Square Enix is a publisher that i really dont care about much, i dont follow up on its news much and i really dont care much for their games, yet they keep amazing me, they keep doing stuff to fuck them self over and over and boy do they do a good job at it. i have 4 examples, all of which are pretty stupid decisions made by SE, and of course, one being the reason you are all thinking about.
1- they keep announcing final fantasy games before the previously announced are released. i think at one point, FF13-3, FF Versus, and FF14 were ALL announced and ALL still in development. even yearly franchises dont degenerate to this kind of stupidity. why on earth would you announce more than one game for the same franchise, you are literally making them compete with each other.
2- They never fucking learn when it comes to announcing games. FF versus was anounced a billion years ago, fast forward a few more light years and the game still isnt close to being out. then at the start of the new gen FFV is now FF15, ok, fair enough. but the morons go and announce it WAY to early AGAIN. they announce it at E3 2013 then SKIP E3 2014! are they fucking idiots? why not skip 2013 then announce it at 2014 instead! not only that, they announce Kindgom Hears 3, great right? WRONG. from what i understand is that the same team of FF15 will be the one doing KH3. so they basically announced a game (KH3) before it even went into full fucking production, that will be made by a team that is still far away from their game at had. its moronic.
3- FF13. out of all the FF games, this one is the most one i seen people dislike, its obviously not popular. so how can Square Enix screw its self over here? oh make another 2 sequals for the most hated game in the franchise and drag your franchise down into the grown. the FF13 saga pretty much killed the mega franchise that was Final Fantasy.
4- After the humiliating crumble of Square's biggest franchise, Final Fantasy, they go around (well technically Crystal Dynamics) and do something right, Tomb Raider Reboot in 2013. the game is a hit with 7+ million units sold. and suddenly Square has a big franchise again on its hands. but then their own damn stupidity decides its time for their anus to recieve another massive fucking. they decide to go timed exclusive with xbox.
now the state of the industry is clear, PS4 is crushing the XB1, PC has proven its self time and time again to be a vaible platform for games (watch Dogs sold 400k week one on PC). and by holiday 2015 both PS3 and 360 will be pretty much irrelevant. and while the argument is that Microsoft handed Square a big pile of cash, that really doesnt matter. it will be a one time thing, and Square, effectivly are skipping putting their game on the fastest selling Playstation console of all time, a platform which has hold the majority of Tomb Raider sales. a platform which is crushing the compitition, in EU its demolishing them. the result? Rise of the tomb raider will sell considerably less than TR Reboot. the next TR after after Rise of the Tomb Raider will also sell less than it would have if they stayed multiplatform.
a publisher cant come by a franchise that sells 7m+ so easily, and it doesnt happen often. and its common sense that when you do, dont fuck yourself over and put it timed exclusive on any platform. specially a platform that is being outsold by the compitition everywhere, and barely has any presence in Europe. and i know, its timed exclusive, meaning that at some point it will come to PS and PC, but it will hurt sales drastically, so it doesnt really matter.
