Sq. Enix (Kingdom Hearts 2, Nier: Automata, Closing Fantasy XIV) has been within the information quite a bit these days, whether or not it is due to their baffling enterprise choices, together with promoting off long-running franchises, forays into NFT boondoggles, or its observe file of releasing middling recreation after middling recreation.

Because of fucking round, they’ve came upon, within the type of a 17.6% decline in earnings.

Sq. Enix is probably going in a position to maintain its shareholders glad in the interim with their latest large IP sale to Embracer Group, however that exact same sale massively restricts their future prospects for recreation improvement. I’ve typically puzzled whether or not Sq. Enix is able to staying afloat on Closing Fantasy XIV income alone — and it looks like we could discover out ahead of one might imagine.