This Monday morning, a lot of news began to emerge around the company Square Enix, given that they have confirmed a new plan to completely change their business direction, and that involved their restart, as well as the report of cancellations of some planned video games. And now they intend to add more quality to their releases, having the opportunity to retain the already established audience as well as the people who are gradually joining their renowned franchises.
Like any restructuring, personnel layoffs could not be missing, and so it was; those who attended a business meeting heard from the president of Square Enix, Takashi Kiryu, that both the American and European branches of the company would be affected by layoffs, which would occur during the next month of June. Of course, the number of people was not mentioned but the independent games division Collective will be mostly affected.
It is also said that in United Kingdomemployees will enter a one-month consulting period, depending on local labor laws, while staff based in USA. He could leave his duties before June. And this would follow the path of continuing to eliminate the western part of the company, at least what is related to video games not developed in Japan, leaving only the commercial relations part depending on the language.
Here is a description of the company:
Square Enix is a Japanese video game company, known for developing and publishing a wide variety of popular titles around the world. The company was formed in 2003 through the merger of two Japanese video game companies: Square Co., Ltd. and Enix Corporation.
Founded in 1986, Square was known for creating iconic role-playing games (RPGs) such as the “Final Fantasy” series, which became one of the company’s mainstays and one of the most successful video game franchises of all time. Enix, founded in 1975, was known for its “Dragon Quest” series of role-playing games, another extremely popular franchise in Japan and around the world.
Following the merger, Square Enix became one of the leading companies in the video game industry, producing titles for both video game consoles and mobile and computer platforms. In addition to the “Final Fantasy” and “Dragon Quest” series, Square Enix has developed and published other renowned games such as “Kingdom Hearts,” “Tomb Raider,” “NieR,” “Deus Ex,” and many more.
For now, we will have to keep an eye on the company’s upcoming game announcements.
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Author’s note: It seems that Square Enix wants to become completely Japanese as in the past, which is why its games would take that path and leave only the important RPG franchises.
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