Can Square Enix Survive?

In this episode we consider whether Square Enix can survive its recent dips in expected sales, restructure initiatives and existential crisis that CEO Takashi Kiryu has inherited from his predecessors and decades of attempts to navigation both domestic and global markets with its range of IPs. We compare the post-merger history of Squaresoft joining Enix and compare this to two other giants in Japanese games publishing Bandai Namco and Capcom, and consider how these competitors have navigated their own dips, expansions and consistencies over recent years compared to the approach Square Enix has taken.

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Here we consider Bandai Namco, Capcom and Square Enix and look at their approach to game development and their respective IPs. How Square have handled their flagships such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest vs Tekken and Street Fighter and other legacy games attributed to Namco and Capcom, and see where the issues could potentially lie, and where Square can turn it around with their Back Catalogue, a renewed focus on quality over quantity and a return to what they traditionally do well.

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