It doesn't help that
A. The game was NEVER PROPERLY PROMOTED OR ADVERTISED
B. The translation had quite a few niggles in it I didn't like, like memes where they didn't belong (Hi Week 2 Among Us Reference that was completely out of place) or the translator(s) adding crap that made no real sense compared to the JP side of things (Hi Don and What's-your-face from week 1 with the out of place lines)
C. It's a sequel to a 10+ year old game from the DS times, so it's a niche within a niche
and D. Squeenix is so GOD DAMN NOTORIOUS about what constitutes a "successful game" (Hi Tomb Raider Reboot sequel!) that I wouldn't be surprised if they were actively moving the goal posts so they can "justify" moving onto stuff like the Marvel tie-in games. Wonder why Tomb Raider has been dead these past few years!
So, yea, Squeenix isn't exactly giving it's all to stuff these past few years I feel, outside Final Fantasy and anything even remotely mobile (I will say, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia has been fun and a "play as you can" mobile game and nowhere near as predatory, as say...oh...FREAKING BRAVE EXVIUS, THANKS FOR THE MONEY SINK GUMI/ALIM, CHOKE ON YOUR 8* UNITS)
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Re: NEO: The World Ends With You Has 'Underperformed Expectations', Square Enix Says
It doesn't help that
A. The game was NEVER PROPERLY PROMOTED OR ADVERTISED
B. The translation had quite a few niggles in it I didn't like, like memes where they didn't belong (Hi Week 2 Among Us Reference that was completely out of place) or the translator(s) adding crap that made no real sense compared to the JP side of things (Hi Don and What's-your-face from week 1 with the out of place lines)
C. It's a sequel to a 10+ year old game from the DS times, so it's a niche within a niche
and D. Squeenix is so GOD DAMN NOTORIOUS about what constitutes a "successful game" (Hi Tomb Raider Reboot sequel!) that I wouldn't be surprised if they were actively moving the goal posts so they can "justify" moving onto stuff like the Marvel tie-in games. Wonder why Tomb Raider has been dead these past few years!
So, yea, Squeenix isn't exactly giving it's all to stuff these past few years I feel, outside Final Fantasy and anything even remotely mobile (I will say, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia has been fun and a "play as you can" mobile game and nowhere near as predatory, as say...oh...FREAKING BRAVE EXVIUS, THANKS FOR THE MONEY SINK GUMI/ALIM, CHOKE ON YOUR 8* UNITS)