Jun 3 2024
Recap: Marvelous, Indie Live Expo, Sony State of Play & Square-Enix Strategy Deep-Dive
Today we're catching you up on everything JRPG that matters from the last week, and performing some analysis of Square-Enix's New Medium-term Business Plan. This one is going to be Video Description✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperDerekRPGs ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BakusanOG►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABCGAME ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------- ►Farmagia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMduLeKOTs ►Rune Factory: Ryu no Kunihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefeSGrli_o ►Dynasty Warriors Originshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3JuPmeUlw ►Infinity Nikkihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0oiJJRZF4I ►Where Winds Meethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqEGZ5AKUwc ►Silent Hill 2 Remakehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUMvWG_M2PQ ►Monster Hunter Wildshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URG75CDX_rg ►Mousebustershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_K7NuQBsmU ►NIGHTMARE OPERATORhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ihaQFQJv8 ►Hotel Barcelonahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_iFi-lnaKo ►Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19R5UuFEWn8 ►All in Abyss: Judge the Fakehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYkWTEF-lzQ ►Granserhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Ae6yba3cA ►Burning Sword Death Sunhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nij0wIc3DMo ►Legends of Astraviahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhA3HRTut1Q ►Lost Helldenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJtqgXO4KIc TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!0:01:55 IntroLast Week's Comments:0:04:10 Comment 1: "Some of my favorite games in recent years have been indies."0:07:26 Comment 2: "Thanks, this show has top RPG knowledge."0:09:31 Comment 3: "Streaming services aren't different from Cable anymore."0:19:33 Comment 4: "The cost of gamepass is destroying the industry."0:21:38 Leave us a Voice Mail so we don't feel so lonely anymore. ;) New Game Announced:0:22:43 Farmagia, diligently under development0:26:33 New Story of Seasons, diligently under development0:28:05 Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, diligently under development0:29:42 Rune Factory: Project Dragon, diligently under development0:33:56 Dynasty Warriors Origins0:37:21 Infinity Nikki 0:41:14 Where Winds Meet0:45:13 Silent Hill 2 Remake0:48:01 Monster Hunter Wilds0:52:59 Mousebusters 0:55:44 NIGHTMARE OPERATOR0:58:02 Hotel Barcelona1:01:15 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo1:05:38 All in Abyss: Judge the Fake1:12:04 Burning Sword: Death Sun1:15:05 Legends of Astravia1:17:23 Lost Hellden1:21:53 Trails though Daybreak Demo drops on 04/06/2024 with save transfer. Industry News:1:26:15 The return of the Square Enix shit-talks?1:28:16 The new Medium-term business Plan of Square Enix.1:29:04 Review of the previous Medium-term business Plan.1:32:05 How does Square Enix plan to solve their problems?1:34:47 "Fun"1:37:49 Regularly release games for the major AAA titles and release mid-class titles based on prioritizing profitability. 1:40:22 Leveraging rich library of IPs and to create new IPs1:42:10 Retire its business unit-based organizational design, ...1:47:06 Transition to a project management structure, ...1:50:47 Shift to multi-platform strategy. 1:53:21 Maximize digital sales.1:56:12 Pursue integrated sales and marketing operations.2:18:03 Responding to SuperChats
