Square-Enix Closes Eidos Deal
See Full ImageAnd so, the deal is done: Square-Enix has officially purchased Eidos for the price of £84.3 million ($120 million), a deal that greatly satisfied Eidos' board of directors and shareholders. But does it satisfy you, the gamer...?
It'll be interesting to see how Eidos operates beneath the Square-Enix umbrella, but initially, Square-Enix has "provided a blanket overview of how it plans to integrate Eidos into the Square-Enix Group." (source- GameSpot) We don't have all the details just yet, but the Japanese publisher did release new statistics for their legendary Final Fantasy franchise: they say that over 85 million FF units have been sold since the first title dropped way back in 1987, and furthermore, the Dragon Quest series has sold around 47 million units since 1986. As for Eidos, Tomb Raider is far and away their best-selling franchise, clocking in at approximately 30 million units since 1996; the critically acclaimed Hitman series is a distant second at 8 million units. Now, when the next Tomb Raider drops, it may be a little disorienting for veteran gamers to see the "Square-Enix" logo on the box, but hey, that's big business. We expect to see more details on their latest acquisition as time goes on, but for the time being, we can always speculate and wonder.
Square-Enix has been saying since the start of this generation that they want to push Westward, and picking up Eidos is certainly a step in the that direction. Whether or not it's the right step remains to be seen...
4/23/2009 Ben Dutka
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LegendaryWolfeh
Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 11:55:36 PM
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 10:35:28 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 11:04:00 PM
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 11:04:21 PM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 11:54:24 PM
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ArnoldK PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 12:19:30 AM
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Nynja
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 11:27:20 AM
Some of the worse graphics and gameplay I've seen on PS3 or 360. Just terrible. I try to stay away from Eidos games.
Maybe now that SE has them, they'll pump out quality titles..
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slayerkillemall
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 12:23:36 AM
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Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 2:00:00 AM
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OriginalSin
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 2:23:19 AM
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I think that will be awesome indeed.
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tridon
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 8:13:10 AM
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AntDC
Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 10:05:59 PM
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crawdaddy
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 9:03:18 AM
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Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 10:10:57 AM
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Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 10:25:57 AM
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Scarecrow
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 11:19:07 AM
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Nynja
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 11:36:26 AM
They've pumped out quite a bit of titles. Just nothing for the PS3, yet.
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King James
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 6:57:22 PM
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Nynja
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 11:28:11 AM
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Worst thing to happen to Square-Enix.
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Mystearica
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 3:15:40 PM
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So in S-E's desperatism, they will continue to publish crap games and continue to lose $$$$
Though End of Eternity trailer looks wicked... though that game is by "Sega" and directed by Tri-Ace and trailers can be deceiving... but whatever
This is going nowhere... and as I see it... downhill
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Nynja
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 5:25:43 PM
SE is working on a new or updated version of an MMORPG. That should be stellar. I know that FFXI ate up 200+ days (DAYS of actual playing time) of my life. FFAgitoXIII for PSP is likely to be a solid title, seeing it shares similar gameplay elements as FFVII:CC (based on trailers included with the ACC bluray). Lets not forget the upcomming Dissada for PSP.
I think SE has plenty in store for everyone (mostly RPG fans) that you will find a style of FF that fits your interests. I believe that was the intention of their expansion of the FF universe. Everyone wants something different in their FF RPG and SE is trying to please us all.
Still, the purchase of Eidos has me wondering what good could possibly come out of this for SE except for the rights to certain franchises that could be improved upon using SE's resources. Again, I am not a huge fan of Eidos, never really was and probably never will be.
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King James
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 6:48:56 PM
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Banky A
Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 6:55:31 PM
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1. Final Fantasy: Dissidia (PSP)
-do I have to explain how awesome this game looks? It's theoretically genius. It would rule the World on PS3 though-
2. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
-Zack is gangster-
Well that's pretty much it for me personally LOL.
=D
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Scarecrow
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 10:29:32 PM
squeee squeee!