Our latest coverage of Square Enix.
Square Enix reported their quarterly earnings last night and the numbers were largely disappointing with MMO and mobile revenues flat quarter over quarter. MMO revenue for the last 3 months (July-September) came in at 6.4B yen ($56.3M) for the quarter and mobile came in at 19.7B yen ($173.4M). Next quarter's MMO revenues are expected to dip further as the next [...]
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Square Enix announced today that they signed a letter of intent to forge a strategic alliance with Chinese gaming juggernaut Tencent. While there aren't too many details about the deal just yet, but the official announcement suggests creating a joint venture to develop new 'Triple-A' titles based on new and existing IP. "The alliance will enable us to couple our [...]
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Square Enix reported their Q2 2018 earnings (FY Q1 2019) this last week and the numbers weren't particularly good. Revenue is down across every major category including MMO Games, Mobile Games, and HD Games (everything excluding MMO / Mobile). Revenue declines at the MMO division aren't uprising as its been a year since Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion launched. Revenues [...]
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Square Enix is holding a series of events starting this May to make its first subscription MMORPG, Final Fantasy 11, more accessible than ever. The events are aimed at both returning veterans and new players who never got a chance to try the console/PC MMORPG first released back in 2002. A Discount Campaign kicks off on May 16 and runs [...]
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Japanese Card Game/MOBA hybrid Lord of Vermilion Arena is making a comeback. The game was shut down last year in its home market of Japan before ever making it to the West. It seems now that the game was not abandoned, instead developer Square Enix has taken the time to completely remake the game. The new Lord of Vermillion Arena [...]
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Square Enix reported strong quarterly earnings yesterday and attributed the quarter's success to the strong performance of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood and the continued success of their mobile games (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Kindom Hearts Union X, etc). Square Enix reported net sales of 1.165B USD during the last 6 months ended September, 2017 vs $938M for the 6 months [...]
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Yesterday, we learned that Final Fantasy XV would be coming to PC in early 2018. Today we got another announcement from Square Enix regarding the Final Fantasy XV franchise Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition was revealed in a ~2 minute trailer that shows some of the starting areas of FFXV, but with a totally different art style. Optimized for mobile, [...]
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Square Enix reported quarterly earnings today and reported a big bump in MMO revenue thanks to the successful launch of Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood. MMO revenue jumped from $53.3M to $84M in the April to June quarter: More impressively though is the continued strength of Square Enix's mobile games. Smart device and browser game revenue was $214M in the quarter [...]
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A Financial Look at Square Enix (Revenue, Profits, Size, Stock, & More) - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube A Financial Look at Square Enix By Omer A financial look at Square Enix - the iconic Japanese video game developer and publisher best known for the Final Fantasy franchise. I discuss the company's revenues, profits, balance sheet, stock price, and more. [...]
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Square Enix released its earnings report for "the nine-month period ended December 31, 2016" yesterday and it has some interesting tidbits. Square Enix is a massive company and not all of their ventures apply to the world of MMOs, so we're going to focus on one specific part that is directly related to the world of MMOs. In the area [...]
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