Square Enix Wants To Release Games Aggressively On Nintendo Switch
Nintendo’s hybrid portable console Nintendo Switch has been a massive success for the Japanese video game giant. the sales of Switch has managed to pull the company from its struggling period and raised the stock price to the highest level in last seven years.
Towards the end of October 2017, Nintendo reported that they have sold over 7 million Switch units globally in just 7 months and is also planning to speed up the production to sell an additional of 14 million unit by the end of March 2018.
This success of Nintendo Switch was a surprise for major game developer and publisher but are now rallying to port more titles on the new popular platform. Bethesda has announced Skyrim, Doom, and Wolfenstein 2: The new colossus for the Switch. Rockstar Games has announced L.A Noire, EA has released Fifa 18 and NBA 2K18 and Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, Capcom are planning to do the same.
Square Enix’s Statement
The latest news about more games on Nintendo Switch comes from Square Enix from its Q2 briefing where they said that they are looking to port old mid ranged games and wants to make new games for the switch.
SE also mentions that Switch’s core architecture is very similar to PS4/Xbox One and with some adjustment, it is possible to make multiplatform games.
The information comes from Takashi Mochizuki who tweeted out several key points from the Square Enix Q2 briefing. you can check them out below for more details
SquareEnix
-more than 3 million for DQ11
-more than 2 million for NieR
-getting close to 6.6 million for FF15 https://t.co/HBQ47g1FWk— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
SquareEnix:
-Kept FY forecast unchanged because no big games planned between Oct-Mar. (Octopath, DQ11 Switch possibly after April?) https://t.co/lGuMPf3lAS— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
SquareEnix:
-Plan to launch global titles next FY. In preparation for E3
-They are “sharp,” “powerful,” and “well-made.” https://t.co/mTjJT7aq86— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
SquareEnix:
-Switch’s core architecture similar to PS4/Xbox One. Some adjustment necessary, but multi-platform games not impossible https://t.co/n3EyUYnFqZ— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
SquareEnix:
-Think Switch’s momentum is very strong
-Nintnedo doing great is great for us
-Switch’s positioning is unique vs PS4 & Xbox One https://t.co/10aCrBCWhh— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
SquareEnix:
-Switch’s one ideal platform to put middle-range games, which got tough to achieve business success. SquareEnix’s good at making these games, so would work on these aggressively https://t.co/kPQx0l8IIb— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017
SquareEnix:
-(When consider games for Switch), we won’t rule out any IPs. Those include new ones, currently active ones, currently not-active ones.
-Probably other platforms will get these too as part of multi, but we would aggressively make games for Switch https://t.co/JFuZRZnVWH— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) November 8, 2017