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@jayt066

2 жыл бұрын

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@lughzi1591

2 жыл бұрын

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@____SK____

2 жыл бұрын

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@mm_1429

2 жыл бұрын

An excellent point

@soulnomad5231

2 жыл бұрын

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Hang on a minute. So Square Enix, in its infinite wisdom, sold off DOZENS of well established IPs and THREE functional game studios, all for a measly $300 million that they're going to invest in sodding NFTs? Lolwut. Considering that a) NFTs have been near universally rejected by the gaming public and b) Steam, the largest platform for PC games by a country mile, doesn't even *allow* NFT games to be sold on their platform, I feel like Square Enix may have just tied its own noose. Ah well, the dumpster fire will be interesting to watch at least.

@candrian7

2 жыл бұрын

Its like pawning off the contents of your house to feed a crack habit

@main_rouge

2 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily, it doesn't have to be embraced by the community to make a ton of money, ever heard of "whales" about gambling/microtranction/lootbox ? A few percent of players make most of the money in this kind of scenario so you only need a few players addicted to NFT's to make it viable Also we know it's hated in the west but is this the same in Japan ? I mean they love their Pachinko's an Gatcha games over there so the reception to NFT might also be different

@zephyr8072

2 жыл бұрын

On PC Square Enix seem to have gone all in with the Epic Games Store. Tim Sweeney is a vile psyxhopath and I imagine he’ll be all in on NFTs.

@Knoloaify

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, SquEnix sold 3 underperforming studios to invest their money in their JP studios (which have been doing much better), mobile games studios (more profit), and the Metaverse scam (I swear only investors are excited about Metaverse, can't defend that one). Overall this decision makes a lot more sense than trying to keep investing in studios that deliver subpar experiences and profits.

@SuddenCruelty01

2 жыл бұрын

@@candrian7 lol at least crack gets you high. All NFTs do is bring you dissapointment.

Oh I can’t wait for this to blow up in their faces. I’m just surprised that Square Enix did this before Electronic Arts did XD

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

Square Enix proved they are the better EA about microtransactions and scamming of course!

@Voltaic_Fire

2 жыл бұрын

I wish EA had done it first, I would enjoy watching EA implode far more than watching these guys crumble.

@qwerty6789x

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricardohoang8452 more like trying hard to be on league

@TheBlargMarg

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure EA would of done something like this if Battlefield 2042 didn't catastrophically fail. They can't (or won't) take the chances of blowing money until they get another money maker.

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@qwerty6789x They don't have to as they are already in that league with Rockstar!

Honestly, gotta love how in Squre Enix’s short-sighted greed just inadvertently opened up more competition and innovation in the gaming world. This is like a drugpin selling it’s high profile drug recipes to a rival for cookies.

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

Square Enix: "But those were damn good cookies." Nobody wants NFTs but Square Enix thinks that they are the futuuuuuuuuuuuure! Ugh, companies are so out-of-touch. Video games are an art form! It takes heart and soul to make art. Art is never about the money. Art is about passion and creativity!

@PubstarHero

2 жыл бұрын

I can already feel the micro transactions about to seep into the MogStation for FFXIV to fund SE's insanity.

@Ukaran

2 жыл бұрын

It's high profile recipes are all in 3 books, called Final Fantasy, Nier, and Kingdom Hearts.

@jojothebard6687

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ukaran Still, it’s a really, realllllly dumb decision on Square Enix’s part. One doesn’t simply sell intellectual properties just to partake in a universally panned market like NFTs and *not* be an out-of-touch idiot.

@mosesking2923

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hauntaku the problem is they are not “high profile drug recipes.” Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain were never blockbuster games. The exception is Tomb Raider which struggled to make profit. The answer is to make AA games instead of AAA. Games that are smaller but quality like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. IO went independent and still had success with the Hitman Franchise.

Konami: "We abandoned gaming to focus on gambling and pachinko parlor games." Square: "We can do that to something even more worthless!"

@dale7326

2 жыл бұрын

Bandai technically own half of Japan entertainment market btw. No one is talking about that.

@mota2028

2 жыл бұрын

@@dale7326 didn't Japan implement new laws regarding pachinko machines and gambling? I heard they kind of cracked down a bit on it

@arifhossain9751

2 жыл бұрын

@@mota2028 yes. they did. but it technically only exists to curb the power of the yakuza, who own the majority of the gambling parlours. Konami will probably get some exemptions cos its a massive company. Edit: Bandai also does gambling machines so this might affect them too.

@codyhill2311

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair that's where Konami started and they were just trying to get back to Square one.

@DarkArtistKaiser

2 жыл бұрын

@@codyhill2311 Yes, because I'm sure that's what many people wanted...

You know what weird? The fact that they also sold the licenses for the games as well. Seems counterintuitive to want to invest in NFTs but get rid of the rights to produce some for games people would want them from

@ImpossibleBurk

2 жыл бұрын

Well, when you're incompetent like Square Enix is, nothing is out of the question lol

@ZaxFSO8083

2 жыл бұрын

They haven’t done anything with them in this long time so I want to re-hold hope for something to happen under someone else

@Carnage7209

2 жыл бұрын

If that means that the rights will finally go to somebody that'll make something with them (deus ex, finally) then no complaints from me

@CyberGamingStudiosOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

This feels.like.someone is commiting fraud at square enix

@gameuniverse5973

2 жыл бұрын

Kingdom hearts nfts with real lore on it they did it for a concert with it having some lore

Imagine selling Deus Ex to buy a Jpeg. We truly do live in a society.

@lolstalgic9602

2 жыл бұрын

It's an evolving society, Doomguy. Just in reverse...

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

Square Enix Japan tries to create another Sleeping Dogs and it doesn't matter because of NFT fantasies!

@steggieweggie

2 жыл бұрын

ur not even buying the jpeg. Ur buying a link that tells u the link to where the jpeg is hosted on a public domain

@alex_zem

2 жыл бұрын

I never asked for this.

@thomasedwardharrison2879

2 жыл бұрын

Square has gone insane

300 million for all those IPs and development studios is an insanely good deal. Good for Embracer, hope this means we’ll get more fun games.

@adad87821

2 жыл бұрын

right?if anything this will bite squares ass in the long run

@skyuru

2 жыл бұрын

Excuse me but its not a good news that SE got rid of trash westernized femminist games like Tomb Raider and Avengers? these games was a failure for SE lol

@ShikiFire

2 жыл бұрын

@@skyuru What do those games have to do with feminism? You're really reaching.

@Zanbatoss

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShikiFire they trippin

@ronpudding9598

2 жыл бұрын

@@skyuru what are you smoking lol

"Let's sell off these IP's for a scratch and invest everything into dying NFT's, sounds like a wonderful idea" - Square Enix. Hope it blows up in their face and they end up going bankrupt.

@KnakuanaRka

2 жыл бұрын

And that they don’t take the sold IPs down with them if/when they sink, and they can do better with their new owners.

@mosesking2923

2 жыл бұрын

@@KnakuanaRka thats the hope. Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain were never blockbuster games. The exception is Tomb Raider which struggled to make profit. The answer is to make AA games instead of AAA. Games that are smaller but quality like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. IO went independent and still had success with the Hitman Franchise.

@lockmuertos

2 жыл бұрын

But.... FFXIV.... :/

@zeening

2 жыл бұрын

that was my thought.... trash nfts have been on the downtrend for awhile now because literally everyone with a single SHRED of brain matter in their empty heads realizes it is ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY scams at this point.

@legojay14

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how it immediately blew up in their face. Not even a week later

NFTs: Proven to be a failure to any company that invests in it. SE: Sells popular IPs to embrace NFTs Yep, SE has officially lost their mind.

@thomasedwardharrison2879

2 жыл бұрын

If video game companies were villains, Square is the riddler or the Joker.

@Ath3nna3

2 жыл бұрын

They are slowly going Konami route and will probably become Konami 2.0 sometime in the future.

@jatinmarcob2128

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasedwardharrison2879 That's implying that they were an actual good-at-their-job villain, but they suck at it

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

Ubisucks lessons are still there lol

@kingsleycy3450

2 жыл бұрын

RDR2 sold over 40 millions units- still considered to be a failure by Rockstar. Companies nowadays want infinite money. It’s almost comical. E: corrected the sales figure

This is just good news overall. Studios will still keep their lights running, old IPs have a chance to flourish, and the only people who end up losing are the decision makers who are all-in on the NFT money sink. Really, we should thank them for ensuring that the employees they've sold off don't need to worry about losing employment when Square Enix inevitably runs itself into the ground.

@willwunsche6940

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have worded it better myself. As destressing of a news decision this is for them to make (things must be seriously wrong at their company with people being hired in to gut it for short term maximum profit from the top. I have seen it before), this is overall a good thing. All these franchises, some studios and employees have been saved from Square Enix's crazy impending disaster

@plasmaoctopus1728

2 жыл бұрын

@@willwunsche6940 Embracer should at least be a better home for these IP's and studios. When I saw the video title I was worried it was going to be sold to EA, or worse like tencent or something....

@braydonattoe2078

2 жыл бұрын

@@plasmaoctopus1728 what about Microsoft again 😂😂😂

@randomenvelope

2 жыл бұрын

We will see if the new overlords wont mess it up

@mroutcast8515

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, they'd be totally fucked under Square Enix. Now there's pretty good chance to get great games from these studios again!

This situation is so ridiculous I'm not even mad, just confused. How did they think selling multiple major brands for so little was a good idea?

@mlo009

2 жыл бұрын

Square Enix is not doing anything with those IP's. They want the money for some NFT's. And yes, they're dumb.

@adad87821

2 жыл бұрын

whispers into your ear *greed*

@somenimrod326

2 жыл бұрын

@@adad87821 I mean even so wouldn't they just use it for NFT fodder?

The potential for this makes me happy. Love the soul reaver games. would be thrilled to finish the originally planned deus ex trilogy!

@powderkegs983

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! I really liked deus ex games (never played the original though). Square Enix was always not good in managing its western properties. Remaking some of the old games (like original deus ex, thief etc.) would be a hit but for some reason they didn't do it. At the end it is a good thing this happened. Hoping for next deus ex game or a remake of the original!

"We sold off a few of our games to continue our gambling addiction, and no, you have no say in this." Is what I got out of this. Keep up the news feed, Yong.

@DoctorProph3t

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t think I was alone in thinking this is some junkie behaviour, like the junky that lived up the street for me that’d sell their expensive stuff at huge loss just to get a couple grams of weed.

@I_was_a_Bullfrog

2 жыл бұрын

Right?? I'm surprised I haven't seen more comparisons along this line of thinking. My first thought was "Company sells valuable assets to feed addiction"

@enthiegavoir5955

2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was thinking but I couldn't put it into words as well as you have, you're spot on.

@Garglbla

2 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong.

@2112splunge

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorProph3t weed junkies... really...

This gives me "My dad sold our family bakery so he could buy all the lottery tickets he could to become a billionaire and now I have to blow hobos for a Big Mac" vibes.

@Timmothy_plays

2 жыл бұрын

...that was specific~

@jarotheboar8398

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@V742

2 жыл бұрын

One has to wonder how a corporation would make the same decision as a deluded working class man, but I think the truth is the people at the top of the world want the same thing as the people at the bottom; they just want it on a grander scale.

@Sirxchrish

2 жыл бұрын

When all is said and done, these people will be stripping for grandma so that she fills up their tank full of gas.

@bimmer8602

2 жыл бұрын

?

Eidos was one of my favorite developers back when they were giving us really well optimized PC games like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex Human Revolution. It’s painful to see Square Enix, who have also made some of my favorite games, give these studios away to follow some stupid trend that will go nowhere and will tank their credibility.

@motivateddad

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day I used to get Square Enix games just for the optimization they had running on my potato PC. Time flies.

@DarthMcDoomington

2 жыл бұрын

Man, Human Revolution was just short of being one of my favourite games, regenerating health killed it. With it stealth could only be incentivised by having one bullet of ammo on each enemies with less then ten bullets in a police armoury, the dev team went and made a massive billboard that tracks how much ammo each level has refused to look at the core mechanics. That, and the constant hacking minigame. The overuse of airducts and being a bit unwilling to challenge the player I can deal with but the hacking is omnipresent and ammo being too much at a premium for a "Terminator" build as a result killed the excitement too much. Apparently it was made by a studio that was new to the genre, they actually did pretty well for a bunch of newbies, it probably explains why they were too afraid to challenge the player.

Never stop your enemy when they're making a mistake

@aquilliusranger2137

2 жыл бұрын

- Napoleon Bonaparte

A decision they'll regret and will eventually bite them in the arse. Cant see a world where NFTs are integral to society, let alone beneficial to drive up the demand hence price.

@ferybrand1990

2 жыл бұрын

welcome to capitalism, all we do is sell crap that's not integral to society

@svenstevenson2245

2 жыл бұрын

God help us if they ever succeeded in making them so...

@obscuremix8198

2 жыл бұрын

May God hear your words mate.

@madjoe8622

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe NFT works in Japan. That's the only logical thing I can think about that.

@LordZanas

2 жыл бұрын

@@madjoe8622 They're still using pagers in Japan FFS. No way the big CEOs understand a damn thing about this stuff.

I sincerely cannot believe Square Enix sold Tomb Raider for NFTS

@Ac7d

2 жыл бұрын

Who’s Tom Raider?

@sithwolf8017

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Tom. He will be missed

@lughzi1591

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i still can't believe it, i thought it was fake news, it's just THAT bad. At least now Square Enix will know how NFTs are a failing market.

@TheBlargMarg

2 жыл бұрын

Hell even Hitman is still going strong, but I guess they want that Activision style money that they will never get.

@Dash101

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Tomb Raider has to be one of the most lucrative gaming IPs out there

Thank you YongYea, I've been looking for an all-in-one report that covers this story. I didn't realize how big Embracer is. Definitely was a smart move and little by little Square will be isolated from the gaming space and will consume itself in its greed. I've never played Legacy of Kain, but I know of it. Super excited of what's to come!

@Ukaran

2 жыл бұрын

You wish, hater.

Honestly we should thank square Enix! They're waving the red flags for everyone to see and are giving away beloved franchises instead of ruining them! truly an example of what these awful companies should do! :)

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

It's like wearing a "kick me" sign but on the front

Why would they invest so much money into a market that the public clearly wants to fail?

@spritemon98

2 жыл бұрын

Corporate delusions

@DefendYoungstown

2 жыл бұрын

... to "invest" in the option to say "I told you so" when they figure they will make a metric fuckton of money that nobody else did. Problem is, that won't happen.

@cord113

2 жыл бұрын

One of the top execs bet $1 that they could get gamers to accept NFTs and is refusing to admit that they lost.

@Regulon

2 жыл бұрын

Y'all saying they'll fail like financial experts. You guys are the idiots tbh. I'm not invested in nfts but saying they'll fail when everything is speculative is really stupid.

@rascoehunter3608

2 жыл бұрын

@@spritemon98 that and corporate stubbornness.

Square Enix's perfect transparency in their lunacy is a gift to me. I've been laughing at people that misuse the term "cloud" for basically a decade, so seeing them lump cloud, AI, blockchain, NFTs, metaverse all into one forward-looking business strategy is beautifully poetic to me.

@316whatupz

2 жыл бұрын

It's kind of sad in a way. It is like seeing a loved one or family member you love start to lose their mind over the years.

@MKL874

2 жыл бұрын

@@316whatupz That's one of the best ways to describe it. Glad i'm not the only one to feel that way about square enix

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

The ol' Square Enix is dead! This is NFT Enix with more NFT fantasies 😂

@barrag3463

2 жыл бұрын

"Forward-looking," as in looking forward at the dividend numbers on their phone while they drive the car into the divider

@carlosgarzon8900

2 жыл бұрын

the new konamy, I just hope Sony buys them.

As someone who genuinely enjoys a lot of those "sold off" IPs, I definitely hope to see good things and resurgence in their brands. Deus Ex has always been a series that I've wanted to see more of and I'm glad to hear that the studio responsible for them has a new and hopefully better publisher backing them now.

"Play to earn" has been around for a long time, in MMOs its called gold farming and was against terms of service. Funny how corporations want to pretend its a good thing now.

I'd say selling off IPs is always a good thing. In Japan the alternative has always been making them into pachinko machines as a funeral display.

@colossusslayer1234

2 жыл бұрын

*cough* Silent Hill

@aereonexapprentice7205

2 жыл бұрын

*Cough* Metal Gear Solid

@yuriwolfvt

2 жыл бұрын

Cough shadow hearts

@Hemestal

2 жыл бұрын

Cough Castlevania

@austinreed7343

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hemestal At least we got an anime, 2 Smash chars, and a solid collection for CV.

Embracer group really had a great deal, 300 million dollars for all these studios and famous IPs seems very low compared to everything we've seen recently. But good for them, I'm glad that they finally freed some of these studios and IPs from Square Enix terrible decisions. I hope for a new Deus Ex game made by Eidos Montreal, we need the end of Adam Jensen's story !

@MrStabby19812

2 жыл бұрын

One good hit and they'll make the money back

@daksans6764

2 жыл бұрын

I was worried that Sony would acquire Square Enix and lock all these amazing IPs to playstation only but now I don't care about Square Enix as I don't care about their Japanese games.

@jacktheflash8478

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrStabby19812 true

I love how the Legacy of Kain series is essentially the one both me and YongYea are really interested in being part of this. Seriously, that game series deserves a send-off. Maybe not even involving Kain or Raziel, but just taking place in the same universe. I mean, Simon Templeman is still good to go, but Michael Bell is really getting up there in years, so I fear we won't hear him as Raziel again. And of course we lost Tony Jay back in the mid 00's... Gah..

@Jordo246

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be down for a remake of Soul Reaver 1 and 2 in stunning new graphics with an amazing art style. Imagine Playing through the first game, seeing Nosgoth in all it's ruin and then to be able to go back in time in the second game to see it at its flourishing peak. Just imagine a From Software style looking game set in the LoK universe, a man can dream.

NGL seeing Deus Ex in news again makes me happy. I hope to god the Embracer Group is a good shepard for these IPs and studios going into the future

Ah, yes. The age of respect for a company plummeting hard af after a questionably foolish decision...

@LasagaMan

2 жыл бұрын

Again, we're going to forget this in a week's time and Square's going to do weak damage control that we're going to treat in a way that 'redeems' them, like the music channel.

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@LasagaMan Imagine "redeeming" because of the music channel only but still trying to dream about NFT fantasies more 😂

@windandcloudshadow158

2 жыл бұрын

Konami, Square Enix wonder whos next.

@Osama-KIN_TMZ01

2 жыл бұрын

@@LasagaMan True. You're surely generalization a little though... As many people that easily forget the wrong doings of a company, there are those that keep them in mind. Also it depends on how big of a comeback they pull, with this literally the only IP I currently care about that Square owns is probably FF...

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@windandcloudshadow158 Sega and their Sonic Origins NFTs

This sounds like a scenario when an addict sells all their personal possessions for drug money. Squeenix need some counselling.

@alexanderleatherman

2 жыл бұрын

selling the engine that pushes the graphics card industry and some of the most cerebral sci fi.... i mean im not an investor im not that savy about this stuff but very much selling belongings/ being on drugs and throwing shit out thoughtlessly, but im glad to see the property have a better chance.

*Me after spending too much at a casino:* "Damn, I really fumbled the bag.😔" *SquareEnix:* "Pfft! You call THAT a 'fumble'? Watch and learn, kid...😎"

A couple of things about the money side of things: I believe I noticed the $300M purchase was cash and debt free. Normally when a company is bought it comes with any debts the company has, so the net assets of the purchase is much lower than the amount the public hears about. So these studios are getting a fresh start that even new companies don't often get. Also, a cash purchase is rare. Usually payment includes things like stocks. Taking those two things into consideration, $300M is much higher than it sounds, though it's still much smaller than the $3B you mentioned ($3B US is $3000M US, for those who don't know).

Just in case you were wondering what SE is doing here is a helpful definition: Seppuku (切腹, 'cutting [the] belly') “A grisly act typically involved stabbing oneself in the belly with a short sword, slicing open the stomach and then turning the blade upwards to ensure a fatal wound. Some practitioners of seppuku allowed themselves to die slowly, but they usually enlisted the help of a “kaishakunin,” or second, who would lop off their head with a katana as soon as they made their initial cut. The entire process was accompanied by great ceremony. Among other rituals, the doomed individual often drank sake and composed a short “death poem” before taking up the blade”

@joystiicks5680

2 жыл бұрын

Elden Ring vibes.

@hayato1886

2 жыл бұрын

Kek

@FromsoftgoatKaj

2 жыл бұрын

@@joystiicks5680 "Wow this real historical event is also in my elden ring videogame" 🤓

@guidorussoheck2100

2 жыл бұрын

in reality they are dying cowardly without honor. They are going bankrupt again. All these studios made mostly no return of profit last year. 8 millions over 192 million invested.

@oj397

2 жыл бұрын

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My God NFT's must be a lucrative market if they're selling off potentially billions in revenue for $300 million. Embracer Group won the lottery here.

@cbgg1585

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and they are smart. You do realize NFT’s goes FAR AND BEYOND these ape paintings, right? NFT technology is starting to be used in tokenizing real estate and are widely adopted by both the healthcare and legal sectors. It is a future 5 trillion dollar asset space. Healthcare seeing the most success thus far with NFTs giving the power and personal nature of medical records back to the patient by creating greater transparency and accessibility. NFT’s not only speeds up the treatment of patients, but patients also gain quick access of testing results and through the blockchain, it would be instant the moment the information is available. Even in the inevitable all digital future, NFT technology can save digital games and hence help preserve games a lot better than what they currently are by giving greater ownership back to consumers. This is why we are still early in this technology. Instead of being a naive f00l, do some research and you would soon come to realize that these types of technology really is the dotcom boom 2.0

@KranVideo

2 жыл бұрын

@@purpleYamask the issue is, there's no bubble. This shits still in its infancy. The bubble will come and it will burst but not before these companies make billions on it and them dump it right before it does come crashing down.

@cbgg1585

2 жыл бұрын

@@purpleYamask NFT tech ain’t going away mate.

@ingamingpc1634

2 жыл бұрын

@@cbgg1585 yeah but it's felling so badly

@bvc5320

2 жыл бұрын

@@cbgg1585 Tech might not go away, but their ability to scam people is being watched, enough bad press, and public uproar is all that's needed to get some government to but their foot down. It might take a while but with how many idiot scam artist are rushing into it, it'll probably get hit sooner then later.

I'm super excited for a new Dues Ex. I really have enjoyed Adam Jensen's story and the gameplay is some of my favorite in gaming.

I love how Square sold their important IPs to a group that could actually do something better with them. And Square doesn't have to waste time butchering those beloved IPs while they focus on their NFT business (which we really don't are about.). We're looking at you, Konami!!

Are they trying to end up like Konami? Because this is how you end up like Konami

@unofficialmeme5972

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, if they were like Konami, they'd actually hold onto all their IPs, and do pathetic schemes with them to make money. Square Enix is just throwing away everything they have now.

@bloatedbehemoth1979

2 жыл бұрын

10$ says they make a final fantasy pachinko machine...

@zalabit927

2 жыл бұрын

As a child i always confused both Square and Konami, it'll happen again🗿

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

Superbattheman1 If Square Enix will create a same slot machine like Panchinkonami 😆

@dajokahbaby1506

2 жыл бұрын

It’s even dumber than Konami lol, Konami made most of its money through pachinko anyways, making games was essentially just a costly side-hustle. Square Enix is firmly in the gaming business and they still just sold off some of their biggest money makers

Alright Embracer you've been quite literally handed the keys to the kingdom with this acquisition. Listen to the fan bases of these IPs and don't muck it up. Do these IPs right and you've got a money printer on your hands

@JaydevRaol

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@DickyReeves

2 жыл бұрын

NO KIDDING! Finish the damn LOK series but do it justice!!!!

@hamizannaruto

2 жыл бұрын

Embracer group seem to do decently honestly. This is something I feel like need a celebration. SE can go f off

@lightingthief4482

2 жыл бұрын

I would think they're not gonna muck this one up, considering what they already know about the failed attempts before

@DoctorProph3t

2 жыл бұрын

This.

It's sad to see the company That pretty much defined my childhood in the nineties, Fall to greed like this.

Well considering how bad the treatment Square is giving to those classic IPs, i welcome the change. If you're not gonna do anything about those titles than sell them to those who cared. I'm still looking at you Konami, it's about time you let go those classic beloved IPs.

@zeening

2 жыл бұрын

seriously dude the absolute scumlords in charge of se, ea, ubisoft, and bobby kotick all need to be publicly hung as an example of what happens when you like.. not only spit in the face of the CUSTOMERS(not fkin consumers) that made them succesful, if it wasn't for the CUSTOMERS these crap companies would have died immediately. this trend cannot be allowed to continue

@ExtremeWreck

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Konami is literally why we'll never see Zombies Ate My Neighbors get a modern release.

Square Enix execs snorting the fattest line: "I know NFTs have failed on every single front, but what if we tried harder selling them?" Embracer has been getting a lot of well known studios with some pretty big IPs, hopefully they end up doing something with them and actually release some decent games.

@alexandermccalla5098

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing with SEGA. Next, we should be expecting similar actions from Nintendo to complete to JP trifecta of bad business decisions.

@louissteyn6871

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of how nordic bought a shit ton of thq stuff changed their name and almost immediately started working on projects with their newly acquired IPs hell the decades old game titan quest hast three new expansion all of a sudden

@carlosgarzon8900

2 жыл бұрын

hope so

@shieldphaser

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it worked for microtransactions. For some reason. I still haven't given in on that point. Maybe they believe the same thing will happen here.

@illford6921

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandermccalla5098 tbf SEGA has always been the stupid one. SEGA is goofy but endearing because there's like a 1/5 chance they randomly poop out gold, they also support hacking somewhat which is good.

This is a late night surprise i never expected before bed. Considering how Square Enix did a complete crap job on these classic IPs, I'm cautiously optimistic to see how Embracer can use these franchises. I'm really hoping for *legacy of Kain* to make a massive return. Also shame on you Square Enix for embracing the idiotic NFTs that will inevitably blow up in your face. The clock is ticking.

@livingcorpse5664

2 жыл бұрын

Literal more money than sense, and now they're burning the money.

@HattaTHEZulZILLA86

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just watching from a safe distance while I wait for said bomb to blow up in their face. It's going to be NUCLEAR. I feel bad for their employees though...

@blackbird7781

2 жыл бұрын

Knowing embracer, they are just gonna hoard the ips

@rascoehunter3608

2 жыл бұрын

@Dale Macarena he could be in Europe maybe. Because central time now is 8:20.

@NovaSniper12

2 жыл бұрын

@@rascoehunter3608 go visit him in person and find out

300 million? What an absolute steal! Looks like i'll be incredibly hesitant about any square game going forward. I hope the studios sold off release an absolute hit next.

The disbelief in Yongyea's voice when he read "enthusiasm" from the Square CEO was hilarious. 8:21

Game companies like EA and Activision get so addicted to an specific form of exploitation (like lootboxes for example) that they end up genuinely ignoring the fact their business is the game Itself, not the scam that comes along with It. Ubisoft is almost bankrupt right now precisely because of that.

@Sheppardsg1

2 жыл бұрын

they are in position of getting bought

@shieldphaser

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. They end up creating "games" that are little more than delivery platforms for their method of exploitation. Players obviously don't buy games to have their wallets sucked dry but rather to have fun, and so players end up leaving, collapsing the company's revenue stream in the long term.

@MrDaveB56

2 жыл бұрын

@@shieldphaser , but they don't care, the attitude is "get money now", with zero regard for anything else. I hope when their time comes, it hits them hard.

@shieldphaser

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDaveB56 It does hit them hard. Just... not straight away. Getting to the point where their company's reputation is in tatters and they no longer have any successful games doesn't happen overnight.

@Sheppardsg1

2 жыл бұрын

@@shieldphaser they are good for something keep wallets safe how much coffee and other thing i bought since i dont buy games anymore nowdays that much more life meaning stuff + saved

Since NFTs are already dead and will yield no profit (at best), SE basically just GAVE AWAY some of the best IPs in their catalog for free to a company with a far better game development track record and philosophy. ... Works for me! 👍

@melonseiiLOVE

2 жыл бұрын

They will also use the money to further boost their Japanese IPs and studios, and their mobile game market, which is very profitable in the East. I have the distinct feeling they’ll add NFTs to those games and studios…….. FFXIV with NFTs…..😰

@brianrobinson1552

2 жыл бұрын

@@melonseiiLOVE That's already been shot down, by Yoshida and his team. If they force it, it'll kill the games player base, significantly

@Chris_Sizemore

2 жыл бұрын

It isn't just the 300 million that Square Enix received from the sale, it is also the development funds that Square would of used for those studios that got freed up ... to be used on questionable investments. This isn't the first time Square Enix has wasted a lot of money on worthless projects, and it won't be the last. They'll make up for the losses by selling more Final Fantasy figurines and dioramas. Honestly shocked by how much that brings in. Almost as much as a successful MMO.

@DragonKnight90001

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianrobinson1552 Yoshida and his team are great but if all of squares interests in nfts and other projects fail it’ll start impacting the company in a very bad way, thats a lot of weight and pressure on his and the teams shoulders to help keep square from going down and taking ff14 down with it.

@Karloss00

2 жыл бұрын

@@melonseiiLOVE Yoshi P is already stated he's very much against such an idea. “Metaverse and NFTs are completely different things, and we won’t include NFTs in FFXIV”

From that statement it gives me a sense that embracer is interested in long term returns on investment. Which tbh a singleplayer game likely does a lot better in that regard then a multiplayer one. Since nowadays you can essentially keep selling a singleplayer game for decades on end with likely only the occasion bit of expenditure needed to insure it remains compatible with the current version of Windows. Compared to the cost you would have compiled from needing to keep a range of multiplayer servers online.

As someone who worked at Eidos on Rise and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, I think it's a good move for Eidos, SE Montreal and Crystal Dynamics.

This decision is just baffling. The fact that they are selling over 50+ ips and 3 fully functional studios for 300 million is so pathetic. Just remember Bungie was bought for 3.6 billion and all they have is a single studio and 1 ip really. 300 million for all of that is so pathetically small and I am wondering what was going through Squares mind.

@InFiniTosEntertainment

2 жыл бұрын

Even Rare cost more, and that sale was 20 years ago!

@ronuss

2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy. It's a steal. if 34 million profit from tomb raider is bad then SE will never be happy. CD and ED are amazing devs , i hope they can go back to games they actually care about.

@raveenbikha

2 жыл бұрын

@@InFiniTosEntertainment and look how turns out. Of rare is gone and focused on live services bs

@doomtrigger

2 жыл бұрын

@Shinobi hell the only games they have made in the past couple years is marvel games and life is strange avengers sucked ass because the studio was told to fuck the players and to focus on microtransactions then when they asked for feed back on how the characters looked they said they aint gonna do shit. so by default no one bought guardians of the galaxy.

@robotsix6268

2 жыл бұрын

There's three big reasons why Bungie is worth 3.6 billion. They made Halo. Sony sucks at live service. Bungie doesn't suck at live service.

I am playing their game "Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning" which is under Embracer Group subsidiary THQNordic and it's an amazing game. Definitely have over 100 hours into it and barely halfway done with the game.

So curious to see what they do with the Deus Ex world and I'm right there with you, super excited for anything Legacy of Kain

I'm honestly not against this mostly because a lot of these big companies aren't doing anything with their I.P.'s so maybe these guys will do a better job with them.

@n7aven6er29

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody is against this lol

@bigbangrafa8435

2 жыл бұрын

Game companies like EA and Activision get so addicted to an specific form of exploitation (like lootboxes for example) that they end up genuinely ignoring the fact their business is the game Itself, not the scam that comes along with It. Ubisoft is almost bankrupt right now precisely because of that.

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

@@n7aven6er29 Yeah, they can sell off their IPs to better companies and then go bankrupt trying to sell NFTs

@reygonzalez4719

2 жыл бұрын

@@n7aven6er29 you're probably right but I'll never doubt some people and their desire to protect big corporations.

Squeenix: "We're going to start the future of videogames!" Also Squeenix: "We're selling a lot of our IPs in order to funnel money into non-videogame ventures nobody likes!" AAA video game publishers are idiots I swear...

@ShahZahid

2 жыл бұрын

look on the bright side, there is a higher chance of the continuation of old ip's and even bringing back some older ones

@AdmiralBison

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are idiots, but they are also greedy. We can chastise these corporations and shareholders for their incompetence, but don't forget to chastise them for their malice as well. They would literally sell and trade their own mothers if the Geneva conventions didn't have a thing about human rights.

@KPX01

2 жыл бұрын

more like the one running the show forget what their product actually is, a video game

@adad87821

2 жыл бұрын

i wont be suprised if this kills squeenix in the long term sense no reasonable person supports NFTS

@raiyanahmed8427

2 жыл бұрын

Square enix wasnt really game company

Hot take: This is ultimately a good thing. Square reminded me a lot of Capcom in the early 10s, during their “push for the west”. Ultimately they are better off focusing on their strength, great Japanese games. For those “high profile IPs”, none of them moved the needle the past years. Neither the TR nor DE reboots been financially successful and IPs like Thief or Soul Reaver are relics from the past at this point.

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

Well, companies should focus on making great games and then localize those games in every region where they don't have to make so many unneeded changes.

@DrakeHunter324

2 жыл бұрын

You forget that SE considers that 'financially successful' is selling 14 billion copies at least. They're so beyond clueless it's funny.

@kleberson777

2 жыл бұрын

That is what I've been saying since 5 years ago. Square Enix is spreading themselves too thin when they try to appease Western market through Western IP and some of them fail. Now it seems like SE these past 3 years try to give attention back to their Japanese IP.'s I hope by selling Western studios off, SE can finally give 100% focus on their main Japanese IP's It just sad that SE has to invest/mention on blockchain and ruin their reputation even more. If Square Enix has PR team, they've been doing a terrible job.

I doubt many people are as excited as ne to hear that the thief franchise has a chance to be brought back. The games were some of my first and favorite and I loved the one on Xbox original and the Xbox 1 game is fun af imo

I really really want to belive that Eidos Montreal now can do a proper Deus Ex. I really wish for it.

God Square Enix has fallen, I know they've been terrible over the past few years especially with their live service titles, but good lord, the greed settling in, at least they sold the IP's unlike Konami.

@TheEmperorHyperion

2 жыл бұрын

That, and Square Enix has _one_ game: Final Fantasy XIV. Konami doesn't even have Penguin Adventure at this point. That's like saying the dump you took after eating sunflower seeds is better than no dump however.

@jeffreyali1456

2 жыл бұрын

They’ve made great games on their RPG line, but the business practices and live service crap is ridiculous

@druidt8949

2 жыл бұрын

At this point, I'm starting to worry my logic of "Dragon Quest isn't going to be affected by any of this, because no one is that stupid and short-sighted" was a *severe* underestimation

@PBart7

2 жыл бұрын

Their behavior as of late makes me worried for the Nier series

@EarlingSteward

2 жыл бұрын

You know... Komami is actually profiting from keeping their ips untouched.

Great to see Yong Yea so excited about a prospect of a new Legacy of Kain game! This series has been dormant for long enough!

As a lifelong fan of the 3 main IPs in conversation, I'm so happy we're gonna get truly creative entries again (hopefully anyway)

People are not thinking right, NFTs are going to fail and it's not the future.

@athan336

2 жыл бұрын

butters hold my beer

@zalabit927

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what kind of terminal idiots they have on charge. Seriously, this is far from simply being out of touch with the world, it's straight up dementia and delusion.

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

Square Enix: Hold my NFT dreams!

@hafirenggayuda

2 жыл бұрын

NFT was originally meant to give artists, digital artists specifically, a protection for their arts, so people can't steal/trace their works online. Ironically, opportunist who make this tech for profit, stealing the arts from those artists

@jasperhorne

2 жыл бұрын

@@hafirenggayuda 100% correct, blame platforms like Opensea and Superrare who allowed people to mint stolen artwork for $10k, screenshotting tweeks from celebrities and selling them for $50k.

Here's hoping Legacy of Kain makes a comeback, I'm sure Amy Hennig would be thrilled to get a chance to work on this franchise again. One of the best stories in gaming. As much as I'd love to see the sequel we never got, new fans don't want to catch up to a 20 year old cliffhanger. They're better off remaking the series imo, especially since the gameplay was the weakest part of the series.

@Toto-95

2 жыл бұрын

honestly i'm still bitter about the game that was cancelled. Looked amazing

@Edwin-iw8gb

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm excited at just the possibility

@enemy1191

2 жыл бұрын

Well EA doesn't control Star Wars anymore, so she's back at making Star Wars game, under Skydance New Media.

@Karloss00

2 жыл бұрын

@@Toto-95 games*. There was Dark Prophecy (That followed Defiance) and Dead Sun (which the Nosgoth Moba came from). Not that bothered about Dead Sun because it didn't look or feel like Legacy of Kain from the 30 min single player footage.

@Sif3r

2 жыл бұрын

Remake the entire series...the world is clamouring for a great Vampire story done right and this story is one of the best!

The IPs and studios Square Enix Europe are selling are the ones that were once owned and developed internally by Eidos interactive and their studios (Including Crystal Dynamics (Acquired by Eidos in 1998)). The only western IPs they will keep are the ones that are developed by external developers (e.g. Life is Strange (Dontnod & Deck Nine), Outriders (People Can Fly), Just Cause (Avalanche Studios) and Sleeping Dogs (United Front Games). Here are my predictions on what will happen after the sale: Sometime after the sale is complete, Embracer Group will resurrect the Eidos Brand as a publishing label after years of dormancy after being absorbed by Square Enix Europe (Just like THQ Nordic) and Square Enix Montreal would be rebranded and reorganised as a sub-unit of Eidos Montreal as either Eidos Mobile Montreal or Eidos Montreal Mobile Studio.

300 mil seems a steal for all those studios and IPs. And its not just what games they may make under embracer in the future- think about it- all those studios ALSO have multiple games that are well into development- halfway made or more, some probably nearly done! Embracer will get to release all those games that were largely made on Square-enix's dime lol!

Embracer's negotiation team did one hell of a job getting all this for 300m, not to mention everything else they've acquired over the years. Earning their weight in gold Now to just wait till someone tries to get Konami to talk. The NFT/Blockchain scam seems right up their alley

@xcasder7885

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao trick them into giving embracer sh, mg, castlevania

@squidopedia_

2 жыл бұрын

@@xcasder7885 yeah we’d actually be able to get a metal gear rising 2

@eyal.herlin

2 жыл бұрын

Would be funny to find out this was just the original asking price.

@tyranitararmaldo

2 жыл бұрын

Just get Castlevania off of them. We haven't had a game in so long...

@theteleportedbread8803

2 жыл бұрын

They have Charisma 100

I see this as an absolute win. And seriously, Japanese companies may be old thinking but even they should know about bubbles, and NFTs are not even close to that.

@Hounlaiga

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the post-80 economic bubble burst was a big deal in Japan?

@WisteriaBerlitz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hounlaiga The Japanese refer it the Lost 10 Years, that's how big it is (I've even seen Lost 20 30)

@DanielFerreira-ez8qd

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hounlaiga they still haven't recovered so yeah, it's a big deal.

@carlosgarzon8900

2 жыл бұрын

People thinks Japanese businessmen and politicos are so "wise" and "intelligent" but in reality are the DUMBEST class on this earth, japan is like one of those animals on the soon to be extinct label, and they double down on the lunacy. stagnant for over two decades, don't learn ANYTHING about the mistakes they commit, xenophobic with a dwindling and ageing population and trying to revive militarism.

@ANTH0NY0076

2 жыл бұрын

@@notlNSIGHT Depend, because if people still make money from it it's not really done

Remember when Square Enix (and their respective separate entities of the past) just made great games? Like games that stood the test of time and are still considered a top 10 title even now? I miss that. How the mighty have fallen.

So, when I initially heard about this, I thought it was bad news, because I had never heard of Embracer Group. After hearing their statement and knowing they want to support the studio in making good single player games, I'm more excited about it. Here's hoping for the best, sounds like their in better hands than they were with Square Enix.

here is my opinion: Square Enix, along with some other Japan's publisher/studio, have never been very good at maintaining international studios, some are probably unaware of how important these titles are outside of Japan, but the way they are determine, is only leaving me concern of the path they are taking, and it is a very thin line path, any wrong moves (like Kingdom Hearts NFT, FFXIV NFT, or rushing projects like FFXVI, Forspoken, and FFVII Remake Part 2) will likely make them fail, and the last thing I want is for Square Enix, to become the next Konami

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

@Zack Smith I think you're forgetting about some classy western indie devs

@mosesking2923

2 жыл бұрын

@Zack Smith There was a time when Capcom was going downhill but they made a massive comeback with RE7, Monster Hunter, and DMC5. I hope Konami or Square can one day do the same thing.

@kleberson777

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mosesking2923 I think for Konami case is almost hopeless. There's still a chance for Square Enix.

@zeening

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hauntaku uhhh literally noone is talking about western devs, literally specifically said JAPAN... JAPAN... JAPANESE... JAPAN... and one more time in there says JAPAN again, i don't see "western studios" anywhere in there

@zeening

2 жыл бұрын

@@kleberson777 i don't know man, the fact they are willing to throw all the good will earned by yoshi.p and other studios down the drain for an already dieing and on-the-way-out shetshow that is NFTs, it's literally almost EXCLUSIVELY scams at this point.

The Legacy of Kain is an incredible IP that has been dormant for almost 20 years. Put together the right team (and maybe bring back Amy Hennig) and it’s a HUGE hit waiting to happen.

@Sif3r

2 жыл бұрын

I've been begging for this for bloody years!!

@GeorgeSearsSolidusSnake

2 жыл бұрын

Please God yes

@Krispe

2 жыл бұрын

Not fully true, Nosgoth came out and was based in the LoK universe. It was an amazing game but unfortunately it was live-service and they cut support for it really quickly.

@lancebaxter6612

2 жыл бұрын

@@Krispe Yeah - I was excited when it came out, but it was gone SO fast and did so little to move the lore forward that I left it out. "Almost dormant" would have been more correct.

@Zathurious

2 жыл бұрын

Man, has it really been that long? I can still remember playing Soul Reaver on the original PlayStation.

That's so weird to explicitly state they're shifting their business towards catering to the minority of players that don't like anything about traditional games and are only interested in it as a job. If that very specific audience even exists, they're gladly giving up all the money and customers they could have had. (And games that rely on player contributions do exist and have been popular. They're making it out as if that's a totally separate thing)

In their tweet Embracer Group only mentioned Tomb Raider and Deus Ex...! 😥 Why is everyone ignoring the great franchise/IP "Legacy of Kain-Blood Omen"??? Kain, Raziel, Vorador and his vampire cult, the pillars of Nosgoth and the whole dark magical world...! I mean, so many possibilities to create a hell of a game! I pray that good old Kain will have a comeback...!!!

As fun as it is to laugh at nfts every time I see a company push for it, it scares the shit out of me. We’ve seen similar cycles when dlcs first came out in games, then micro transactions, loot boxes. Today’s laughing stock is tomorrow’s Konami business model.

@ManOutofTime913

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but unlike those, building a game that is fun in spite of NFTs seems basically impossible to me. Cause DLCs, microtransactions, and lootboxes were all really shitty, money-grubbing schemes but you at least got items or content relevant to the game out of them. In a game based around NFTs, all you would get is hyperlinks to JPEGs. Just like with Metaverse, it's literally something I can only see the 1% being interested in.

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManOutofTime913 Rich people tend to be very stupid

@MrSpiritstealer

2 жыл бұрын

I am fine with DLC personally, at least you can choose to buy it or not and don’t have to pray and hope that you eventually get the gear or weapons it game that you wanted from the start. There are games where I have purchased DLC and greatly enjoyed them.

@Hauntaku

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSpiritstealer DLC is usually just base game content that was put behind a paywall

@ManOutofTime913

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hauntaku Most DLC is costumes and skins or sometimes OP weapons and armor, which 15-20 years ago was stuff that was typically included with the game on release. DLC campaigns or expansion a la Fromsoft's games is the only kind I consider worth it. Cause that kind of thing typically feels like something they came up with during development, but didn't have the time or budget to implement.

I've never heard of Embracer until now, but I hope this represents a new breath of life for franchises like Legacy of Kain, Thief and even Deux Ex, which could have been much more if it wasn't recklessly rushed by Square Enix executives.

@Dilligff

2 жыл бұрын

If they are the same group I recall from a report sometime back, they've been quietly buying up old IPs from a multitude of companies and snowballing into something of a juggernaut themselves. Their overall mission is to preserve those IPs and breathe new life into them. Them aquiring these IPs from SE isn't the surprise here, it was the pricetag being relatively low for what they were getting that catches me off guard.

@dhgmrz17

2 жыл бұрын

You may have had heard of THQ Nordic and Gearbox. They are the parent company of them if that gives just some idea of what games they have been responsible for.

@uncertaintitle4116

2 жыл бұрын

I would lose my mind if they did a proper Thief reboot!!!

@feelsgoodman2171

2 жыл бұрын

I want a new deus ex so bad.

@ZenoSol_

2 жыл бұрын

@@marloncebo242 it’s not so much that they rush it out, but they’re notorious for developmental disasters where they can’t manage a project and don’t give developers enough time to work with what they give them. Avengers, FF13, ff14 1.0, lots of FF specific games actually, I think kingdom hearts 3 had some issues, GotG wasn’t exactly a clean development either even though the final product was decent

With this many IPs, I do hope Embracer Group actually starts putting out new games for them. So far the rereleases have been appreciated, but few, far between, and largely updates. Mostly however I want a new Amalur game :/ Fatesworn was great but I can only imagine what a game in an updated engine that improved upon it would be like.

I am EXTREMELY excited and hopeful that we might get some more Legacy of Kain!

Man, Eidos being one of the companies being sold in a cold, cheap transaction in order to get quick credit for short-term gratification in a decadent business is fittingly hilarious, considering what the Deus Ex games are about. I'm laughing my ass off here.

@HeyLookImGerman

2 жыл бұрын

Eidos Montréal: Corporate Evolution

@realname4430

2 жыл бұрын

Deus ex: shareholders divided

@daanamelink7148

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Deus Ex will finally be in the hand of a publisher that cares.

@lazerpants9026

2 жыл бұрын

Not just Deus Ex but Thief too. Two of my all time favorite franchises. Exciting that something remotely positive is finally happening.

@murfeel1173

2 жыл бұрын

Eidos has Tomb Raider--that's pretty big! What are they even thinking???

Square Enix have dug their own grave by doing this. There's already a good deal of pushback against NFT's. This honestly sounds like an incredibly stupid business decision on Square Enix's part. However this might me a good thing for Embracer and giving these IP's a chance to breathe.

@zzz43344

2 жыл бұрын

If this is the hill SE really wants to die on, then I say let them cuz I honestly just don't care anymore.

@amunago080

2 жыл бұрын

@@zzz43344 YUP, makes me wonder how long till SE leans nfts into ff14

@zzz43344

2 жыл бұрын

@@amunago080 They said they weren't going to put NFTs in FF14, but really who knows anymore...

@Rezuvious

2 жыл бұрын

We need to push harder against NFT's, or it's going to be microtransactions all over gain. In places it doesn't belong.

@zzz43344

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rezuvious If only it were that easy. If it were, these greedy corporations would've gone under a long time ago...

I’m keeping an eye on Embracer Group now

Remember less than a week ago, when Yuki Naka said that Square Enix doesn't care about games. When the man is right, he is spot on.

I pray that Sleeping Dogs was in that list of IPs that was acquired in this sale. It was a criminally underrate open world crime game, with great fighting mechanics and a really good story that has a small but cult following and i would love to see it get another chance to shine.

@ViddyOJames

2 жыл бұрын

that title has nothing to do with the listed devs, so no.

@zensoredparagonbytes3985

2 жыл бұрын

Give it to guys of Sifu. They'll sure know what to do with it.

@VladissimoTheMocker

2 жыл бұрын

*loading screen w/ chinese music intensifies*

@MaiKing69

2 жыл бұрын

@@zensoredparagonbytes3985 I would say that the combat in Sleeping Dogs was more like the Rocksteady Batman games then Sifu, but that isn't such a bad idea ether.

@CrowBag

2 жыл бұрын

That game was INSANE

Square Enix isn’t doubling down on its stupidity. It’s doubling, tripling, and QUADRUPLING down on it.

Long have i waited, for the yong upload with thumbnail depicting our greatest hero, Raziel ready to return to Nozgoth. FUCK YES!

1) This is good for the companies they sold. Embracer is pretty cool. They are like Vivendi was back in the earlier days of Blizzard. They don't tend to interfere in game development and don't insist on microtransactions and crap, they just let their developers make games. 2) This is the final nail in the coffin for Square-Enix. I expect to see bankruptcy within a couple years. The entire company is being held together by FFXIV at this point. Eventually the CEO will force Yoshida to put NFT's in FFXIV, and that will be it for the company.

Crazy situation when we're looking at the investors at Embracer as the good guys, while Square Enix goes down the Konami route.

@TheEmperorHyperion

2 жыл бұрын

@Shinobi correction: they're carried by an MMO that nearly killed them 12 years ago. Unless it's by Yoko Taro, every other game that's been out was not promoted properly, is Stranger of Paradise, or sucks Thal's Balls.

@emet-selch3485

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEmperorHyperion only because se president at the time rushed Tanaka to release that said mmo before wow expansion.

@HH-hd7nd

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEmperorHyperion Actually they are not carried by an MMO - they are carried by their mobile games.

@playername9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEmperorHyperion you do know that There's more small budget release from square that sucessful right? This year alone had Triangle Strategy that's already has around 800k-1m sales, and that's a small budget game. Also DQ has never failed square in any of their releases, Dq11 alone sold 4m in japan. SOP is a good game bogged down by lack of dev time.

@TheEmperorHyperion

2 жыл бұрын

@Shinobi Pretty sure Nier falls under the category "Made by Yoko Taro." There *are* exceptions, but they don't get the attention the catastrophic failures - your Left Alives, your Balan Wonderworlds, and your Babylon's Falls - get, despite being *superior in every way.* Really, I should've said (every other game) "is Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy, is made by Yoko Taro," and "is similar to Final Fantasy". I'm not giving credit to mobile gotcha trash or Life is Tumblr, however.

Looks like a huge win for me. Square will be in deep trouble after it fails and hopefully learn their place and also set another example for stupid companies to stop with this crap because the last examples were not good enough it seem. For the IPs and studios got sold, may they find a better owner that will treat them well.

@nathanlevesque7812

2 жыл бұрын

Or Konami 2.0

@UndeadCollector

2 жыл бұрын

It feels ppl only see FF or other RPGs if it comes to Square. I have a friend and he's some sort of a hardcore fan of those Games. So for him, Square is the best Company out there. And even if i show him all this bad things Square does, he think, that NFT is good(thinking of "take over Items to other Games") or other companies forced Square to do things (like the microtransactions in Chocobo Racing. Because it's exclusive on Switch, he think that Nintendo said, microtransactions should be in the Game...) I think you get the idea, how hard it is to talk to a Fan, if he ignore or "see it better" what bad things a Company do.

@HirokiEtsuko

2 жыл бұрын

@@UndeadCollector I love Final Fantasy... but your friend is really ignorant.

@jesuscornstorm737

2 жыл бұрын

Not a matter of IF, only WHEN...

@michaelmonstar4276

2 жыл бұрын

Square Enix won't be "in trouble" as they will make loads more dirty money in their areas of interest. - Who cares?...

Ay yo does that mean we can potentially get a Gex sequel after such a heavy cliffhanger due to Crystal Dynamics getting in new hands? If so; *WOOOOOOOO! YEAAAAAH BABY, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! WOOOO!*

I love the Legacy of Kain series too, man. 👍

Did no one learn from Ubisoft that no one wants NFT’s in their game?

@ericmeiring2512

2 жыл бұрын

Some people don't learn from others mistakes that's the problem lol

@EarlingSteward

2 жыл бұрын

At least Ubi listened for once, i wonder how it would've ended if they introduced their shit nfts in Rainbow Six instead of Ghost Recoon 🤔

@zainul0021

2 жыл бұрын

@@EarlingSteward now Ubisoft entire company is listed to be purchased lol. Repetitive bastard they are

@EarlingSteward

2 жыл бұрын

@@zainul0021 it's not for sale, the CEO is thinking of selling the company, inform yourself before talking.

Cant tell you how happy I am that this is happening. Knowing that all these wonderful studios, people, games, and ips are away from this withering corporate predator is truly uplifting to the soul. Love to see it.

@cord113

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you to a point, but I'd rather Square got their act together and became more like the company I used to love as a child. This is better than nothing, but it still feels like a runner-up prize to me.

I'm wishing your cat the best!

Man, if there's one thing gamers want it's adaptation to changes underway in the global business environment by establishing a more efficient allocation of resources, which will enhance coporate value by accelerating growth in the company's core business in the digital entertainment domain. I am excited.

I feel really bad for YoshiP and his team. They are trying their best to satisfy their playerbase, as they too are a fan of games. Then, we have asshole execs that own the most profitable IPs, only to sell it. Wtf is this timeline.

@chidorisnake22

2 жыл бұрын

YoshiP and his FFXIV/FFXVI dev team (and the DQ series) are the *only* saving graces with Square Enix these days. It's only a matter of time before the execs in their shortsightedness dismantle that as well.

@Levi_Skardsen

2 жыл бұрын

He's on the Board of Directors so he would've been involved in the decision to sell the IP's.

@joshjo9405

2 жыл бұрын

@@Levi_Skardsen Probably because they're doing nothing with them

@Levi_Skardsen

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshjo9405 Yep. SE have been quite open about the fact they had no plans at all for another Deus Ex title.

@joshjo9405

2 жыл бұрын

@@Levi_Skardsen SE is starting to be more like EA, Ubisoft, and Konami with all of the bullshit they're doing

I have a feeling that Square Enix will be the next company to have a big loss following after Facebook, Activision and Ubisoft, and to be honest it's just sad to see them fall this far considering the fact that JRPG is one of my favorite genres and they literally made masterpieces like ff6 and FUCKING CHRONO TRIGGER (which is my favorite game of all time). I just can't see anyway this kind of decision could actually help them

@bradford433

2 жыл бұрын

CT and FF6 was Squaresoft, Square-Enix isn't even a shadow of that company anymore.

@DeterminedTorres

2 жыл бұрын

I’m a TWEWY (The World Ends With You) person. And I feel you.

@phantomkrieger2744

2 жыл бұрын

Dragon quest’s gbc port was my first JRPG and that franchise will always hold a place in my heart. Here’s to hoping nfts don’t turn this classic franchise into the next castlevania *cough cough* pachinko machines

@jironamos7650

2 жыл бұрын

@@phantomkrieger2744 In that case, that would be ENIX.

@SmashTheAdam

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeterminedTorres oh yeah somehow i forget about TWEWY, that game was amazing too and the fighting system was really creative although it's also really hard to master which just makes mastering the game that much more rewarding

Alot of publishers have the problem of having way too high expectations for a game (i.e. 'everything must start a new franchise that grows vastly forever') and as a result spend too much based on those expectations, and when the game inetivably do not meet their expectations, its viewed as 'underperforming' - no, you had the horse before the cart numb-nuts. Like when EA though they could turn deadspace into a multimedia empire rather than it being good niche horror series; there is no world where deadspace would be a mainstream empire, not everyone likes horror to being with, then add scifi, and so on - you have to correctly gauge audience size and put the resources relative to that, no just assume every game will be a massive hit.

Man, if Embracer can see that another Thief gets made that ISN'T hot garbage, I'm gonna be a happy man. I'll never forget (or forgive) how an Eidos spokesperson came on to the Looking Glass Studios friggin' forum and said "oh no, Thief 2014 will be everything Thief fans want and actually be GOOD! :D" Basically, lying right to our damned faces. Hell, you could just do a remaster of Thief Gold and Thief II (maybe include what we were gonna get w/ Thief II Gold) and that'd make good cash and get them a good rep. Man, I just want more actual Thief instead of growly wannabe Batman featuring his side acts: lameness and disappointment.

As long as Embracer stays true to their word and focus on single player titles this is a good thing. Nothing wrong with Multiplayer games in general, however not every IP should be shoved into that direction. Maybe there is even hope for a Marvel's Avengers single player title now.

@I_was_a_Bullfrog

2 жыл бұрын

Embracer have been pretty great with other studios and IPs they've bought

@souljastation5463

2 жыл бұрын

They may have had 300 millions, but I'm not sure they have the kind on money needed to make quality AAA games.

@barrag3463

2 жыл бұрын

More important to me is that they let devs do what they want (for the most part) and take the time they need to make games for people to enjoy, rather than forcing them to make "services" to cynically milk people of money and time at the lowest cost and effort possible.

@hayato1886

2 жыл бұрын

@@souljastation5463 They own more studios than Microsoft and Sony combined mate

Even though I'm not surprised by moves like this, I'm kinda shocked anyone is still trying to use NFTs, considering the amount of times It's been bodied at this point lol. When not even EA will touch it, what made SE think "yea, this is a good idea."? I'm glad that these titles aren't under SE anymore if this is what they wanna chase. Better off with better companies that will treat these IPs well

@TheMandalp

2 жыл бұрын

oh ea will touch them trust me. they just tend to wait till somebody will find a good way to use them. well good for them not us players.

@sofakingonmynuts1438

2 жыл бұрын

Money laundering

Soul reaver was my first game outside of my first console, the nes. So it’s a huge deal to me a much beloved series as a whole I’d cry if they made a proper anything new really!

Btw Embracer's stock is now exceptionally cheap. at 70 swedish krona now, but all banks value it at 130-160 krona with a strong buy recommendation. Bought some more yesterday.