Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com, November 10, Axios Gaming reported that Japanese gaming giants Skewell Anix, Sega and Colome are taking a risky bet that SE is considering outsourcing games such as "final Fantasy" and "Heart of the Kingdom" because the department is investing heavily in NFT projects, so it may change the way it does business.

SE said in a report to investors that the current situation is not good enough because of rising development costs and the need to find financially prudent ways to build global hot products. So SE is taking bold steps to attract outside investors for its development team.

Yosuke Matsuda, president of SE, said the studio's existing old model "has begun to produce side effects that we can't ignore." SE is actively expanding external channels, hoping to work with more outside companies, and may eventually hand over games such as final Fantasy and Heart of the Kingdom to the outsourcing team.

In addition, SE is also investing heavily in blockchain projects. In a report to investors on Monday, SE mentioned its newly announced interactive NFT art project "Symbiogenesis", blockchain payment platform, collection of NFT trading card games, blockchain medieval strategy games, etc.

In addition, Sega is swinging on a "super game", a mysterious project promised to be completed by the end of March 2026. Sega believes it will attract far more active users than their "any game so far" and expects lifetime sales to reach 100 billion yen.

Colome, on the other hand, has planned to shift from making sequels to global popular franchises to focus on Japan, such as the recently planned series of new Silent Hill games. Capcom doesn't seem to have made any adjustments, and the company seems to have had a good year.

CTOnews.com has reported that Embracer Group announced in May that it had acquired Crystal Power, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal for $300 million in cash, as well as more than 50 familiar IP, such as the Deus Ex series, the Tomb Raider series, Thief, Legacy of Kain and the Japanese publisher's 50 series.

Square Enix said at the time that the deal would allow it to focus on investments in blockchain, artificial intelligence and cloud. In addition, the company intends to reshape its digital entertainment portfolio, in part through the creation of a new IP, accelerated decision-making through integrated group management, and "improved game development capabilities through the establishment of new studios, mergers and acquisitions".

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