Square Enix recognized in the February financial statements bad sales Forspoken. Outgoing company president Josuke Matsuda says the game, which was released in late January, has stood up to the tough test of reviewers. But he also sees the positives the team has taken from development and doesn’t want to predict how much of an impact sales will have on Square Enix’s fiscal year 2023 results (until the end of March this year).
“The game has also received positive reviews for its actions, including parkour and combat capabilities, so it has brought ideas that will lead to improvements in the development of other games,” Makudo’s transcript reads.
While he doesn’t want to predict the final numbers for the current fiscal year, you can expect them to not be dizzying, at least in the realm of standard PC and console games. In recent years, the company’s earnings in the category it calls HD games, are steadily declining. Financial failures of games like Avengers Marvel or Outriders balances prosperity Final Fantasy XIV.
At the same time, Makuda confirms his repeated words about investment in blockchainwhich should not change anything even by his planned departure from the company. While the president of Square Enix is being rather cautious about the release of key big games and indicating that they will be extended to the next years, we should see a few blockchain games as early as the next fiscal year (until the end of March 2024).
The failure of Forspoken will also be reflected in the organizational structure of Square Enix. Studio Luminous productionbehind the game will merge with Square Enix’s internal teams, de facto returning to the pre-2018 form it was in.
Source :Indian TV
