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1. Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 05:16:45 JST Cayhr
   GameWorldObserver: https://archive.ph/sK3M7
   `Square Enix shares posted worst intraday drop in three years on profit decline and below-expected game sales`
   IGN: https://archive.ph/Cdw59
   `Square Enix Responds to Final Fantasy 16 Sales Concern, Points to PS5 Install Base`
   
   This is interesting. Square is reporting big losses, and it's no surprise. They were excited about FF16's sales on the first week, but it plummeted 90% afterwards. It was not the system seller Sony/SQE thought it would be, and they had to fight Microsoft in court.
   
   Microsoft gave up the console wars (Xbox is technically doing worse than PS), but Microsoft is now getting GamePass on pretty much everything. Sony does not have anything over MS nor Nintendo.
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 05:33:50 JST Meemoo

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     @Cayhr get fucked square shit :keku:
     
     No one has the money to spend on a new console for exclusives.
     That shit is a relic of the past.
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   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:01:31 JST Cayhr

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     • SenSen_93
     @SenSen_93 That's the wild part, isn't it? Everyone is just keeping up "no no they're blasting xbox out of the water, it was a financial hit!"
     
     ...and then the numbers come out. Either these games are not selling as they should, or the cost of making the game and running the company is way too high.
     
     Probably both.
   • SenSen_93 (sensen_93@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:01:32 JST SenSen_93

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     @Cayhr Imagine if FF16 didn't come out this year.
     But still, that net income drop is crazy...
   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:15:42 JST salty_apollyon

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     @Cayhr maybe they shoulndt have listened to their diversity and inclusion council
     
     good, hope square gets brutally r a p e d into bankrupcy
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   • SenSen_93 (sensen_93@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:17:34 JST SenSen_93

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     @Cayhr Pretty much. Bad enough 16 hasn't met lofty expectations of Square, but man.
     Their gacha department gonna get hurt even more. Killed multiple games off last year alone and made a shitty Mario Kart clone they stopped supporting F2P. Amusing, really.
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   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:17:36 JST Christi Junior

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     @Cayhr Suck it Squeenix, this is what you get for betting the farm on GayStation.
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   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:17:45 JST Cayhr

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     • salty_apollyon
     @rlier23 "This company isn't hiring enough consultants."
     
     You mean Wormtongues?
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   • Ronnie21093 (ronnie21093@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:20:38 JST Ronnie21093

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     @Cayhr
     >Release game exclusively on console a lot of people don't have
     >Game doesn't sell well
     >:jahy_shock:
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   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:22:46 JST luithe

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     @Cayhr >cope ff16 sold 1 million in its first week chud :soy1:
     >Square can't break even :guraKekw:
   • Pride of Utopia (deerblood@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:25:28 JST Pride of Utopia

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     • Meemoo
     @Meemoo @Cayhr Fuck Square when I think FF I want a cozy jrpg not some character action game. Like seriously who the fuck asked for this. I don't have ps5 but even if it were on pc I probably wouldnt bother anyway
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   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:27:25 JST luithe

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     • salty_apollyon
     @rlier23 @Cayhr but dragon quest :awoo_cope:
   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:27:48 JST Cayhr

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     • luithe
     • salty_apollyon
     @luithe Then someone will rise to replace DQ with something equal or not better, or the IP will be sold off.
     @rlier23
   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:41:17 JST luithe

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     • salty_apollyon
     @Cayhr @rlier23 but dragon quest :awoo_cope:
   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:41:42 JST Cayhr

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     • luithe
     • salty_apollyon
     @luithe I said what I said. :chino_sip:
     @rlier23
   • Kyonko802 (kyonko802@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:42:42 JST Kyonko802

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     • Ronnie21093
     @Ronnie21093 @Cayhr only niggers care about consoles now :shrug:
   • Pikika (pikika@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:46:45 JST Pikika

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     • Ronnie21093
     • Kyonko802
     @Kyonko802 @Ronnie21093 @Cayhr both consoles are dying
   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:46:45 JST Cayhr

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     • Ronnie21093
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     • Pikika
     @Pikika Yes, but the difference between Xbox and PS is that Microsoft has pivoted towards GamePass domination. The Xbox falling behind is intentional. Sony is trying to fight a losing battle with the PS, because while MS gathers more and more games and customers with GamePass, Sony continues failing to try to convince people they have the better deal.
     @Kyonko802 @Ronnie21093
   • DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:56:37 JST DarkMahesvara

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     • Ronnie21093
     • Kyonko802
     • Pikika
     @Cayhr @Pikika @Kyonko802 @Ronnie21093 exactly. Microsoft is not trying to merely get a piece of the pie but own the whole restaurant.
     make people use game pass on either xbox or windows with cheap prices until they are depended on it like they are now with steam. then pull the rug from under them with cloud only gaming. want to release a game? too bad microsoft not only owns the store and platform but also whole distribution channel.
   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:56:37 JST Cayhr

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     • Ronnie21093
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     • DarkMahesvara
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     @DarkMahesvara That's one of my concerns. I do not want my games dependent on GamePass. Even Steam is a problem because it's technically DRM but at least there is an offline mode. I don't know how GamePass works and I'm not about to just hand over everything to Microsoft just because Sony is losing.
     
     Ahhh gamers™️ really are the most oppressed demographic :akko_weary:
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   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 06:59:46 JST luithe

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     • salty_apollyon
     @Cayhr @rlier23 guess dq3 hd 2d is a pipe dream after all :awoo_cope:
   • Rasterman (rasterman@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:00:26 JST Rasterman

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     • Christi Junior
     @ChristiJunior @Cayhr They were excited about FF16's sales on the first week, but it plummeted 90% afterwards.AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
     
     No, but seriously...
     
     A— No, for real. A friend just told me Red Dead Redemption is coming to the Switch. I wonder how fugly it's gonna look; but at least I won't have to consider buying an Xbox 360 (those are suspiciously cheap here). The game won't even run on the best PS3 emulator. Now I'll be able to be a cowboy.
     
     If only Square had released FF on Nintendo like back on the SNES days, this wouldn't have happened. But I guess they don't like money.
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   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:00:38 JST Christi Junior

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     @Cayhr @Kyonko802 @Pikika @Ronnie21093 Better deal, huh?
     
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:PlayStation_5-only_games
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   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:22:47 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     • Meemoo

     @Meemoo @Cayhr if i had the money, i would buy a ps5 because of ff16, but i don't. you're definitely right. people buy for value these days because they have to, which i think is why buying a PC has been rising in popularity. it's going to be more expensive than a console, but the amount of games you can play with it and the things you can do with it far surpasses any console that has ever existed or ever will exist.

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   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:26:28 JST salty_apollyon

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     • Meemoo
     • Pride of Utopia
     @DEERBLOOD @Cayhr @Meemoo
     >who tf asked for this
     
     you know normies, jewtubers and game journos did :jahy_sip:
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   • DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:31:41 JST DarkMahesvara

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     @Cayhr @Kyonko802 @Pikika @Ronnie21093
     >it's technically DRM but at least there is an offline mode
     
     steam DRM is optional. for some games you only need it to install then.
     
     steam certainly is not perfect but i don't think people realize how incredibly lucky we are its valve and not MS, EA or Ubisoft. Gaben has seen this coming decades ago since he literally worked for them in the 90s watching the Internet Explorer market abuse. this is why they pump so much into Linux gaming and proton/wine to get as far away from windows before the trap shuts close.
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   • Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:55:11 JST Cayhr

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     • Ronnie21093
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     • DarkMahesvara
     • Pikika
     @DarkMahesvara Yeah, Steam's efforts are certainly not to be underappreciated. I say Steam is technically DRM because it's tied to an acc whether you can play offline or not.
     @Kyonko802 @Pikika @Ronnie21093