MMO Business Roundup: Sony, SEGA, and Square-Enix drop a mixed bag of quarterly financials
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news – this time ’round, it’s all about quarterly financial reports. Square-Enix: Square saw another broad drop in games sales revenue in the second quarter of 2024 (actually the FQ1 for 2025), owing both to the lack of new titles compared to the same quarter last […]28 Aug 2024Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P talks about the Scion's 'half-hearted' role in Dawntrail, says they'll likely use smaller, more selective groups of beloved NPCs in the futurePC Gamer ︎26 Aug 2024Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s BeastmasterMassivelyOp ︎26 Aug 2024Destiny 2 previews upcoming artifact perks, new weapons, and exotic attunement optionsMassivelyOp ︎22 Aug 2024This Week in Destiny – 08/22/2024Steam ︎22 Aug 2024Final Fantasy XIV previews the rewards from the 11th anniversary Rising eventMassivelyOp ︎20 Aug 2024Destiny 2 threatens to ban AFK loot farmers hunting exotic itemsMassivelyOp ︎20 Aug 2024Final Fantasy XIV gears up for another year of The Rising celebrationMassivelyOp ︎19 Aug 2024Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Allied Societies for DawntrailMassivelyOp ︎16 Aug 2024Destiny 2 readies an 8v8 PvP test, plans adjustments to Xur’s wares, accidentally garbles player namesMassivelyOp ︎15 Aug 2024This Week In Destiny - 08/15/2024Steam ︎15 Aug 2024Oops! Bungie accidentally changed the names of a 'high number' of Destiny 2 players, says a fix 'will take some time' to figure outPC Gamer ︎14 Aug 2024Final Fantasy 14 player is so sick of one particular healing spell, they've built an entire website to explain why you shouldn't use it: 'I finally have had enough'PC Gamer ︎12 Aug 2024Wisdom of Nym: Why Dawntrail might be my favorite Final Fantasy XIV expansion in yearsMassivelyOp ︎11 Aug 2024What's on your bookshelf?: Destiny 2 and Dishonored narrative designer Hazel MonfortonRPS ︎09 Aug 2024Bungie promises to address the 'uncertainty' surrounding the future of Destiny 2 following massive layoffs last weekPC Gamer ︎09 Aug 2024Destiny 2 brings back the annual summertime Solstice event and outlines recent gear tweaksMassivelyOp ︎09 Aug 2024Final Fantasy XIV is closing down the probationary European data center on August 27MassivelyOp ︎08 Aug 2024This Week in Destiny – 08/08/2024Steam ︎08 Aug 2024Final Fantasy XIV launches the Moonfire Faire, recounts its EU fan gatherings, celebrates catsMassivelyOp ︎08 Aug 2024Sony says the 220 layoffs at Bungie were made in the name of—you guessed it—things like 'portfolio optimization' and enhancing 'the efficiency of the business'PC Gamer ︎07 Aug 2024Bungie can't catch a W: Rather than buffing the drop rate of Destiny 2's most-wanted exotic items, the latest patch nerfed it into dustPC Gamer ︎07 Aug 2024The Moonfire Faire Begins August 8!Steam ︎07 Aug 2024Final Fantasy 14 is a load-bearing MMO helping to keep Square Enix profitablePC Gamer ︎06 Aug 2024Final Fantasy XIV is releasing the Dawntrail soundtrack on October 30 with a Wind-up Zero minionMassivelyOp ︎05 Aug 2024Wisdom of Nym: The story beats that really work in Final Fantasy XIV DawntrailMassivelyOp ︎05 Aug 2024Tencent and Square Enix are reportedly working on a mobile version of Final Fantasy XIVMassivelyOp ︎05 Aug 2024Bungie scraps Destiny spinoff Payback, shifts away from expansions for Destiny 2MassivelyOp ︎04 Aug 2024Square Enix hasn't said anything yet, but it looks like a mobile version of Final Fantasy 14 is on its way to ChinaVG247 ︎04 Aug 2024Insiders say Bungie’s latest layoffs were an inevitable result of over-promising execsMassivelyOp ︎03 Aug 2024Payback, a Destiny spinoff that was not, in fact, Destiny 3, was cancelled two months before the latest mass layoffs at BungiePC Gamer ︎02 Aug 2024Final Fantasy XIV shares its full program schedule for Gamescom 2024MassivelyOp ︎02 Aug 2024Destiny 3 may yet happen, but Destiny's unannounced "Payback" spin-off won't, according to reportsRPS ︎02 Aug 2024Bungie was reportedly going to pull the trigger on layoffs regardless of The Final Shape's success, due to leadership under-delivering on 'financial promises' to SonyPC Gamer ︎02 Aug 2024Bungie layoffs “couldn't be avoided” even if Destiny 2 The Final Shape had "blockbuster performance”, says reportRPS ︎02 Aug 2024Not even Destiny 2: The Final Shape being a runaway blockbuster success would have prevented Bungie's latest layoffs, report claimsVG247 ︎