[25/05] SE Has a New Massively Multiplayer Online Title For This Year

[Linnaete]

Square Enix is readying a new large scale Massively Multiplayer Online title to be announced some time this fiscal year. CEO Yoichi Wada made brief mention of this new game during a May 13 earnings briefing. A full transcript of the briefing was posted today at the company's IR page.

According to Wada, Square Enix hopes aims to operate two to three large scale MMO titles simultaneously, a target it feels will allow it to have stable cash flow. The company is developing one more title in addition to Final Fantasy XIV, and Wada hopes to announce the game during the fiscal year.

Wada also made note of the problems faced by FFXIV, saying the game will take a bit more time, but they're at the point where they can see the target.

Source: Andriasang
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So by operating "two to three large scale MMO titles simultaneously", they mean FFXI, FFXIV and this unidentified new one? How about...I dunno, actually get FFXIV working first? How would you operate 2-3 large MMOs at once when FFXIV is still on life support? Talk about running before you have learnt how to walk. Don't even get me started on why they feel the need to make yet another MMO when no one is demanding one and with an MMO market so already crowded...

 

[GrimHeroAce]

hmmm interesting

if i think about what games they will be able to make online
could be kingdom hearts

i hope they will put some more information up soon

 

[Shaissa]

I'm reading this over and over and over and thinking.... WTF!?!?!?!?
What game are they going screw up now? Star Ocean? Front Mission??? (which I think they already messed up...) or are they going make a new game that isn't one from their main titles? Well... I guess we will find out soon enough...
Wish they would just go back to some of the things they did best...

 

[Hatifnatten]

As long at it has nothing to do with Final fantasy they can do all they want.

 

[Rey]

Well... that is Square Enix for you.. Nah but seriously they failed with Final Fantasy XIV's PC version and they have not even released it on Ps III yet which is pretty sad considering it was supposed to be released awhile ago. Did they not say FF XIV was supposed to be rivaling with huge MMO's? Well that is now.. untrue because it failed. Square Enix want to operate yet another one.. and still fix XIV? I don't know.. but is that necessary? They should REALLY focus on XIV only and.. XI.

 

[Kei]

Think about it logically, they didn't release FFXIV on PS3 because they KNOW it won't sell well, they already realized how shit it is when it was released on PC, until they fully fix it on PC, they won't release on PS3.

Now about the other MMO, SE proved they had no experience in MMOs, they are just trying way hard. Also, they can manage 3 MMOs, after all, each game has it's own staff. either ways as long as they don't release anything related to FF I'm okay with it, all SE MMOs can burn for all I care. I just want FFXIII Versus and Type-0 and I'm happy.

 

[Ohri-Jin]

This is an investment for the future ..a FF MMO should be epic and it seems they are trying to enter the MMO world and trying to perfect it. This is a highly dangerous investment as it can crumble and crash, but if they make a good MMO before and maybe for the ps4 they have accomplished to make a new source of revenue.

Very bold move and I hope it doesnt bite them in the ass in the end. They are really thinking about the future with these projects imo..should we admire them for these business strategies? I think we should or SE will run out of ideas and sources of revenue..........I get the feeling there wont be a FF16..........

 

[Æon Flux]

SE boy do you let your once loyal fans down...
One would think they would SERIOUSLY focus on fully fixing XIV befor they released another shitty game thet they have to repair....
Some days im so tempted to send them hate mail.......
I was tempted to get XIV,as ive never played any sort of MMO befor, and I thought id try it out, boy am I glad I hate PC gaming and it saved me from not buying it for the PS3,Since it dosent appea r to be out for the system anytime soon frankly.
I realy dont understand whats happend with their focus on games.....Perhaps its because people continue to buy them even being shit.

 

[Stoic Hero]

Square Enix never fails to do the exact opposite of what would even be moderately exciting for their fans.

What is this. Seriously. They're fucking retarded.

Easy money:
Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Kingdom Hearts III, Final Fantasy VI/VII/VIII remakes, Final Fantasy X/XII HD collection for PS3.

Square Enix's money plan:
Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy XIV, random Kingdom Hearts sidegame on random handheld system, New MMO that probably (hopefully) has nothing to do with Final Fantasy.

They're morons. Absolute idiots. I can't even stand them.

The best thing to ever come out of Square Enix is The World is Not Enough. Seriously.

I miss Squaresoft.

 

[ANGRYWOLF]

Agreed

They seem to have lost their minds at Square Enix.

I don't play MMOs and since they have messed up FFXIV I have no interest in starting any.

I think Wada needs to go and to be replaced by someone who understands what the fans want.

 

[Martel]

You'd think that two MMORPGs - the more recent one being an absolute fucking disaster - would be enough to tell them that it is NOT a good idea to make MMOs. Well, perhaps for any other video games company, it would be. FFXI, from what I've heard, hasn't performed too badly, but FFXIV has been even more of a disaster than it predecessor, and I didn't think that was even possible. Now they want to make ANOTHER one, in light of how disastrous FFXIV was? That's like...I don't know, taking an overdose of pills whilst you're standing on the edge of a very tall building, or slitting your throat after slitting your wrists.

The MMORPG genre is dominated by the likes of World of Warcraft and Guild Wars. There is absolutely no way in hell Square Enix is going to be able to compete with giants like that. Maybe they could just try focusing on making a good game, for once? They have some promising titles in development...provided they don't let Toriyama anywhere near them for too long and don't decide to try and appeal to a minority market. Why can't they just leave it alone?

 

[Gabe]

Square Enix never fails to do the exact opposite of what would even be moderately exciting for their fans.

What is this. Seriously. They're fucking retarded.

Easy money:
Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Kingdom Hearts III, Final Fantasy VI/VII/VIII remakes, Final Fantasy X/XII HD collection for PS3.

Square Enix's money plan:
Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy XIV, random Kingdom Hearts sidegame on random handheld system, New MMO that probably (hopefully) has nothing to do with Final Fantasy.

They're morons. Absolute idiots. I can't even stand them.

The best thing to ever come out of Square Enix is The World is Not Enough. Seriously.

I miss Squaresoft.

Agree with every bit. That's exactly how I feel. I personally don't give a rat's ass for any side KH project, and they should just stick to making the main numbered ones that actually matter. SAME with the Final Fantasy games. Notice how fast each quality FF came out before Final Fantasy X. Now they're giving us one numbered FF game like every 10 years, because it seems their priorities are on pointless games and side projects that no one even expects. We don't need Chaos Rings II or whatever, KH: Re:re:coded XVII or whatever they have going on, and especially not FFXIII-2. FFXIII-2 could have waited. It's ridiculous how Final Fantasy Versus XIII was announced around six years ago and we barely know anything about it besides a few of the characters and some battle system details.

This is terrible. Square Enix is doing a terrible job at bringing out quality games and I majorly face palmed at the sight of this topic.