Square Enix to Shift to Multiplatform Strategy in Company Reboot - IGN Daily Fix IGN.com - Daily Fix (Video)
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In today's Daily Fix: Square Enix has announced a shift in strategy in relation to what platforms they release their games on. The company has reported an operating loss of nearly $52 million over the past fiscal year, despite launching two major entries in their marquee Final Fantasy franchise. 2023's Final Fantasy XVI and this year's Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth were both PlayStation 5 exclusives, which may have severely limited the number of copies they could sell. Square Enix also announced they will "aggressively purse" releasing games on Xbox and "Nintendo platforms." Nintendo has teased a Switch successor, but no release date has been set. In kind of related news, the original Red Dead Redemption may finally see a PC release. An update to the Rockstar PC gaming launcher site was revealed to make mention of the game and the Undead Nightmare expansion. The game was recently ported to the Switch and PS4, but has never seen an official PC release. And finally, a team of Helldivers 2 modders have flipped a lot of the assets in the game to a Clone Wars-era Star Wars theme, and the results look awesome. Keep an eye on Nexus Mods for when those assets become available.
In today's Daily Fix: Square Enix has announced a shift in strategy in relation to what platforms they release their games on. The company has reported an operating loss of nearly $52 million over the past fiscal year, despite launching two major entries in their marquee Final Fantasy franchise. 2023's Final Fantasy XVI and this year's Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth were both PlayStation 5 exclusives, which may have severely limited the number of copies they could sell. Square Enix also announced they will "aggressively purse" releasing games on Xbox and "Nintendo platforms." Nintendo has teased a Switch successor, but no release date has been set. In kind of related news, the original Red Dead Redemption may finally see a PC release. An update to the Rockstar PC gaming launcher site was revealed to make mention of the game and the Undead Nightmare expansion. The game was recently ported to the Switch and PS4, but has never seen an official PC release. And finally, a team of Helldivers 2 modders have flipped a lot of the assets in the game to a Clone Wars-era Star Wars theme, and the results look awesome. Keep an eye on Nexus Mods for when those assets become available.