Square Enix preparing "well-made" titles for E3 2018 and more details from FY3/2017 report
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- Published on November 9, 2017 @ 03:00 am
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Square Enix's FY3/2017 reports were released today and Takashi Mochizuki, of the Wall Street Journal, translated some of the content that Square Enix discussed in the reports.
Square Enix is keeping it's FY forecast unchanged, as they do not plan to release any big games between October 2017 - March 2018. Sorry to anyone who was hoping for Square Enix to somehow ship Kingdom Hearts 3 out early in 2018!
Square Enix is also planning to launch overseas titles in the next fiscal year. Kingdom Hearts 3 is already planned for a 2018 release and hopefully this means that it, like Final Fantasy XV, will have a global launch so we can all enjoy Sora's latest adventures together without running the risk of seeing spoilers.
They are also planning to showcase "sharp", "powerful", and "well-made" titles at E3 2018. No doubt Kingdom Hearts 3 will be one of these titles, alongside potential showcase games such as Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Avengers Project, and Life is Strange 2.
Another interesting part discussed in the report was Square's newfound commitment to the Nintendo Switch. Square notes that the Switch's core architecture is similar to the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, so despite some adjustments, multiplatform games aren't entirely out of the question.
As for developing games to the Switch? Square "won't rule out any IPs. Those include new ones, currently active ones, currently not-active ones". Could a Switch collection for the Kingdom Hearts ReMIX's be out of the question (after Kingdom Hearts 3 releases, maybe?)?
Believe it or not, 2018 is rapidly approaching. We are less than two months away from starting the new year, and hopefully we won't have to wait long for brand new Kingdom Hearts 3 news, as there will be a Kingdom Hearts Fan Event at D23 Expo Japan in mid-February. Could a final release date be revealed there, with further marketing in place for E3 2018?
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Re: Square Enix preparing "well-made" titles for E3 2018 and more details from FY3/2017 report
, as they do not plan to release any big games between October 2017 - March 2018. Sorry to anyone who was hoping for Square Enix to somehow ship
Kingdom Hearts 3out early in 2018!
I always knew March 2018 was way too hopeful for KH3. Even Q2 seems too hopeful. If anything it'll probably be out some time in Q4 just in time for the holidays.
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I always knew March 2018 was way too hopeful for KH3. Even Q2 seems too hopeful. If anything it'll probably be out some time in Q4 just in time for the holidays.
If it helps, Square isn't really expecting an explosive first half of the year. Their projections don't go above their projections from this year, or even get close to matching it, meaning they are most likely holding back for the last half of 2018 :)
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I had a dream a few nights ago that KH3 was announced to release March 20, 2018 and I found myself crying--the sheer emotion and anticipation related to the release date was and still is huge. I woke up the next morning so disheartened, but hopeful for the future. I know it's out there somewhere, and in less than 500 days I'll be able to hold it in my hands...
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I always knew March 2018 was way too hopeful for KH3. Even Q2 seems too hopeful. If anything it'll probably be out some time in Q4 just in time for the holidays.
I’m betting on Q3. Didn’t Nomura make a statement sometime recently, maybe at E3, to the effect of “KH3 will release in 2018, even if we have to delay again.� It’s possible that I’m mistaken and this wasn’t actually said, but if it was, it sounds like he’s got some built in cushioning in case of an emergency delay. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, though
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you just gotta love when a company promises "well made" games. that's a commitment to quality you just can't be lying about
Re: Square Enix preparing "well-made" titles for E3 2018 and more details from FY3/2017 report
you just gotta love when a company promises "well made" games. that's a commitment to quality you just can't be lying about
I'll admit that this part left me somewhat headscratching, mainly because of how emphasized it seems to be in the message.
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| Another interesting part discussed in the report was Square's newfound commitment to the Nintendo Switch. Square notes that the Switch's core architecture is similar to the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, so despite some adjustments, multiplatform games aren't entirely out of the question. As for developing games to the Switch? Square "won't rule out any IPs. Those include new ones, currently active ones, currently not-active ones". Could a Switch collection for the Kingdom Hearts ReMIX's be out of the question (after Kingdom Hearts 3 releases, maybe?)? |
(& also Qix. Qix is awesome)
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I love it when companies promise well-made titles. Like, shouldn't EVERY ONE of your titles be well-made? We're talking about well-made, not super amazing or endlessly successful, but well-made. Reminds me of an Anime DVD I recently bought that was advertised with "good dub". Wow. I pay 40 bucks for 6 episodes, so it'd better be good.
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you just gotta love when a company promises "well made" games. that's a commitment to quality you just can't be lying about
maybe theyre bringing out a kh monopoly. monopoly is a well made game, no big AAA console title has ever caused a fistfight to break out like monopoly.
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I keep telling folks since usually it takes a year or so for them to port games to Steam, it'll prolly be a extra year or so at least before it shows up on the Switch, IF it does at all. I could be wrong though, but that's how it has been for Steam.
I just don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility but you might have to wait a bit for it.
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I keep telling folks since usually it takes a year or so for them to port games to Steam, it'll prolly be a extra year or so at least before it shows up on the Switch, IF it does at all. I could be wrong though, but that's how it has been for Steam.
I just don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility but you might have to wait a bit for it.
It really depends on how long they've been working on a port for the Switch. If they've just started making it this year, then a year after PS4/Xbox releases seems like a fair assumption.
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I think the "well-made" part could be a response to all the backlash that FFXV received for having possibly needed another year of development.
Other than that, Q3, Q4 sound reasonable, depending on how intense they've been working on localization and voice acting.
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I read "sharp", "powerful", and "well-made" as mutually exclusive from each other. XD
Re: Square Enix preparing "well-made" titles for E3 2018 and more details from FY3/2017 report
Square Enix is keeping it's FY forecast unchanged, as they do not plan to release any big games between October 2017 - March 2018. Sorry to anyone who was hoping for Square Enix to somehow ship Kingdom Hearts 3 out early in 2018!
Then I'll do the next thing and wai​t for Q2.
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Unless there's a Xenogears remake announced for E3, the only game that I only have my sights set to is Kingdom Hearts III. That's their 2018 blockbuster title, the next Final Fantasy XV in terms of favorable treatment.
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I think the "well-made" part could be a response to all the backlash that FFXV received for having possibly needed another year of development.
FFXV got backlash for that? I thought the game was great. The only sucky part was how long chapter 13 was. Even then, it wasn't terrible. I had a blast playing the rest of the game. It was probably my favorite game of 2016. I plan on replaying it when it fades from memory a bit more. Plus I still play the DLC when I remember it exists.
Unless there's a Xenogears remake announced for E3, the only game that I only have my sights set to is Kingdom Hearts III.
What about Spider-Man PS4? That game looks sweet. Jurassic Park Evolution also looks pretty good.
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I’m betting on Q3. Didn’t Nomura make a statement sometime recently, maybe at E3, to the effect of “KH3 will release in 2018, even if we have to delay again.� It’s possible that I’m mistaken and this wasn’t actually said, but if it was, it sounds like he’s got some built in cushioning in case of an emergency delay. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, though
You basically got it, but IIRC I think he said the game would come out in 2018 even if they have to cut and save some for DLC. I don't really remember all that well though.
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What about Spider-Man PS4? That game looks sweet. Jurassic Park Evolution also looks pretty good.
I don't care for the Jurassic franchise, and as cool as Spider-Man is, Kingdom Hearts is far more sentimental to me.
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Glad that we're moving away from SE's deliberately 'poorly made' game lineup of previous years.
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Well, KH III in the first half of 2018 was being optimistic beyond measure. Latter half (winter even) of 2018 was always the most realistic outlook.
It really is tragicomic how you can/need to state that the next games will be "well made", which should be a given.
Oh well, let's see the glass half full this time around. At least they're somewhat aware that just "made by Square" ceased to be a guarantee of quality long ago.
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It really is tragicomic how you can/need to state that the next games will be "well made", which should be a given. Oh well, let's see the glass half full this time around. At least they're somewhat aware that just "made by Square" ceased to be a guarantee of quality long ago.
I'm going to be broken record when I say this, but Square Enix is technically Enix and not Square. Square as a company was legally dissolved in the merger. Square Enix hasn't maintained the quality of Squaresoft because they were never Squaresoft to begin with.
It's embarrassing how they "Enixed" all of the Square assets, intellectual properties and staff after the merger occurred. If you look at the Board of Directors, outside of Yoichi Wada and Yosuke Mitsuda who were both part of the business side of Squaresoft, the majority of other members were formally from Enix. And Enix were awful when it came to understanding market trends. They were only really successful because Dragon Quest is Pop culture in Japan. Enix were never quality and it still shows to this day.
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Just for clarification, I was using "Square" in a really broad sense. It was more because I didn't bother writing the company's full name than anything.
I didn't want to make it about the Square part or the Enix part.
Also, I'm aware "the day Square merged with Enix was the day Square died" is a thought shared by many, but I never made it about that. Square Enix still made some great homeruns. DQ VIII was AMAZING and managed to top off even some of Squaresoft old glories in my opinion. (same goes for most DQ titles made when it was just Enix. I love DQ far more than FF. FF may have had more one-hit-wonders, but DQ was overall more consistently good. Dumb monthly paying MMO aside.)
To keep things short and avoid going on a tangent: I didn't feel this ship-sinking despair and terrible lack of quality that took many fans back when Square and Enix merged, nor in the following years. But I do feel it now, in more recent times. Is it due to the 2003 merging, and only now we're witnessing the consequences, or is for other, subsequent reasons?...eh, whatever it is.
My point is, Square Enix is a big name, but it has come to a point where it realized it cannot live on former glory and name fame only. At least I hope they realized that.
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Sounds kinda interesting, I guess... just hoping kh 3 won't be too far away... but that was to be expected. I had a vision KH 3 would be released on my birthday, but I'm sure that's just wishful thinking on my part... August 5th is a weird date to release a game.
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I think that you guys are looking into the "well made" comments too seriously...
This is a fiscal report, meaning that fluff words and phrases like this are mostly used to make shareholders and investors happy
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I mean this is interesting stuff but I'll patiently await for when the next big announcement comes up. After all it's only a year from now till KH3 comes out. That's actually not that long. Surely the big marketing will start somewhere early 2018 at best.
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7 months...... It feels like a long wait to hear anything new and juicy to be revealed. I was hoping we would get something from Jump Festa at least since it's only next month.
Well if they announce Treasure Planet as a world I'll be happy enough.
Re: Square Enix preparing "well-made" titles for E3 2018 and more details from FY3/2017 report
I think that you guys are looking into the "well made" comments too seriously...
This is a fiscal report, meaning that fluff words and phrases like this are mostly used to make shareholders and investors happy
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promising well-made games is basically the same as a lemonade stand with a “NOT POISONED LEMONADE†sign.
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I think e3 2018 will be very interesting (especially looking at SE):
- Left alive (from hashimoto, shinkawa, and previous from software's producer)
- FFXV DLC2 (Business division 2)
- KH 3 (buisness division 3)
- DQXI (1st big showcase of the localized version?)
- Shadow of tomb raider
- Avengers project
- Life is strange 2 ?
-
TWEWY2
(LMAO!!!)- Project octopath?
Exciting time are ahead !!!
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That is a very strange choice of words for them, haha! Usually you expect companies to call their games amazing with "endless possibilities" but instead it's like Square is being humble
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Yeah this doesn't surprise me one bit. I was expecting either a Q3 or Q4 release for KH3 next year so probably by this time next year it should be out or coming out soon. As for the E3 thing that both excites me and concerns me a bit because on one hand we unfortunately will most likely have to wait for a new trailer, announcements, and updates yet on the other it's E3 the biggest gaming event of the year so it's perfect for something like that.
I was kinda hoping we'd get something at that Playstation experience thing coming up I believe either late this month or early next month it was. Seems like the perfect time for something especially since it's been a while since we've heard any updates about KH3 or at least that are all that significant anyways.
It will be nice to finally hear something about FFVII remake as well and how they're going to handle that. I'm psyched as all hell for KH3 but cautiously optimistic for the FFVII remake. REALLY hope they don't mess this one up :o
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TWEWY 2 for the switch would be pretty awesome.
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