Square Enix Discouraging Originality in its Games?
Tuesday 27 May 2008 @ 2:25 pm | By Quiche 5 Comments
According to Kotaku’s Square Enix insiders (yes, this is a rumor), company president Yoichi Wada has put his foot down and told developers to avoid making eccentric games that they believe are scaring away their mainstream audience. It’s hard to guess what games he’s referring to in particular, but current speculation has been pointing toward The World Ends With You as a possible example. It would be a shame if this trailblazing gem became an example of what the company doesn’t want to produce.
One worry is that the company is relying too much on its old franchises, and some of those could become stale quite soon. Is there really any more room in the market for extra entries in the Mana and Star Ocean series? Can they rely on Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest forever?
[Kotaku]
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Oh man, I always thought CEO’s and money-only people would think like this but not say it in public. Too bad, we the warriors of good gaming should not retreat our forces by this statement.
The catch is they DIDN’T say it in public; note that some “insiders” picked up on this and leaked it.
in today’s era. . .whatever you physically say, be it alone in a dark, closed room, will eventually get to the media. Sadly that’s how it is. now everyone has to put some Ninja motivational posters with the word HONOR everywhere.
I hope they continue to make a new FF every once in awhile.
f’ them. World Ends With You is one of their most unique rpgs released in the last while. I’d rather keep seeing them trying something new, then releasing the same old rehashed stuff with fancier visuals.
and for the love of god! bring back parasite eve!