Analyst: Square Enix Faces Tough Year With Single-Player Games

[Terramax]

"The AAA market is extremely competitive," he told GamesIndustry [http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-27-single-player-ip-will-cause-problems-for-square-enix]. "Most of Square Enix's franchises are single player games, which are less popular than multiplayer.

Says who? Sure, online multiplayer games might make more money, and their fanbase perhaps more vocal, but that's not the same as saying they're more popular.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

Remember, this is the guy who said that the PS4 needs to be $300, and that no digital sales of any kind are counted in these sales numbers...Steam, on-demand, whatever. Also, brothers be stealin my thread and shit : ) (wish I had a meme for that).

 

[Beautiful End]

Should I even bring up the topic of FFVII remake and KH3? Or FFXIII Versus? Or TWEWY 2? No? Ok...

Squeenix is good at making single-player games. There's a reason why FF and KH games alone have such a big fanbase, even though the best ones came out before the multiplayer era. They can do it, and yes, Tomb Raider and Hitman were good but maybe not good enough to get them out of the ditch. But it's a good start.

Seriously, can I just mention something about FFXIV? Or Lightning Returns? Still no..? Fine...

 

['Record Stops.']

Sooo... is it safe to write off Billy Pidgeon as a colossal schmuck?

Yes it is. It's also safe to call him a gigantic towering retard who has no idea of what he's doing and someone whose job is now at risk due to failure of logic forever.

 

['Record Stops.']

I know some people are defending the remake of X, but NO ONE wants X-2 again.

I do

Ditto. Kinda makes me feel like someone who actually liked the ME3 endings.

More Paine for me equals more fun for us. I'm looking forward to seeing her back an HD comeback...that and Rikku's thief outfit again. Rawr.