There’s been talk among the industry that Japan is no longer the powerhouse it once was, and that the West is becoming the new driving force in gaming. Square Enix executive Koji Taguchi lent more credence to that theory, saying that Eidos’ E3 games allowed Square Enix to save face from an “almost humiliating” lack of Japanese Square Enix games.
“Because we merged with Eidos and had games like Tomb Raider, Deus [Ex], and Hitman, as a company we were able to keep face. But the decline in Japanese titles was almost humiliating. This has been a week where I worried daily about how we can fix this.”
There’s no denying the Japanese division of Square Enix has been struggling, particularly with the disastrous launch of Final Fantasy XIV. Let’s hope that Final Fantasy XIII-2 can help restore some confidence, and that Final Fantasy Versus XIII actually releases sometime in the next few years.
Square Enix Exec Troubled by E3 Showing [andriasang]
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