Square-Enix Q1 2024: Overall profits and MMO sales drop as FFXVI underperforms

08 Aug 2023Source: MassivelyOp
The latest earnings report for Square-Enix has been released for the period ending on June 30th, 2023, and it’s good news for the company in terms of a general increase in net sales – but the bad news (and the far more important figure) is profit dropping 66% year-over-year. This might seem a bit odd […]


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