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300 million US dollar
>10 million copies need to sell to break even
J U S T
I wonder how the Final Fantasy XIV team feels about this.
>"C-Can we keep 5% of the money from the Mount Sales?"
>"NO! We gotta get that Jesse Pinkman guy!"
>>332691629
If they don't sell on PC at launch kiss a shit ton of sales goodbye. Skyrimjob and practically every other multiplat game released on PC already proved that piracy is literally a non factor. Delaying the PC version is just maximum retardation for the sake of loosing sales.
>>332693383
If it sells on PC at launch it's going to lose a shitton of money because of fucking piracy.
>b-but piracy HELPS sales!!!
It's smart, really fucking smart, to launch on consoles first and PC second.
>>332691629
Does anyone even want to see this?
Nothing the game has done has made its story seem interesting.
It just seems grimdark, melodramatic and completely uninteresting.
>>332692091
FFXIV: ARR literally saved Squeenix from bankruptcy. If it hadn't done such a miraculous turnaround, FFXV would never have come out.
You're welcome, consolebros.
>>332693482
Repeat with me dogshit. DENUVO. Every SE game is using it.
>>332693581
and this is based on what? your headcanon internal narrative you made up?
>>332693581
You're so quick to forget that Final Fantasy XIV was only made into ARR from the abomination of 1.X because they ripped XV's team away from working on XV to save it, which is largely what held it back for so long.
The series is a franchise. The various titles in the series support each other and ultimately make the Final Fantasy name itself more popular. Stop acting like XV is robbing money from XIV.
>>332693934
> 2013
> Square Enix lost ¥13.7 billion ($134.8 million) in 2012, despite a net sales increase of 15.7% over the previous financial year. The fiscal year ending March 2013 - which saw the launch of Tomb Raider, a title that enjoyed exceptionally good sales despite not meeting all of Square's expectations - was dismal for Square Enix, and it blames underperformance of major console titles in North America and Europe, at least in part, for the loss. This despite that fact that, according to Square, net sales in the Digital Entertainment division went up 24.5%, contributing significantly to the overall net sales increase.
http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/13q4slides.pdf
> 2014
> Square Enix revised its financial results for the year (ending March 31, 2014) as it expects to exceed its previous forecast. The company cited strong sales of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and favorable sales of other titles.
http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/140509.pdf
Going from a 13.7 billion yen loss to a 140 billion yen profit in a single year is pretty impressive, and squeenix cited FFXIV's strong sales as a key aspect.
>>332694365
Wasn't trying to imply that at all, just saying if FFXIV had continued to bomb, FFXV would likely have been cancelled.
>>332691629
You mean this movie? No.
Same anime studio that did Captain Harlock
It was around 40 millions and looked just as good.
Who does this appeal to anyways? Certainly not the average movie-going audiences. It doesn't even 'look' like Final Fantasy (which is part of the reason their previous venture into film failed).
This is going to be worse than Warcraft.
>>332693482
>lose a shitton of money because of fucking piracy
You have to try hard than that famalam.
>>332694691
I'm liking this "What if JRPGs pandered to normalfags" 2 hour vision.
I'm definitely watching it.
>>332693581
And now it's bombing again.
who cares? it looks good
>>332694993
Source? I'd agree with you that it's going to shit, but last I heard it was still making bank.
I got a kick out of Advent Children and didn't even play much past Midgar of the actual game. I'm optimistic about Kingsglave.
>>332693482
denuvo makes this more or less irrelevant
even if it's cracked at some point, it won't be for months
>>332693482
>b-but piracy HELPS sales!!!
Implying a majority of sales are lost due to piracy. It's a myth companies like DENUVO perpetuate so idiots would license worthless anti piracy software.
>>332695232
This.
More sales are lost due to used game sales than due to piracy.
