It looks like more remasters could be on the table at Square Enix. At the recent 43rd Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Q&A, the board discussed the possibility of future remasters after the success of the Final Fantasy 1-6 pixel remasters.
“Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster has been well received. Are there plans to remaster other past titles? Personally, I would like to play Xenogears,” asked one shareholder. One board member answered, “We will refrain from sharing information about new titles, but we are considering various ideas within the company and hope that you will look forward to forthcoming announcements.”
One shareholder also asked why the time between releases from the studio was longer than those of its peers. In response, the board member said, “I will refrain from speaking in specifics, but I will say that we believe that the strengthening of our internal development organization will be of benefit as the difficulty of developing major titles is becoming extremely high, which also has implications for development lead times. We hope that this reinforcement of our organization will promote the development not only of major titles but also new IPs under the new management team.”
While it has been a strong year of releases for the studio so far, it’s been less than smooth sailing. The insider trading scandal involving famed developer Yuji Naka and several other employees has hung heavy over the studio, with revenue drops amidst their doubling down on the blockchain.
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