A few days ago, Square Enix announced that Forspoken's sales were very weak. And recently, we received information about the game's development costs, which confirms the company's significant losses from this unsuccessful project.
Financial analyst and industry expert David Gibson stated that Forspoken's development cost was approximately 10 billion yen, equivalent to over US$1.74 billion. While the company's profits are close to 50 billion Japanese yen, approximately US$1.74 billion.
But the game's development costs compared to its sales, according to the company's statement, were very low and unexpected. The company's earnings, the analyst shared with us, came from its other titles, which performed exceptionally well to offset the failure of its last game. Yosuke Matsuda Square Enix's boss reported the company's financial results last month, saying:
Reviews for the game Forspoken, which we released on January 24, 2023, have been challenging, but the game has also received positive feedback for its movement features, including its fighting and parkour abilities, producing results that will improve our development capabilities for other games in the future.
The company has promised to fix the game with major updates soon. It will also compensate players with additional paid content that will be completed to appease frustrated players.
Do you think the game's modest marketing was one of the most important reasons for its failure, or its content being described as empty, or the multiple technical problems the game suffers from?
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