{"id":279887,"date":"2024-05-01T04:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=331424"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:36:03","slug":"square-is-losing-money-hand-over-fist-but-they-have-a-plan-to-recover-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/square-is-losing-money-hand-over-fist-but-they-have-a-plan-to-recover-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Square is losing money hand over fist, but they have a plan to recover it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One assumes, almost like a mantra, that a gigantic video game company with titles like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-trophy-is-impossible-to-obtain-unless-you-have-the-physical-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> &#8216;Final Fantasy&#8217;<\/a> or &#8216;Dragon Quest&#8217; is impossible to lose money. That it always wins, always goes up, and at most one year will have less profits. And yet, reality comes to hit in the face: Square Enix lost 140 million dollars last year alone in games that were abandoned halfway, in <strong>what they have called &#8220;extraordinary losses&#8221;<\/strong>. But don&#8217;t worry: they already know what they are going to do.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Final Fantasy XVI\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/fbcf443e-771d-4344-9e84-bd13632198a5\/2114745654\/final-fantasy-16-download-final-fantasy-16.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Final Fantasy XVI<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/final-fantasy-16.en.softonic.com\/ps5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/final-fantasy-16.en.softonic.com\/ps5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They are grid-like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basically, the studio has promised investors, that entity that now decides the future of video games more than any creative, that they will make better decisions on which titles to invest money in from now on. In other words: more <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-how-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-was-made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8216;Final Fantasy VII Remake&#8217;<\/a> and fewer experiments. It&#8217;s not an exaggeration: everything seems to indicate that <strong>to recover the money in a safe value, Square is going to focus on making remakes<\/strong> non-stop. Of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to rumors, we will see in the coming years <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/is-a-final-fantasy-ix-remake-on-the-way-some-clues-suggest-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Final Fantasy IX<\/a>, &#8216;Final Fantasy Tactics&#8217; and &#8216;Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake&#8217; in what is becoming a trend that can easily catch on. To add even more fuel to the fire, <strong>the person in charge of the &#8216;Dragon Quest&#8217; franchise left his position<\/strong> tired of the delays and not being able to make a game properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Final Fantasy VII Remake - Final Trailer | PS4\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ERgrFVhL-n4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be added that this year&#8217;s games, apart from a couple of exceptions, have sold worse than expected, starting with &#8216;Final Fantasy XVI&#8217; and continuing with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/forspoken-meme-surprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8216;Forspoken&#8217;<\/a>, although <strong>this is largely due to the slow adoption of PS5 by players<\/strong> (who, by now, will be caught by PS6). What a future we have in the gaming world: Back to the past.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Final Fantasy XVI\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/fbcf443e-771d-4344-9e84-bd13632198a5\/2114745654\/final-fantasy-16-download-final-fantasy-16.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Final Fantasy XVI<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/final-fantasy-16.en.softonic.com\/ps5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/final-fantasy-16.en.softonic.com\/ps5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix lost $140 million last year alone on games that were abandoned halfway through, in what they&#8217;ve termed &#8220;extraordinary losses.&#8221; But don&#8217;t worry, they already know what they&#8217;re going to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":279888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":5},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4330,1566,4481],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-279887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfinal-fantasy-xvi","tag-final-fantasy","tag-square-enix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313458,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279887\/revisions\/313458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279887"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=279887"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=279887"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=279887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}