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Yeah get rid of Wada PLEASE!

FF13 should help em financially atleast....but what about after it?

S-E need NEw franchises & NOW!

they can milk Batman:AA now

They can do a tomb raider JRPG too



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Soriku said:

http://kotaku.com/5369276/square-enix-japan-to-cut-200-to-300-jobs

If the small number of booths at this year's Tokyo Game Show is any indication, the Japanese game industry has seen better days. Even large Japanese companies are hurting.

The company behind the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Square Enix, is rumored to be trimming down its workforce, we hear. Apparently, somewhere between 200 and 300 Square Enix Japan employees will lose their jobs.

If true, this could simply be a corporate reorganization after the acquisition of Eidos Interactive, which is schedule to be renamed Square Enix Europe. Taito is also under the Square Enix Japan umbrellas, so these rumored lay-offs could also be Taito-related.

Square Enix recently released Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS. The game has sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan.

We are following up with Square Enix regarding this lay-off rumor.

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If true, please fire Wada. I'm sure the Eidos acquisition has something to do with this too...

 

This will most likely be the case. It's pretty common for companies to cut staff after buyouts/mergers to reduce unneeded operating costs.



@soriku

yeah they will but I mean next year

2010 is EMPTY...lol

2010 fiscal year I mean.....that is assuming FF13 releases in the west by march 2010!



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

I've said this before, and I'll say it again.

If at any given time Square is lacking funds.

Remake FF7 with new graphics, content, and cutscenes.
?????
Profit.



lol nice the company is falling bit by bit
hope it is true



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Soriku said:
Maybe they should make KH3 :( DQ X will help them too, but...


Yeah and FF7 remake.



 

The workforce in Japan is just way to expensive while it is getting harder to make money outside of Japan.



 

321tttrini4everz said:
lol nice the company is falling bit by bit
hope it is true

Unlikely given their recent and upcoming game releases as well as the recent expansion of their business through the buyout of Eidos.



darthdevidem01 said:
@soriku

yeah they will but I mean next year

2010 is EMPTY...lol

2010 fiscal year I mean.....that is assuming FF13 releases in the west by march 2010!

It won't be. FF13 is a Spring release.



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