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Square Enix ditches social games

Tetsujin

he/they
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Tets
In recent times, Square Enix has latched onto the social game craze – a move that many fans have come to disagree with.

2012 saw the company release a wide variety of social games under the banner of established IPs – many of them free to play and on browser or smartphone platforms. Square Enix took to promoting these releases through vague countdowns and eventually a weekly blog on Famitsu’s App corner featuring mobile division producer Takehiro Ando.

Ando has already worked on a variety of Square Enix mobile projects, including the revised Final Fantasy Tactics for both iOS and Android. Through his Famitsu blog, he would often announce new details for titles like Drakerider or Crystal Defenders.

“Goodbye Social Games” is the title of Ando’s latest entry, and in it he discusses a variety of things including Square’s first social game and how nearly all social games seem to ape the same reskinned concepts such as card collecting and gashapon games. He admits that SE is quite guilty of this as well, dragging down their own franchises such as Final Fantasy and World of Mana for the sake of catching a quick profit. While these titles have drawn in people who might not normally engage in video games, Ando notes that the hardcore gamers – the ones used to console and dedicated handhelds – are being left out in the cold. As a result, there is a plan to shy away from social games and focus more on higher quality games that long-time gamers can enjoy.

The move away from social games will signal an important transition for 2013: Square Enix is planning to release internally developed “epic and famous” consumer games, one after another.

Source: http://www.novacrystallis.com/2013/...us-on-epic-and-famous-consumer-games-instead/
 

Ⓐaron

Factiō Rēpūblicāna dēlenda est.
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The Man, V
Does this mean no more stupid bullshit like All the Bravest and Airborne Brigade too? If so, this is astounding news.
 

The Twilight Mexican

Ex-SeeD-ingly good
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TresDias
It's awesome news, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Even if it's true, though, I can't have those Airborne Brigade hours back. =(
 

Carlie

CltrAltDelicious
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Chloe Frazer
Squeenix doing something smart for once? What's next, they coming out and saying that what they did at the Sony conference was really stupid?
 

Alex Strife

Ex-SOLDIER
^

1- Show Agni's Philosophy video. Again.
2- We've got a big announcement to make!
3- Announcement is we have a new Final Fantasy game in the works! (not even saying the name, platform, or ANY information at all)
4- See you!
 

Carlie

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Chloe Frazer
Like the Abridged Version said: "We're Square Enix and here's a video that we released last year. But wait we got one last thing to tell you........at E3 lawls."
 

Jiro

Average Jiro
The only news that could top this is if SE said that they are releasing Versus XIII next week and it actually be as good as we all hope it. The social gaming thing might have seemed like a good idea but jesus fuck they weren't doing it well. Good riddance; let's get back to the good stuff.
 
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