Square Enix Drops Playstation Exclusivity after Major Loss in Revenue

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Ай бұрын

Square Enix to Aggressively Pursue Multiplatform Strategy. Which means we'll be seeing Final Fantasy in more platforms on release date, which is a good thing.
#FinalFantasy #squareenix #ps5

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@crazymage5316 Ай бұрын

It’s almost like selling your game to more people gets you more money

@pencilcheck Ай бұрын

No, you get deals so you can negotiate less royalty fee. Or they get paid more. It really depend on the ecosystem. Also support on multiple platform increases testing and development time

@bousch8253 Ай бұрын

@pencilcheck do you think this is a bad move for SE?

@pencilcheck Ай бұрын

@@bousch8253 their board of directors and exec decided what to do. to me, they are always just trying things to hype consumer up, perhaps they do a couple games that have less impact to see reaction, if not good they go back to deals. that's how almost all companies would do. and this is just history repeating again and again but people often forget.

@BiscuitMan2005 Ай бұрын

Nobody likes 3rd party exclusivity except corporate bootlickers. Glad they're changing things

@paulypipes3082 Ай бұрын

This isn't even the issue. It's just greed. Final Fantasy Rebirth is an amazing game same with 16. When your flying too close to the sun your not gonna be satisfied no matter what your excuse is. Because even if this was multiplatform mankind will still find an issue to bitch about. Zelda and Pokémon are exclusives and they sell so many more copies. Rurikhan u know this but it's like we forget all of sudden. The fact is covid pushed the sales of remake. KZbinrs will continually act as if selling this on multiplatforms will somehow cure this issue but it won't especially when your company not focused on the core audience and core games that made u what u are today. Squarenix is too worried about diversity hiring and chasing microtransactions with that live service slop. They want their fortnite moment just like every fucking company now. Until gamers stop feeding into this bullshit and spending money on gamepass then we'll finally be heard. But unfortunately it's gonna have to get alot worse for it to get better

@MindlessFire Ай бұрын

I hope the PC releases won't be Epic Games Store timed exclusive.

@mikeman9478 Ай бұрын

For sure! I'll only buy it if its on steam.

@fallingcurse9208 Ай бұрын

Seeing how the games cost 80€ when from SE I would wait 6 months if I'm interested in one anyway, or get a key on the grey market...

@gnoclaude7945 Ай бұрын

All third parties should release on all systems. Kind of a no shit moment. Its up to consoles to sell their systems, square was tanking their value and fandom to prop up sonys husk of a console. Let them live or die on their own and do whats right for you.

@corey_massey Ай бұрын

This might be a topic for discussion if any of it was actually true. What i find funny is that in the internet age where alot of things are able to be simply looked up online and gained directly from the source is that so many people are still reliant (in fact now more than ever) on third party resources for information when we know those sources will print whatever they think people will click on. When looking at Square financial reports, Square Enix reports that they suffered the largest losses in revenue from the online MMO and mobile sector and from canceled projects (the 130 million that came out before the financial report) and thier only year over year increase in sales is in thier HD games segment .... which would be the segment where games like FF16 and FF7 Rebirth fall into. What is strange about the articles and KZbinrs posting and commenting on this financial report is that the segment where Square saw its only growth is the segment where people are saying is the cause of Square's financial trouble and not the the segment where Square actually reported its largest losses. Perhaps even more ironic is that when you look at what happened with Square in the MMO and mobile segment one of the biggest things that has taken place over the last year is that Square ported over the entire FF14 MMO to xbox which they would have hoped would have led to more subscribers (FF14 is a subscription based MMO which requires a monthly fee to play). If the development cost of porting the game to another platform were not offset by a rise in subscribers then a net loss in the MMO sector is the natural result. Couple that with failing mobile games like Evercrisis and the losses in that segment would be substantial. All of this speculation does have some basis in the realm of reality in so far as Square did make the statement that they intend to focus more on bringing ganes to more platforms, naming PC, Switch and Xbox in addition to thier PS strategy. What remains unclear is when those games will come to those platforms or if it is even possible to support Square's games on those platforms (namely whether the switch or the series S can run Square's games adequately). Whats interesting is that even the games that the community are attributing to PS as exclusive are in fact already multiplatform and the distinction is that they are timed exclusive to PS. FF16 is slated to release on PC this summer and while FF7 Rebirth does not have a dedicated release window we knew before launch that it would eventually come to PC. So the real question then becomes well is the focus here by Square to release these games on xbox or Nintendo and that is where the waters get muddy. Is Square even capable of getting those gsmes down to a state to run on the current switch or are they anticipating Switch 2, if they release on xbox is the strategy to release in gamepass or to use a straight sales model.......this might be a much more interesting discussion about the financial report and the speculation of what happens next with Square than what is currently going on which is a situation where the misinformed are pushing more misinformation in the attempt to push the agenda that exclusives are somehow bad when we've seen time and again that when developers build games for one platform then move on to others, we see better quality games over all that can take advantage of the individual platform features rather than forcing this generic one size fits all platforms approach which has produced more and more buggy and rushed projects as games get more and more complex. But that conversation doesn't attract as much fanboy attention from people who want access to the game day 1 regardless of the state it is in at release....besides people need something to complain about so why not promote the biggest contributing factor to the thing most gamers complain about....buggy or unfinished games.

@rainbowkrampus Ай бұрын

FF7Remake didn't even hit 7 million units until last year. With the way it hopped from PS to Epic to Steam, they probably left a lot of money on the table. The person who considered buying it on Steam who then had to wait two years for it to become available probably didn't break down and buy a PS. Like as not, many of them saw reviews or full playthroughs and just didn't bother buying the game at all. The hype had long since passed. SE are probably staring down the barrel of a similar scenario with Rebirth. Only this time they won't get a bunch of people re-buying the game since that whole PS4 to PS5 dynamic no longer exists. The couple of million units they sold is likely going to be close to the cap as far as PS sales go. All of that for a bigger game that investors certainly demanded a larger return from. That initial burst of cash from signing exclusivity deals probably did help them get these games out the door. But it's pretty clear that this wasn't sufficient. The games will probably be profitable. But capitalism always demands more. Whereas these games have seemingly already reached saturation. This could be a good thing for them eventually. Multiplatform releases mean you'll get all of those hype sales early on. I expect this will mean fewer releases and smaller games in the meanwhile. Which, ya know, good. SE are kinda flailing right now and have been for a while. A good chunk of their games go through some kind of development hell. You can't have half your annual releases be massive money pits with no hope of making sales figures.

@rainbowkrampus Ай бұрын

@@RicochetForce Or hell, pirate it. If you don't want to use Epic and the game is available on pc, you've got other means to play it. This imposed scarcity on digital goods which are functionally infinitely reproducible is always going to push some portion of people with an interest in a product to obtain it by means other than the ones being imposed on them. It's funny watching developers learn this over and over again. Weird that all of the business school executives running these companies have no concept of economics as applied to digital markets.

@Sinphanius Ай бұрын

I think the end of this video got cut off during uploading. It ended at 17:38 for me and it seemed like you were about to say some more stuff, plus it lacks your usual outro.

@rurikhan Ай бұрын

It’s a stream highlight.

@ifrit1937 Ай бұрын

VIIR part 3 will likely be a PS exclusive (whether that's on PS5 or PS6 as at the rate they release their games it'll be a PS6 release...that's one issue SE needs to also take care of: these ridiculous development lengths even if it means holding back on graphics/scale of the games) as the FF7R project was partially funded by Sony as well (at least SE claimed without PS exclusivity they wouldn't be able to make the remakes so I'm assuming Sony has funded the project to some degree due to said statement). All FF games after that won't need to release PS/Xbox/Nintendo only assuming SE doesn't take funding by Sony or another company (if they do they'll probably need to do exclusive/some Mircrosoft PC launcher since Xbox is leaning more towards PC and Xbox) as said company would have pull over what's done with the game (Sony would probably definitely push Sony only for at minimum half a year, Xbox may allow PC if it's via some Xbox/Microsoft Pass on PC...Nintendo I'm not 100% sure if they'd push for exclusivity or not, regardless the games would need to take a graphcis hit to run on Switch and likely the next console too to some degree). Besides that though SE also has to budget the games smarter as the amount of money they're putting into these games to push the most up to date graphics, high profile VAs/Hollywood Celebrity VAs in some games, just the scale of their games is far too much that even if they release on all consoles and PC they'll likely only break even and make a small profit with how costly the development is as on initial release date linear story driven jrpgs like FF/DQ/Tales/Ys/etc have a hard cap of about 2 to 5 million unique (only buy the games 1 time) potential customers at most as even though they're more popular nowadays than the PS2/early PS3 era linear story jrpgs are still one of the more niche genres (the smaller ones even now may only sell about 700K give or take, most jrpgs will only get the heavy jrpg players (of which I'd say there's only about 800K or so that will buy almost every jrpg that releases minus those with crucial issues) to about a million when more casual gamers to the jrpg genre are also counted and as far as the larger jrpgs go (FF, Tales, KH, Persona, etc) you may be looking at about 1.5 million sales minimum nowadays for the smallest of these large jrpgs to about 2.5 or so on average, 3 million for FF when hardcore jrpg players and casual gamers who got a bit of interest due to marketing/word of mouth and gave it a chance. The ONLY real outlier would be Pokemon but calling it a linear story driven jrpg is very questionable as it's more of a collecting game with PVP elements and the story's laughable for all entries. The rpgs that do sell 8 mil+ are only the open world exploration style games with shorter main scenarios and aren't linear you see used in most wprgs (Skyrim, Elden Ring (yes Japanese company make it but I'm talking the style of game here), Monster Hunter, etc), those will sell potentially 8 million to even crazy amounts like 20 mil (Elden Ring made about that much if I'm right)...they would bascially need to make all their games in this style if they want that kind of cash but I can tell you most fans of established IPs (FF, DQ, etc) will get pissed. Oh and if the art style is anime the jrpg may take a bit of a hit in sales due to that reason too in many cases as even though it's not as bad as it used to be some jrpgs still get flack for using that art style. And then throw in SE's BS expectations...they probably want it to sell 7 million or more but it's never gonna happen on release year due to the above paragraph's argument (they may eventually make 7 million or 10 million plus but it''ll be after many years...hell OG FF7 has been out for almost 30 years and has only sold about 14 million as of the game's last sales update and on release it was only around 3 million or so). As such they should be developing games with a budget in mind that they will only gain about 1.5 to 2 million sales at most...yes even if it means graphics cuts, scaling back their games' sizes, etc as that'll be the only way they'll be able to earn the profits they may want at this rate given how much game development costs...gamers may get pissed with such a change but it's the only real realistic option SE/most game devs have tbh if they want to keep their doors open. Hell if they do that AND make their games much more fun, have better stories/combat/side content/etc it'll be a plus imo as those things all are more important than graphics imo and it's not like there's is not options to reduce graphics and still make their games look great (Fromsoftware basically used the same graphics or just barely better than their previous entries but wound up making it a bit more visually appealing via various shaders and the like rather than a full on graphics over hall). Personally I don't think VIIR Rebirth and XVI lost money (as in didn't recoup development and marketing costs and starting making a profit, I think both wound up profiting in the end) but they definitely didn't make SE as much money as they were hoping and not enough to offset all of SE's other failures that actually hurt the company (Avengers, Forspoken, shut down of Luminous Productions and all assets wasted in that studio (so far they only used the Luminous Engine in 2 games that I know of: FFXV and Forspoken...god knows how much that engine has cost them if they're only used it 2 times so far and the 2nd time shut a studio down...what a waste of money lol), Foamstars, Babylon's Fall, NFT BS, etc) as those failures took up way too much money for any 1 or 2 games to recoup even if both those FF games sold 5 million or so copies apiece.

@LunarValkyria Ай бұрын

I think what they mean by development efforts is the part where they need to properly optimize the games for multi-plat. Sony would get exclusivity due to them giving square money and providing assistance to making the game work on their platform. A big reason square used exclusivity so much is likely due to them just being bad at bringing games to platforms when the platforms don't send in their people to make the games work. That would also explain why their PC ports tend to be pretty bad. Thanks to the Vtuber industry in Japan, people have been moving more towards PC. So, their consoles market is dwindling as mobile/handheld platforms and PCs are rising. There are other factors at play, but this is one of the biggest reasons funny enough. The reason why mobile/handheld platforms are rising is because of commuting to work. when you only spend about 8 hours at home and 6 of that you are sleeping, and the rest of the day is at work you lose the desire of owning a console you rarely ever use. I hated exclusivity. Even limited exclusivity. I'm a narrative oriented gamer. Nothing kills my excitement more than missing out on day 1 discussions, theories, etc people come up with as they progress the game. As well as having major story beats spoiled for me by the time I have access to the game. This is the big reason why I am skipping FF16. I can't enjoy the story when I know every major event that happens just by existing on the internet. Even if you block tags, people stop tagging spoilers about a month after the game's release.

@sugarhiIl Ай бұрын

Just release on all consoles, if you cast a wide net you’ll catch more fish

@vivid8979 Ай бұрын

Sadly releasing to other platforms isn't that clean of a cut.. 1. Porting to Nintendo means you'll need to put money and effort to make your game run on the platform plus Nintendo will get a cut from your game... 2. Porting on PC means you'll need to optimie your games across multiple system setups, which unless their next game was made specifically for PC (Which mostly aren't) will cost TONS of money and effort... 3. Xbox... Well do we even need to discuss this?? So yea.. SEnix needs to plan things from the very beginning for this one.. It's not as easy as casting a bigger net for a bigger amount of fish to catch.. It's more like each net is standardized and there's a fee (A huge fee at that) in using a bigger net, and there's a risk of not enough fish getting caught by the bigger net to cover up the cost of the said net..

@khiemnguyencao4324 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge of day-and-date release for multi platform game. Its enlightenment

@leatherwolf7481 Ай бұрын

Square Enix did this to themselves. Their games suck so much compared to other rpgs on the market, especially when going against persona and granblue fantasy relink, and yet square Enix thinks nfts and high cost games are the way to go, which they ain't. I'm sure people will hate me for saying this, but I am glad to see Square Enix fail.

@robardian3697 Ай бұрын

This is the real reason they are hurting at the moment. Not because of 16 or Rebirth. Square put themselves in this and hurt their own reputation by putting out too much garbage or sub par games like Babylons Fall, Forspoken and Avengers. Selling off Crystal Dynamics also was a major blow to themselves

@Qballiz2kool Ай бұрын

It’s about time……would love to see more final fantasy games on the Xbox.

@user-uz8oo3yv1w Ай бұрын

I'd love to know the specifics of the Sony exclusive details to date. Like does Sony offer that they take no cut on console sales (the standard 30%) to entice Square to only publish on their platform. There has to be some incentive and surely it's not just Square couldn't be F'd to port the game for PC and Xbox releases

@robardian3697 Ай бұрын

People really need to look at the broader picture here. It's not exclusivity that's hurting them. Its that they've destroyed their own brand image through bad choices the last few years.

@HeyKneeGT Ай бұрын

Speaking as a PC gamer, I have 7 remake on my steam wishlist at the moment. I’ll add rebirth when it comes around and when they actually finish remaking the entirety of 7, then I’ll consider actually buying the entirety of it.

@JamesWilliamsonOFFICIAL Ай бұрын

*So; in other words, this is a common sense tactic...literally something they should've been doing.*

@OldManInternet Ай бұрын

I can't wait for them to try and sell on Epic as exclusives on PC next, and have to learn the lesson AGAIN.

@OldManInternet Ай бұрын

@@RicochetForce Sure, I think stuff like KH has more of a niche audience that is more likely to play on console anyway (although putting that one on Nintendo made sense to me.) But games like FF7R and FF16 will definitely have a PC audience.

@Ocean5ix Ай бұрын

@@RicochetForce It's also not that simple. Do you think these companies don't study every market possible? They don't do it because they conclude that getting an exclusivity deal will get them more money than porting it and optimizing it for a platform that won't give them a return. Now whether that study ends up being correct is another discussion. But if it was as simple as "just put it on every platform and sell it to everybody", why are there pc exclusives? Why don't AA and even some indie devs don't port their games to every console? "Well because indies don't have money to invest on porting the game", well but it has guaranteed return according to you, doesn't it? So get a loan, port it get the money back, pay the loan and then make more money from the ports. Simple...... right?

@Ocean5ix Ай бұрын

@@RicochetForce"SquareEnix is unique in being the only fools still accepting platform holder moneybags in an era of PC absolute dominance." Dude, you realize platform holder moneybags exist inside the PC environment, right? "Whatever opportunity cost there may be associated with porting the game to PC, Xbox and Switch is vastly offset by the immense market waiting for your game." You seem to believe there are more gaming PCs with top GPUs that are insanely expensive in the hands of consumers than consoles. Lmao... consoles exist for a reason. They are gaming dedicated platforms that embrace both the casual "dad gamers" to the hardcore gamers. With a simplicity that doesn't require the user to replace a DLL, update 3 drivers and tweak the GPU control panel to play a newly released game. PC is A platform, not THE platform. It isn't a "nexus" where "all the gamers converge". In a way, it's just another "console" competing with Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. I won't pretend to have knowledge from inside the industry, let alone inside Square Enix but I think saying "it's simple, they're just dumb" from your bedroom is ridiculous. But hey, I'm sure a random dude on the internet knows more than suits that work for a multimillionaire company that has been in business for decades.

@dyer_wav Ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEFENDING FF16! You have no idea how hard it is to be a smaller content creator focused on the combat of FF16 and how amazing it is to only be met with the same old constant criticisms that are imo unwarranted and unjustified. You're the man dood guy bro, keep being you.

@dyer_wav Ай бұрын

Btw, you're probably one of the only bigger FF content creators that is positive about the game so thank you again.

@Theblackvortex75 Ай бұрын

16 was great most fun I've had in any game in years

@mikeman9478 Ай бұрын

So true about the day and date. When rebirth comes out on PC...I'll buy it when there's a big sale.

@wollyram6248 Ай бұрын

Gotta release games simultaneously on all platforms, gamers have dozens of titles vying for thier attention, unless your games is a once in a decade event, or has a particularly devoted niche audience, it has one opertunity to grab the spot light.

@timothyalexander7006 Ай бұрын

Who would've thought that a franchise that has existed for over 20 years going exclusive would backfire?

@calebnelson58 Ай бұрын

Yoshi-P was not a good example because FFXVI is exclusive to PS even though he produced the game.

@sethkarma2072 Ай бұрын

I don't know much about how this stuff works so I don't understand why WOULD they take the money to make the game a sony exclusive if the amount of money they're offering you isn't enough to cover the loss in sales from other platforms? Especially for such a major title like FF7, shouldn't they have required a payout high enough to offset the exclusivity?

@paulypipes3082 Ай бұрын

Sony must have fucked Em over

@riotgames1 Ай бұрын

I just want to play FF7 remake on my xbox one 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@rexstocephirxiii4263 Ай бұрын

I see this as an absolute win.

@Sephvion Ай бұрын

Been a PC guy since Runescape 2. I had a short stint playing console only, back in 2011, playing Modern Warfare 3. It's not for me. PC only, except for Nintendo stuff.

@jhall229 Ай бұрын

Series X owners have been thirsting for the latest FF games. It’s not our fault we can’t afford every platform.

@AntonioCunningham Ай бұрын

A sad day indeed. People praising this aren't looking at the overall picture. For one. This means game will have to take even longer to develop and come out. AAA games I already take way too long to release. This is gonna be extened way longer now. For example, if they make a PC port, console players I'm going to have to wait. Meaning they're held back from playing until the PC Port is done. If they make the console version First, PC players are going to complain about bad parts. This isn't the win anti exclusive Advocates think it is. 2. You can't innovate as much because the hardwhere the developed game has to run on is way too diverse. For example you can't make anything to customize to a console like motion controls on the Wii. Games will become strangled by the least common denominator. They won't be able to take advantage of anything that's customized in the console. One of the advantage of exclusive games is that the developer only has one Hardware speck to work on. They can truly optimize the game. You can get unique experiences (like how you can manage probes in Xenoblade Chonicles X on the WiiU) I didn't even mention Choice paralysis. Some people like myself won't buy a multiplayer game because we can't decide which platform to get it on. For example, I bought Call of Duty Black Ops 2 on the Wii because the motion controls, but that game was stripped of so many features. I don't want to take the chance to buy another inferior version. Another example is I bought Grand blue fantasy relink for the PC (I had nothing else to play) However my friend has it on the PS5 and we can't play together. This wouldn't have happened if the game was exclusive. Final Fantasy 16 was my last AAA Square game, but now it's probably the last Square game gonna by. I guess they don't need my money

@Temeturs Ай бұрын

That's funny. It's like changing a lightbulb when the power is out. it's like filling a gas tank in a car with no engine. It's like teaching a professor how to read. BADUMP TSSSS

@TheVDaddyo Ай бұрын

I love sausage… but I really don’t want/need to know how it’s made. I also love video games, but don’t really want/need to hear all the unprecedented drama surrounding them recently. It’s a shame that Ruri & other great content creators get sucked into all this bs. Agree with you Ruri, stay strong.

@paulypipes3082 Ай бұрын

I agree dude, itz a passion, the most annoying thing is when youtubers aren't doing anything to help support the fight but just bitch about things while completely miss the bigger issue at play or stay milk toast and don't wanna offend people. If u wanna argue then u better have the evidence to back up your argument. This isnt gonna be solved by selling on PC. The problem is greed

@mugendragon100 Ай бұрын

Their biggest market is most likely Nintendo not PC it will help but I don’t think PC will that big of a market as people think

@danielsan2349 Ай бұрын

Let's start with FF16 on PC

@phongnguyen-hn2sl Ай бұрын

I don't know what is all the fuss about. Square Enix is acquiring new Studios with record profits

@Ocean5ix Ай бұрын

It was never a problem for them during the PS2 and PS3 days. I think maybe they should focus on making good FF games that their fans actually want instead of shoving 2 FF13 sequels down our throat, releasing FF15 in a state that was worse than Cyberpunk in terms of finished content and now with 16 they decided to make a Final Fantasy game that somehow has less RPG mechanics than God of War Ragnarok or Far Cry 6. Let that sink in. I agree that, obviously, selling your game to more people will make you more money but that's not solely what's happening here. Baldur's Gate 3 released a month early on PC and sold more PS5 copies than FF7 Rebirth. Truth is, the Final Fantasy brand is stained and even the Japanese fans can't stand it anymore. Sure, the 7 Remakes are good and very fun but they're just a drop in a sea of mediocrity.

@marcus22greene Ай бұрын

I have a question, if everyone jump ship to pc, and let say Sony call it quits on playstation, no more playstation games, all studio that sony has are gone, then what? only leaving nintendo and pc cuz who care about Micosoft in that current state, would anyone want that, be honest. Like the future of gaming be only PC or Nintendo would ya want that

@mariuschristensen2383 Ай бұрын

I haven’t finished the video yet, but sqenix has had a major dip in quality of their games as well. Ff16 was okay, ff7 remakes are padded out bastardisations of the original with the most average combat of any action rpg i have played. So yes, exclusivity hurts them, but their games are far away from the quality of the old games.

@Sephvion Ай бұрын

About freaking time. Soyny really has nothing left huh?

@Ocean5ix Ай бұрын

What do you mean nothing left?

@priestkilmister1212 Ай бұрын

What's a good game... i don't know bloodborne, dragon's dogma. dragon's quest 8, dark souls, etc.

@carlucioleite Ай бұрын

I'm not buying any of these new FF because they are not what I wanted them to do.

@sol5916 Ай бұрын

I'm glad the $500 30 fps plastic boxes are slowly in decline. Bring everything to PC! Start with Final Fantasy 16 please

@_Tony.Montana Ай бұрын

Square Enix worst enemy is SONY. As any gaming company, your objective is to make as much money as possible by being a multi format company. Just because SONY is a Japanese company, that doesn't means they won't cut your throat.

@alipaydar370 Ай бұрын

It's not like I don't want to buy final fantasy because it was exclusive I do not buy it because the game has been completely spoiled for almost everyone until they release the pc version

@hododod246 Ай бұрын

Nah it doesn't have to be day one. It is not treating like a second class citizen. Look at Rockstar. Their majority of player base is coming from PC but they are releasing it on PC later. Why? Do you think Sony paying them money? Or do they need Sony''s money. Because they don't want to release a broken version like everyone else does. Making game on PC is very difficult. The priority should be high quality ports with proper settings and controls and performance rather than rushed ports chasing hype wave of the game. Almost all day one PC ports are coming as broken. Personally I am okay for them to release each platform one by one. I am okay to wait full year to get pure gold version of a game.

@Mnichu Ай бұрын

FFXVI is not a bad game itself, it's just not good FF in my opinion. Good modern take on FF are Remake and Rebirth. XVI is just too streamlined and action-focused, and doesn't fleel like jRPG at all.

@jay-cm Ай бұрын

Third party exclusives are so dumb.

@paulypipes3082 Ай бұрын

@mrdantebloodwolfe5979 Ай бұрын

I can say this positivity, that both FF16 and FF7 Rebirth is a good game, FF16 is WAY better then 15, and I think 15 is worst then 13, 12, and FFXIV 1.x

@MagiusNecros Ай бұрын

FFXVI is a good action game. But a bad FF game bereft of most RPG elements that make a FF game FF. In the same vein that Metroid Other M was a great action game but was ultimately a bad Metroid game with it's handholding and overall linear design as opposed to Super Metroid or Metroid Prime. FFXVI's biggest flaws are prominently all the poor qualities of FFXIV when you dig deep. And anyone that is a longtime XIV player will see these flaws pop up and be like "yeah Yoshi P made this game". It also suffers with it's "raging fire, dying embers" storytelling where it starts strong but falls off hard as you progress. But that's what happens when you take the staff that wrote Endwalker and bring over the myriad of story pacing it had. To a lot of players XVI is just a weak entry in the series. Doesn't mean it's bad. People being burned on XV had high expectations and rightfully so. When all is said and done if you took Stranger of Paradise and FFXVI I'll choose Stranger of Paradise every time. Because while both are Action titles one is more Final Fantasy over the other. And I think it would have sold better if it globally released for PC and PS5 instead of SE taking the Devil's Contract from Sony. Lots of stupid decisions this year SE has made.

@danielnolan8848 Ай бұрын

RPG's have a bigger audience than pure action games, turn-based or action-based rpg

@nakazo9929 Ай бұрын

FF XVI isn't a bad game, it's a bad FF game.

@uchennaobi5985 Ай бұрын

Dumb head Executives at square enix are so greedy. For FF7 remake they took sony money twice and epic before steam. like wtf. so greedy. They prob signed multiple games which is why they could not release rebirth on pc launch. ffxvi deal ended in december btw

@jaythekittydragon3525 Ай бұрын

Nobody likes 3rd party exclusivity. i didn't buy ff16 because of this PlayStation exclusive crap

@Maigus224 Ай бұрын

Stop insulting people and bad mouthing them because they don’t want to play a game that doesn’t behave like its predecessors. If total war came out with a fps no one would play it. It has nothing to do with how good or bad the game is it has to do with the audience. That’s why ff16 is considered “bad” because the main audience didn’t want to play devil may cry which is what the game is. Saying anything else is a lie and it makes you look like a buffoon for screaming about it.

@hododod246 Ай бұрын

I would be interested in total war with fps. It sounds very interesting as long as they make it work.

@TheVDaddyo Ай бұрын

These devs should hire Ruri as a consultant.

@Romangelo Ай бұрын

"If FF16 is a bad game, what's a good game for you then?" FF7 Rebirth, it's a true FF game that gives you RPG elements such as party members, explorations, equipment customizations, etc. which FF16 lacks.

@MellaniePlays Ай бұрын

now only kingdom hearts series needs to get on Steam. because i'm not a fan of Epic. T-T

@marcosramos5117 Ай бұрын

It is time for Square to move on as a 3rd party studio they did it when they switched from Nintendo to Sony for FF7. I’m sure it’s gonna be tricky at first to optimize for PC but they did it for FFXIV?? I say they also forget about the Series S sorry Xbox just be happy you’re getting Square games finally, if it’s gonna hold up everyone then you’re getting left behind.

@lockes909 Ай бұрын

I wish ppl read that statement and think a little. Square ENIX is a 3rd party. Another thing is Sony helped to make those games that are exclusive to their platform. Please look at sales on each platform. You will see that most sales are being on the PlayStation. I don’t understand why ppl so up about every platform when pc platform there is no company that would ever help the development of these ips, Would ff7 remake ever be made if square just make the game? They are getting backed by PlayStation. Did pc backed square?(no since pc is open platform) Or did Xbox backed square? did Nintendo backed square for ff7r? People just hate Sony. Pc date in date would not be a huge sale since alot of ppl will just steal the games.

@OpeningYugioh Ай бұрын

Well now cuz of pc you have to wait twice as long for games to come out. Expect the last version of ff7 to come out 20 years from now thanks to pc players