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on one hand consolidation sucks, on the other hand at least all these studios are no longer being mismanaged by square and we'll get new deus ex games.
They're a swedish investment group with a huge amount of money who iirc basically buy up companies with already established IPS and re-release stuff into HD/remakes get pretty much all their money back super quick because people buy it on nostalgia
That's basically been what they've been doing
It's not an EGS exclusive!I didn't play the first one but I will probably get this one at some point. Of course, my policy still applies:
Which Western studio will Square Enix throw under the bus when their Japanese division next fucks things up?
That’s pretty reductive, It’s not just nostalgia otherwise that’d be a pretty shit business plan since the remaster will end, they just release multiple medium-sized games which individually are profitable vs releasing a few budget-ballooned-AAA games with massive sales, among those are remasters but it seems more a way to revitalize the franchises before going forward.
it also let them see which IP is worth investing in after revitalizing it.
Was it the whole Square western division that was sold?
And Embracer got all the studios and IPs for "only" US$300 million? Lol Square.
And Embracer got all the studios and IPs for "only" US$300 million? Lol Square.
No mention of it leaving SE or staying.
Square Enix did say they’re only keeping three Western IP (LiS, Just Cause and one of their recent releases that is instantly forgettable), so I assume it’s in a new home with Embracer.
Wei Shen coming back from the dead would be amazing.
Deus Ex
Thief
Sleeping Dogs (?)
revivals would be awesome.
Thief
Sleeping Dogs (?)
revivals would be awesome.
Thanks guys, I thought it was exclusive in early access, I did in fact confuse it with Darkest Dungeon 2!
I'm not a huge Embracer fan, but even so I can't really see this as anything other than positive news for those franchises.
Finally, the most anticipated game is possible
GEX 4
GEX 4
They just asked about Sleeping Dogs on the call and it wasn't answered. But Embracer bought more IP than it was mentioned in press releases.
Square is such a failure of a company.
Sorry for the late reply. I think you are right that Trigon flew completely under the radar for most people, incl.uding videogames news. I only knew about that game because the amazing guy of Gamingonlinux made a news post about it describing it just the way you did.
In case you wanted to check the post, here it is.
GamingOnLinux - Steam News Hub
Linux & SteamOS gaming, from people you trust. Your #1 stop for all Linux gaming, power to the community!
And I realized that it is holiday tomorrow in part of my country so that means no Deck update tomorrow like I hoped XD oh well.
Nah, they fixed the leak
Who will be the next THQ?
I remember not getting the Humble Bundle which gave you pretty much all Steam games that THQ had published when they were having their (then unknown) firesale before going bust.
At this rate Embracer will buy Microsoft by this time next year.
So, obligatory question. Who will they blame now for not meeting their unrealistic targets?
They still have three western IPs to blame.
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Blockchain, they sold western division so they can invest in blockchain.
So I see Embracer buying things and the perfectly reasonable negativity conversatan every time their name crops up.
But is it just rapid growth and buying peoples favorite studios negativity or are they Satan incorparate? Aside from them buying things I have no idea who they are.
But is it just rapid growth and buying peoples favorite studios negativity or are they Satan incorparate? Aside from them buying things I have no idea who they are.
300million for those ips and dev teams is a hell of a deal for Embracer.
But it also shows that those games like MankindDivided, SotTR, Avengers and Guardians didn't do well.
I doubt Shadow sold better than Rise so that franchise is trending down. The financials for all those teams and their output must have been trending down for a while now. Also if Square really wants to make some crazy blockchain games in the future the Deus Ex ip would have been perfect for it lol. Just sayin.
Looks like they really dumped the ip and didn't give a shit about the legacy. Which is crazy as its rare that happens. But this also gives hope for maybe Konami to sell their shit one day so we can see that legacy revived.
But now I wonder if they scale those franchises down and maybe we get more limited/linear games. May be for the best tbh.
But it also shows that those games like MankindDivided, SotTR, Avengers and Guardians didn't do well.
I doubt Shadow sold better than Rise so that franchise is trending down. The financials for all those teams and their output must have been trending down for a while now. Also if Square really wants to make some crazy blockchain games in the future the Deus Ex ip would have been perfect for it lol. Just sayin.
Looks like they really dumped the ip and didn't give a shit about the legacy. Which is crazy as its rare that happens. But this also gives hope for maybe Konami to sell their shit one day so we can see that legacy revived.
The only question remains is what kind of budget will Embracer let those teams play around with. If Microsoft or Sony bought them they would basically have unlimited budget with little risk because of Gamepass etc. Sony always goes big too.
But now I wonder if they scale those franchises down and maybe we get more limited/linear games. May be for the best tbh.
The weirdest part of this deal is how fast it went, I can't believe Microsoft or Sony weren't interested in those and could have easily had the money. So did SE just take the first bid they got?
Square HAS TO be involved in some shady money laundering scheme or something
with all their expectations running wild and proclaiming that the company/division isn't making money
I mean, it matches their moneyhatting strategy.
I could be wrong but aren't Japanese devs vastly underpaid compared to Western devs? That is one way how Square managed to have more profitability from Japanese studios.
Most of their big acquisitions are so recent that the stuff you're seeing was already far in development when the studio/publisher was acquired, but they've definitely got a bunch of good stuff.
Valheim is probably their biggest success story and it's not even out on consoles or close to being complete yet. There's also Deep Rock Galactic, Satisfactory, Metro Exodus, Wreckfest, Kingdom Come, etc. Coffee Stain in general was one of their best acquisitions.
Hopefully this sale means we can get decent remasters sets of the OG Tomb Raider games and the TR Legends trilogy.
300 million for those studios + almost all their western IP's is immensely laughable.
Tomb Raider alone should almost be worth this much, even if SE let them dormant for a while.
Tomb Raider alone should almost be worth this much, even if SE let them dormant for a while.
300 million? That's quite a bargain.
And yeah, considering how mismanaged all their western studios have been, this all sounds good to me.
Though I wonder, what happens to Hitman IP. Since Square exclusively licensed it to IOI, I guess Embracer now owns it. They probably need to keep whatever deal they had with IOI in place, but I wonder if IOI might actually try and buy it completely from Embracer once this deals goes through.
Wild wild shit.
Also I wouldn't mind if they did the same for Legacy of Kain stuff.
And yeah, considering how mismanaged all their western studios have been, this all sounds good to me.
Though I wonder, what happens to Hitman IP. Since Square exclusively licensed it to IOI, I guess Embracer now owns it. They probably need to keep whatever deal they had with IOI in place, but I wonder if IOI might actually try and buy it completely from Embracer once this deals goes through.
Wild wild shit.
Please god yes.
Also I wouldn't mind if they did the same for Legacy of Kain stuff.
i would say there is bunch of those from the studios mentioned above
Looots of OK"" stuff sure but there is definitely more than one actually good Like Desperados 3 or Deep Rock Galactic or Metro series
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SE sells almost their entire Western output? Damn
They decide to only keep Outriders, LiS, Just Cause? Damn…
Me thinking about the sustainability in general of Embracer and the budget potential for games under them. But at same time we may get new Deus Ex, Thief, LoK? DAMN
SE sold it all for just $300m? DAMN!!
SE are using the money to fund NFT BS??
They decide to only keep Outriders, LiS, Just Cause? Damn…
Me thinking about the sustainability in general of Embracer and the budget potential for games under them. But at same time we may get new Deus Ex, Thief, LoK? DAMN
SE sold it all for just $300m? DAMN!!
SE are using the money to fund NFT BS??
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Well at least it will be easier to ignore SE now.
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