We've released a new year. The year for many is marked by the arrival of new corpses. For companies, this fact is equally important, where in the months before the launch of new hardwares, they should be clear about their future plans. And more accurately, the president of Square Enix talks about new consoles and future projects at a letter sent to all interested parties. What President Yosuke Matsuda intends to disclose is to expose the company's path to the future, with a focus on 2020.
By 2020, not only will development come with the confusion of the new generation, Xbox and Playstation 5, there is also room to integrate other styles, such as Cloud Gaming. And all of this is trying to convey in this book that expresses, in a nutshell, that Square Enix is committed to advancing the development of games for new consoles, and to Cloud Gaming's streaming technology. And for Matsuda, it is important to take care of the hardwares presented by Microsoft and Sony, in line with the trends marked by Google Stadia and NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and where we should also consider Project xCloud.
The desire for an editor means the emergence of technology, there "The arrival of new platforms is defined by changing the content status of each provider", where I add to the list of markets the one launches with mobile devices, including virtual reality. With this, you expose the need for Square Enix to focus on it "A new era in gaming experience."
With all this, it is clear that the company's wealth is trying to meet the needs and wants of the players, where there is talk of being added. "A lot of game experience". While the functionality of new hardwares sticks to the traditional concept, they know that streaming opens doors to other markets. By the way, there are some similarities in this area, where creating great games is a priority. Matsuda notes that "We are not only making progress in developing new generation titles, but we are also actively supporting Cloud Gaming, which we hope will be able to begin with 5G."
The president of Square Enix is concerned with, obviously, the marketing aspect. And this second emerging market would change some of the structures that defined the video game market. But when you explain this feature, it doesn't look like things are changing much more than it was in the digital market. Although, within these market-wide openings, something has been able to convince users, subscription models. Also, to make the games look good it may be worthwhile to provide them with these methods even though, for the first time, it is not a direct investment.
The combination of subscriptions, especially on those streaming platforms, can make Square Enix look rock-solid, but you have to respond to the proposal in a credible way. All that Matsuda discloses sounds like the future of the regular season, but we have seen that some of his current projects have confirmed his arrival at Google Stadia, in the same way as his other Xbox Game Pass games. They are the first steps of the industry, or market, which by 2020 will reveal a new intellectual pursuit.
Traditional consoles, in the form of new hardwares, streaming technologies, via Cloud Gaming, and subscription models, are the first priorities set by Square Enix. In the end, it's no different from what every editor has to deal with, where the most important thing is to be able to produce those games that are capable of winning any of these markets.
