Japanese gaming conglomerate Square Enix is seeking to significantly change its approach to game development, the company’s president has announced. This comes after the publisher noted a decrease in profits between December 2022 and 2023, even with Final Fantasy 16 <\/em>tacked on in June last year. <\/p>
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Bloomberg also reported all these changes have come after pressure from both users and financiers. The latter is most expected, as Square Enix recently showed a decline in gaming profits in their December 2023 nine-month earnings report. Even with Final Fantasy 16<\/a><\/em>, which was released in June of last year, the company failed to outmatch the performance noted in the December 2022 nine-month report. This likely drove Square Enix to release the two DLCs for FF16<\/em>, one of which is already out with the other on the way in the Spring. The game is also set to receive a PC port, further showing Square’s determination to their flagship title\u2014but even those within Square Enix have recently been wary of being too reliant on Final Fantasy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>
Final Fantasy 7<\/em> Rebirth<\/em>, the second part of the remade FF7<\/em>, is coming out this year, with a full showcase scheduled for the Feb. 6 PlayStation State of Play.<\/a> Whether or not these structural changes have impacted the remake is unknown, but we’ll know on Feb. 29 when the title finally drops. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
