxain said:
Mr Khan said:
dsage01 said:

FF 11 had a 3 million launch just for the PS3 version. It's far from doomed.

FF11 had a PS3 version?

On topic; Square Enix seems to have fallen headlong into the problems afflicting most third parties overall, but then have augmented that with a few poor decisions, like the Eidos acquisition and Final Fantasy XIV as a whole. SE seems to be stuck in the thinking of more, bigger, and flashier, which forced Squaresoft into the Enix merger in the first place.


unfortuenatle that only translates into how the game looks

FF13

FF14

Last remnat

3rd Birthday

pretty much anything SE themeselves have developed has been terrible in a design sense....but all look great.

Sorry I meant to say FF13. Not FF11.



Wagram on 14 May 2011

Wada is an idiot.



Tizona on 14 May 2011
RolStoppable said:

Square-Enix won't be missed. It wasn't a sudden fall from grace, but a gradual decline.


Square-Enix won't be missed, by I would certainly miss the Enix side. The Dragon Quest franchise is still strong and seems to be able to keep churning out new, interesting games, without falling into the same traps as the FF series. DQIX was amazing and the whole franchise still dominates in Japan.



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