hot damnNot completely new btw. They used this artwork for an recruitment event in july.
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Not completely new btw. They used this artwork for an recruitment event in july.
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So if i am not wrong, this is what the list of mid-to-high budget SE releases in the coming years is going to be:
For current gen:
FFVIIRe 1
Avengers
Babylon's Fall?
FFXIV expansions?
Ni3R?
DQXII (assuming it comes in 2021 they won't skip japanese PS4 users)?
For next gen:
At least two more FFVIIRe episodes?
Yoshi-P totally not FFXVI
Luminous new IP (online/GaaS?)
DQXII (assuming it comes in 2022)?
Next Kingdom Hearts
New Action IP
This is already a solid 6-7 titles that could carry through most of next gen already, if you also count Western titles, more unexpexted experimental titles (think of Automata or Left Alive) and Switch games (which i have not included because i was thinking of PS5/Scarlett games) seems like Square Enix is already mostly set for the next generation.
If the releases are also mostly good then we can easily say it's going to be the strongest gen for SE in a long time (considering that the PS3/360 era was full of missteps and the PS4/XBO one was half repeating the errors and half trying to correct them).
For current gen:
FFVIIRe 1
Avengers
Babylon's Fall?
FFXIV expansions?
Ni3R?
DQXII (assuming it comes in 2021 they won't skip japanese PS4 users)?
For next gen:
At least two more FFVIIRe episodes?
Yoshi-P totally not FFXVI
Luminous new IP (online/GaaS?)
DQXII (assuming it comes in 2022)?
Next Kingdom Hearts
New Action IP
This is already a solid 6-7 titles that could carry through most of next gen already, if you also count Western titles, more unexpexted experimental titles (think of Automata or Left Alive) and Switch games (which i have not included because i was thinking of PS5/Scarlett games) seems like Square Enix is already mostly set for the next generation.
If the releases are also mostly good then we can easily say it's going to be the strongest gen for SE in a long time (considering that the PS3/360 era was full of missteps and the PS4/XBO one was half repeating the errors and half trying to correct them).
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Yes, on paper they're in great shape.
Going into this gen they had to remake XIV, Transition from Versus>XV and change it from a Nomura game to a Tabata game, all while building a new engine, had to switch to UE4 mid KH3 development, Alot of teams/franchises had to make their first HD game which is always hard and time consuming.
Now it looks like we have SE won't have to build anymore new engines, all of their devs have HD development experience, alot of their franchises have HD assets that can be reused to reduce development time, Foundation of FF7R is built and we should be able to get a couple of high quality sequels in a more reasonable amount of time.
XVI is really the only wild card where we have no idea how it's going to play out.
I thought it was 4 Development Divisions now from the previous 11 Business Divisions?
First DD: FF, KH, SaGa, Mana
Second DD: DQ, Nier, Star Ocean, Bravely
Third DD: FFXIV
Fourth DD: mobile and browser
... plus Luminous Studio, Tokyo RPG Factory, Extreme Edges and Taito.
Looking at the vote results up there and how the majority voted for 2021+ makes you realize how the gaming community are so pessimistic and negative. ( I realized that YEARS ago but for the new ones that are realizing now lol ).
I have alot of faith in SE and UE4 and i voted 2021 because they kicked CC2 off the project mid development and switched it to a development team that was mobile sized, then admitted to their shareholders that they were struggling to find enough HD developers.
The fact that this game is coming out early 2020 and looks as good as it does is kind of miraculous, Kitase and crew deserve massive props for this and i don't think even our best fans truly appreciate how impressive of a task this was.
Its definitely not a new trend by any means. The sentiment on VIIR literally took a 180 over the last 6 months, before that VIIR threads were just shitposting and drive-by center.
Correct! I don't know why I said 3 and 10.
I guess the OP really needs updating.
I bet it will be on both the Switch and PS4/5. I also bet SE will do a definitive edition to make people double dip.
With the rumors of TWEWY2 and the suggestion of a KH spinoff in the future, is there understanding of what studios/resources Nomura is utilizing outside of FF7R right now? Like, could "TWEWY2" and KH3.3: Foretold Death Game Versus be the same thing or are there enough resources to do both?
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So, their current (known) plans are something like this?
CBU I: Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2, New Kingdom Hearts Project, New KH Mobile Spin-off, New HD Action IP
CBU II: Ni3R, DQXII, DQ: The Adventure of Dai Infinity Strash, Erik&Sister DQ title, Bravely Default 2, Octopath Traveller 2
CBU III: FFXIV, FFXVI
CBU IV: ??? New Mana?
Luminous Studio: New AAA IP
Tokyo RPG Factory: New IP?
Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Montreal: Avengers
External collaborations: Outriders (People Can Fly), NieR 1.5, Babylon Fall (PlatinumGames)
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You can add Octopath 2 as they confirmed the sequel was in development a year ago.
Sounds about right.
I've also recently been reminded of this:
So you can also add it to CBU1.
I'd love for a WoFF2 to also be somewhere up there.
Oh and the new Luminous game as well.
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I'm not optimistic about WoFF2, i think if they were interested they'd have shipped the game a year or two ago. Maxima seemed like it was gauging interest for a sequel.
Added the ones you suggested as well as that DQ with Erik and his sister,
I assume Tokyo RPG Factory must also been working on something since Oninaki released last year.
Western Branches should be updated with PCF's Outriders, other than that I don't think there's any new stuff?
And the only other noticeable JP collaboration outside of Babylon Fall is NieR 1.5.
Anyway, Square Enix has so many potential quality titles in the works it's kind of impressive.
I watch that list and I think that many will be highly acclaimed, and most will be at the very least well received.
If they can push all of these, I think next-gen SE could easily match it's PS2 era.
Oh the OT needs a lot of work indeed. Released games need archiving, Outriders is missing as well as the unknown game with Deck Nine and finally Studio Istolia should be removed completely.
And I agree, everything is super promising and we potentially have more to look forward to in the coming days.
Interesting, looks like the HD remaster for Switch sold well enough to warrant a sequel.
From everything we saw, it actually sold pretty badly. I think if anything happens, it's more because they've been wanting to do it for years / assumed it didn't perform well because it was the third time releasing it / they had already started development before release.
Probably all three.
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There is Yuji Naka's project too. That could be the new action IP maybe?
DQMJ3 released on 3DS years ago. The new DQM is actually the game with Erik and his sister as kids and it's not a Joker game (think more like DQM4).
I'm not convinced that Yuji Naka at Square Enix is working on something that Era will find exciting. I remember people getting excited that one of the Chrono Trigger directors was working for Square Enix again and it just ended up being a Tokyo RPG Factory game. Looking at Yuji Naka's recent games, they're all smaller titles. I'd expect his game at Square Enix to be a similar deal.