I would better not say what really took way too long >:(

After the vaporware that is Versus you don't get to talk about things taking too long Square.

Square should just make their own console, FF7 remake as a launch title.

Thats about how long it takes them to make one game.....they are a awful company

No one reads articles on N4G. Its just a place to complain and moan.

But good article though, im glad he brought up the ipad and iphone as competition seen how its a reality that could have been avoided.

But who cares right? Its all about crying for Versus XIII.

This is third article on the same damn thing. People are gonna start bashing Square as a whole when one person in the company said it. And he said it's lasting too long because the consoles are hard to develope for and new people trying to get into the industry see that they'll have more oppurtunities on things like iOS. He said the console cycle lasting this long is letting more platforms get into the mix and that means bad business for companies like Sony and Microsoft. It actually makes sense. But most of you will probably never read what he said in full context.

That's kind of contradictory...if developers were tired of this generation why would they make a game on even lesser hardware? Why not make a PC game in the meantime? Most of those who went to IOS were going to do so anyway. Like the rest of the other posters...they dropped the ball this gen with all this time to make it right but they still want shorter cycles. They all kinds of messed up there.

FFXIII was a really boring repetitive game with annoying, whiny emo characters and a cheesy plot.
They made a sequel to FFXIII, FFXIII-2 that created more problems than it fixed in FFXIII.

So says the company that's been hyping up a game since the beginning of this generation.

I understand what they are trying to say, but really how long should it have been? 3 years? 5?

Economic times are rough that's why some developers opt out of making games for the PS3/360 and go the less expensive route cause they want to maximize profits.

Well just the same i'd like to maximize my time with my consoles before shelling out another 300-500 bucks. So if they want to hang around longer; great news for gamers and their wallets.

says the company that hasn't been relevant since Final Fantasy 10 Lost Odyssey is and will be 10 times better than anything they come up with i can see in the next coming up years Final fantasy will be a shooter with a call of duty feel

How bout focus on putting out a decent game instead of worrying about the console generation.

Also, stop milking Final Fantasy 13, the game sucked.

SE should shut up and think how they can correct the FF franchise because if fails then SE should stay as a publisher because as a developer has been sucking BIG TIME.

this coming from a company that taking a whole console generation to make a game....someone should of told him that.

so my guess is they never planned 2 do a kingdom hearts this gen then? they got more time than expected & nothing this must be the side quest gen for them.lol

THEN PRODUCE SQUARE GIVE ME VERSUS, AND XIII-3 AND BE DONE WITH GEN CAUSE OBVIOUSLY KH3 ISNT COMING THIS GEN. I wanna see versus in 2013 and I want a proper end to the XIIIseries lightning and co.

And your game development has lasted way to long, versus = start of the generation and it still isn't finished so by your own statement you have stated that versus has been on too long since this gen has dragged on.

Well there has been some news on versus Square says it is taking too long :D

I would like it to last longer. It's not like the games look crappy, sure they could look better, but aesthetics don't matter to me. Hell, Minecraft is one of my favorite games and it doesn't look good at all. It just has to be fun. Which is why the Wii won in sales this gen.

I would say current gen consoles had been able to keep up with technology challenges. Developers are still able to surprise us....Look at Battlefield 3.

Personally,
I don't need new hardware all of the time. I just played SS and I want Xenoblade and Last Story (Plus, the other Wii games I never bought).

---Then I will work my way up the PS3 titles I never played, once the PS4 is released. Probably only Heavy Rain and Beyond.

A good game is not necessarily tied to the Power of a console.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau