Square Enix says PS exclusivity lost them over 2 billion & they may never recover.

[Leasy]

Square Enix may be pleased with Final Fantasy 16‘s initial sales, but the PS5 exclusive couldn’t prevent the company from losing billions. A new report reveals that Square Enix has lost nearly $2 billion of its value since Final Fantasy 16’s release.

Bloomberg reports that analysts are concerned about Square Enix’s historical reliance on its Final Fantasy franchise to make up for a series of lackluster releases. This is partly why despite selling millions at launch, Final Fantasy 16 sales weren’t the saving grace that the company was hoping for. Square Enix previously said that the PS5 exclusive’s sales didn’t meet the “high end” of its expectations.

Square Enix loses $2 billion as investors worry over 'the company’s future'

Things are not looking good at Square Enix, as Final Fantasy 16 disappoints and they become an increasingly easier target for acquisition.

metro.co.uk

Square Enix Loses Nearly $2 Billion in Value Since Final Fantasy 16

New report casts doubt on ability to recover.

me.ign.com

 

[Why-Fi]

...thats a lot of fukking clams

 

[gurf]

if I’m not mistaken Square was having issues prior to FF16 due to other releases not panning out within the last few years.

They’ve been essentially playing catch up for a bit.

With that said I doubt multiplat games would have helped much as Sony has always been the platform their games have sold the most on by a long shot

 

[ALonelyDad]

if I’m not mistaken Square was having issues prior to FF16 due to other releases not panning out within the last few years.

They’ve been essentially playing catch up for a bit.

With that said I doubt multiplat games would have helped much as Sony has always been the platform their games have sold the most on by a long shot

Their bigger problems as stated in the article are the mobile games and the flops like Forspoken and Avengers. Ops title is hilarious and wrong

 

[ItWasWritten]

Article details exactly what the issue is

Including game producers over spending
Trash releases (Forspoken, Avengers)
Horrendous mobile market


This has nothing to to with the Untouchable Empire

Low IQ Leasy cut that part out for headlines

 

[Leasy]

Their bigger problems as stated in the article are the mobile games and the flops like Forspoken and Avengers. Ops title is hilarious and wrong

Forspoken and Final Fantasy are PS exclusives which both failed financially. PSThots don't support Square Enix.

 

[ORDER_66]

Now they blaming sony for their newer games being trash?!!? or maybe you just fell off, I would also call you racist for whitewashing your characters or not being diverse but maybe you just fell off... you think putting your games on Gamepass will save you, think again!

 

[Womb Raider]

Im all for Square losing everything after that shytty ass Avengers game that nobody but @Joe Sixpack bought

 

[gurf]

Forspoken and Final Fantasy are PS exclusives which both failed financially. PSThots don't support Square Enix.

Honest question

You think any of those titles would have sold on xbox?

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

Not putting their releases on PC day one even though it is BY FAR the biggest market is fukking stupid. My cousin didn't even know 7 Remake Intergrade had released on PC until I told him the other day, he had been waiting on it so long he forgot to even check for it anymore. The demand for their games are there they just need to actually do the work and put them on PC.

 

[ALonelyDad]

Forspoken and Final Fantasy are PS exclusives which both failed financially. PSThots don't support Square Enix.

Yes, Forspoken would have been a hit if it was on other consoles, just like Avengers!!! Also please read what you make a thread on, the article tells you.

 

[Leasy]

Honest question

You think any of those titles would have sold on xbox?

Absolutely, limit your content to one box in 21st century is asinine. They are too big to do that.

 

[Leasy]

Yes, Forspoken would have been a hit if it was on other consoles, just like Avengers!!! Also please read what you make a thread on, the article tells you.

Doesn't matter if it was good or not you don't have the sales if you don't release the product to other platforms. Being too loyal to Japan about to get them bought by Microsoft or China Tencent

 

[ALonelyDad]

Doesn't matter if it was good or not you don't have the sales if you don't release the product to other platforms. Being too loyal to Japan about to get them bought by Microsoft or China Tencent

Again read the article you posted, it literally mentions Avengers which was on other platforms, and it cost them money. Please read

 

[Leasy]

Since going exclusive with Sony they haven't had an 90plus metacritic. Sony ruin Square