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[Deleted member 191]

Square Enix sells off Tomb Raider, Deus Ex IPs and the studios behind them

Embracer Group to acquire Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal

www.polygon.com

I get why they likely did this, but I still find this news surprising. Games like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex series are expensive as hell to make I'm sure, so recouping the return on that investment is probably long and slow. That's not to indicate the games don't sell well because they obviously do, but at least now those games can have a real game developing studio behind them as opposed to the disorganized shitstorm that is Square Enix these days. Interesting to see what Embracer does with the catalogue of games their getting. Legacy of Kain and Thief are part of this acquisition as well, so this will be intriguing where both companies are concerned.


On a lighter note, Sony up here purchasing Bungie for $3.6B lookin like:

 

[GACishere]

Square Enix sells off Tomb Raider, Deus Ex IPs and the studios behind them

Embracer Group to acquire Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal

www.polygon.com

I get why they likely did this, but I still find this news surprising. Games like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex series are expensive as hell to make I'm sure, so recouping the return on that investment is probably long and slow. That's not to indicate the games don't sell well because they obviously do, but at least now those games can have a real game developing studio behind them as opposed to the disorganized shitstorm that is Square Enix these days. Interesting to see what Embracer does with the catalogue of games their getting. Legacy of Kain and Thief are part of this acquisition as well, so this will be intriguing where both companies are concerned.


On a lighter note, Sony up here purchasing Bungie for $3.6B lookin like:

They are basically becoming a JRPG Factory, they are tired of trying to make games that are not their style

 

[Jay]

Square Enix sells off Tomb Raider, Deus Ex IPs and the studios behind them

Embracer Group to acquire Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal

www.polygon.com

I get why they likely did this, but I still find this news surprising. Games like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex series are expensive as hell to make I'm sure, so recouping the return on that investment is probably long and slow. That's not to indicate the games don't sell well because they obviously do, but at least now those games can have a real game developing studio behind them as opposed to the disorganized shitstorm that is Square Enix these days. Interesting to see what Embracer does with the catalogue of games their getting. Legacy of Kain and Thief are part of this acquisition as well, so this will be intriguing where both companies are concerned.


On a lighter note, Sony up here purchasing Bungie for $3.6B lookin like:

Square Enix has had development issues the whole FFXV debacle was horrible. What it took them about 7 years to make it? The first Tomb Raider sold 3.4 Million in a month and still wasn’t profitable. I don’t know what they are doing over there because Tomb Raider was damn near a corridor shooter with an environment that APPEARED to be open.

 

[Deleted member 191]

Square Enix has had development issues the whole FFXV debacle was horrible. What it took them about 7 years to make it? The first Tomb Raider sold 3.4 Million in a month and still wasn’t profitable. I don’t know what they are doing over there because Tomb Raider was damn near a corridor shooter with an environment that APPEARED to be open.

Yeah I'll definitely grant you that. Their management has been atrocious these last 10 years.

 

[Deleted member 191]

They are basically becoming a JRPG Factory, they are tired of trying to make games that are not their style

Is the code for, they've been a disorganized shitstorm for 10years? I'm half kidding but I hear what you're saying also.

 

[GACishere]

Is the code for, they've been a disorganized shitstorm for 10years? I'm half kidding but I hear what you're saying also.

well they have this god complex to them where everything has to be perfect or else. there are stories off them throwing out whole games because of something minor

 

[Deleted member 191]

well they have this god complex to them where everything has to be perfect or else. there are stories off them throwing out whole games because of something minor

WHAT?!?!?!?!

I didn't know that! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

 

[Deleted member 191]

well they have this god complex to them where everything has to be perfect or else. there are stories off them throwing out whole games because of something minor

Real talk, that makes SOOOOOOOO much more sense and explains SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH stuff on SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many levels right now.

 

[Deleted member 191]

well they have this god complex to them where everything has to be perfect or else. there are stories off them throwing out whole games because of something minor

Like dude I'm mind blown right now because you know what? That would explain them shitting all over the FFXV DLCs

 

[GACishere]

WHAT?!?!?!?!

I didn't know that! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

Yeah Kingdom hearts 3 had to be remade like 3 times because of this

 

[Deleted member 191]

Yeah Kingdom hearts 3 had to be remade like 3 times because of this

You are seriously blowing my mind right now. I had no idea. I just thought it was them being them and taking their time with perfection.

 

[GACishere]

You are seriously blowing my mind right now. I had no idea. I just thought it was them being them and taking their time with perfection.

There is that, but this mainly happens with Japanese developers in which they make whole games then cancel or remake them in the last minute because they do not like one little thing from the alpha or the beta build from the game. and some times its not even that good or it flops so you waste all that unnecessary time