From VGC: "The Final Fantasy publisher hadn’t indicated any desire to make a big Western acquisition. In fact, the year before it had attempted to acquire Japanese publisher Tecmo, which was best known for games like Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden.
On one side, it felt like an opportunistic move. Eidos’ market valuation was low, and the currency situation between the UK and Japan was favourable. But it also made a lot of sense. There was significant anxiety that the Japanese games market was shrinking, and Square Enix was unsure of how successful its brands could be outside of its home country.
Acquiring a business with a deep understanding of the European and US markets, plus the likes of Tomb Raider and Hitman, gave Square Enix a real opportunity to become a major global player. It also felt like a decent partner for Eidos. Its core brands – Tomb Raider and Championship Manager in particular – were no-longer delivering significant results."
The recent Tomb Raider and Deus Mankind Divided where high budget titles, with budgets of around a 50-100 million each.I don’t recall Embracer group every funding high budget AAA titles.
Id love to see CD revisit some of their premier IPs. Like Total Eclipse and Crash n Burn. Recapture that feeling of first time seeing those on the 3do but with modern gameplay, graphics and controls.
Embracer group has a lot of resources but they don't want to fund big AAA games unless it's a sure thing
They want to manage a strict budget to make sure one or two bad performing games don't hurt the whole company. Basically being responsible with their resources and knowing not all games need 50 million budget and I like this because they will fund AA games too not just AAA
I feel like right now there is a huge AAA and Indie market but the in-between market of AA games have shrunk
They are the one who ruined Darksiders series with Darksiders 3! So dont get hyped.
I just want a Legacy of Kain collection