Final Fantasy 7 the First Soldier shutting down January 11th 2023
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Launched last November btw so when it shuts down it'll have made it juuuuuust past the one year mark.
It was actually really fun to play. They completely fucked up right from the off launching the app before the servers were live, and the one stars flooded in.
Should have done a punt to launch on console and PC, but on mobile in the west, they were down to less than 5 real people per match
Should have done a punt to launch on console and PC, but on mobile in the west, they were down to less than 5 real people per match
There were some positive stories about player numbers early on that might have given that impression, but for this type of game the usual tend is for numbers to peak early and decrease quickly.
If I'm not wrong, the lore part of this game will feature in the mobile remake of FF VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crysis.
I wonder how expensive it was.
I also wonder what kind of lesson they will take away from this. Was the genre just wrong for mobile, will they blame the monitization?
I also wonder what kind of lesson they will take away from this. Was the genre just wrong for mobile, will they blame the monitization?
I only discovered that it had actually officially came out earlier this week, thought it was still in some kind of beta.
Japanese devs really should abandon their mobile phone fetish. It always goes wrong.
Just make the games on platforms players actually care about.
They even told people to connect the phone to a TV to enjoy this game FFS.
I don't play mobile games, but look at the profits of the successful games and say that again lol
and another GaaS that fails for Square.
Avengers
Babylon
and now FF7 TFS
i wonder if they will learn their lesson...probably not.
Avengers
Babylon
and now FF7 TFS
i wonder if they will learn their lesson...probably not.
Well that explains why they tried to push this thing so very hard.
Did this thing even have lore attached to it? I played it once, did not enjoy the gameplay at all, but didn't see any cutscenes or anything either. Does anyone know?
Did this thing even have lore attached to it? I played it once, did not enjoy the gameplay at all, but didn't see any cutscenes or anything either. Does anyone know?
Their mobile game graveyard is way bigger than that. In this case its just the nature of the mobile market. Its worth the risk for most companies to try and fail a bunch to get the few games that really take off.
I thought the game was neat, but playing a third person action/shooter game on phone is a terrible experience. Was waiting for it to eventually come to a proper platform, but it looks like they'd rather pull the plug instead. Shame.