According to Kotaku rumor, Square Enix higher ups were lashing out at developers in a meeting last month, claiming that the company's games are falling away from the mainstream crowd. Employees who continue to steer the company in this direction are apparently in danger of being fired.
As this is a rumor based on hearsay, don't take it as fact just yet. Still, if it's true, then we can't help but worry that this might scare developers from coming up with original ideas like TWEWY and Sigma Harmonics. After all, we like seeing things other than sequels and remakes from the company.
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5-27-2008 @ 5:53PM
Trinian said...
Memo from On High - We at Square Enix hate innovation. Cut it out. Or else...
Yeah, that rumor just screams "totally plausible". :P
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5-27-2008 @ 8:04PM
SephFinale said...
No wait, it would go like this: "Memo from On High - We at Square Enix hate innovation. Cut it out. Or face erasure."
5-27-2008 @ 6:42PM
ichaBuNni said...
that's silly. the final fantasy franchise has pretty much gone downhill since FFIX (and FFVII has been sucked dry with all the sequels). i have high hopes for the FFIV remake, but TWEWY was such a nice change!!
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5-27-2008 @ 7:16PM
Mr Khan said...
I could see this being true. The big Japanese development houses have been having financial troubles lately
It's called Square-Enix, and not Squaresoft for a reason.
Although they'd make more money off of Final Fantasy if they actually, you know, released FF XIII
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5-27-2008 @ 8:38PM
elsng said...
Money and Square-Enix screams FF VII
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5-28-2008 @ 2:14AM
Frastoglegnia said...
I suppose this means Square-Enix won't be considering my proposal for an historical RPG/otolaryngology sim called Sniffles of Skuld III: Rage of Nordic Mucous.
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5-28-2008 @ 8:10AM
Flint said...
The World Ends with You is Square Enix's best game in a long time and it's beyond brilliant that it's a completely new and original creation.
If this rumour is true (which I doubt, to be honest) and we just end up with even more endless FF spin-offs in place of creative, new unique games (Sigma Harmonics and Nanashi no Game being two other examples) then I'll probably stop buying Square Enix games altogether. I do actually like the FF series, but even I have my limit.
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5-28-2008 @ 1:02PM
neaux said...
I'd like to know the sales for TWEWY here in the U.S. Since its seemingly impossible to find.. backordered at EBgames and Amazon. I'd say their sales are probably pretty darn good.
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5-28-2008 @ 1:12PM
BlueS said...
But how could TWEWY be not profitable? It is such a good game in itself, not looking at the fact that it has a good story, maybe even some kind of a message. I, for example, imported it for a friend, as well. That's two pieces bought from a country where it's not even out yet. And if it will be, it would be sold at a price which could easily produce surplus for Square Enix, except that it goes mainly to the bandits who run their shamelessly stealing shops in my country.
But the main thing is: the game is superb, how can it be unprofitable?
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5-28-2008 @ 2:44PM
KamenRiderTakoyaki said...
Nah, it's more like forcing creativity, because a lot of recent Square Enix games feature emo metrosexuals with complicated gameplay. The World Ends with You could be considered a breath of fresh air, but it's too much of a SE game with all the crazy fashion and the like.
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5-28-2008 @ 9:18PM
SephFinale said...
I was under the impression that was actually Shibuya fashion...