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Square Enix announces new cloud gaming service Shinra Technologies, led by Wada

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Arthea

Member
All best jokes were made already, aww
still it is awesome, I welcome Shinra Electric Cloud Power Company to the real world, time to prepare headquarters?
I wonder how long we have till appearance of SIN:
Shinra international network
 
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GhostTrick

Banned
Cloud gaming has no future as long as Internet connections are so unstable and speed still unable to get a 1080p/60fps without shitty IQ.
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
Is this real? I just can't take this seriously with that name.

What if it ends up as some sort of elaborate marketing campaign for FF VII Remake :p
 
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Holykael1

Banned
This is excellent
OST for the thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj0F2KfCvhg

This weird though, why are they co conspiring with AVALANCHE of all things..

On a serious note, if I understand correctly this is something they could turn into a business towards companies who want to pursue streaming games. If "cloud gaming" doesn't become a thing and it's a very likely possibility, this is pretty much wasted money.
 
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Kysen

Member
Why would they invest millions creating their own system from scratch when they could just piggy back off PS now. This is incredibly risky.
 
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HolyBaikal

Banned
Well, I guess Shinra and Avalanche did kind of work together at the end of Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children. If I remember I think Shinra and Vincent were working together in Dirge of Cerberus, too.

I guess it would be kind of nice if Square Enix became a solar power and nuclear fusion company. AVALANCHE would approve of that since it wouldn't hurt the planet.
 
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Rymuth

Member
Bump for another recent interview
Siliconera said:
"We would like to be an independent one content provider for a platform enterprise," Wada said in an interview with Siliconera. "The reason for that is we would like to be a platform provider. We do not want to have ties with one big company like Square Enix. We would not be able to have enough energy to be a game changer. Eventually, we would like to be independent and we would like to partner with various companies." Currently, Shinra Technologies is a fully owned subsidiary of Square Enix, but they are looking for outside investment from other parties.
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Read more here

Wada going rogue?
 
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KoopaTheCasual

Junior Member
Mivey said:
Makes sense. You need at least some basic competency to take over the world. Not gonna find that with Squenix.
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Uhhh, you do realize that the turning point of Square Enix becoming a blundering mess in the past generation was all directly under Wada's watch, right?

Just checking.
 
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DiipuSurotu

Banned
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BudokaiMR2

Member
Mivey said:
Makes sense. You need at least some basic competency to take over the world. Not gonna find that with Squenix.
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Considering it is Wada and they are chasing a market that has no real proven merit and without any clear business model or plan (unless I missed something?) not too sure they fulfill that requirement either...

Just sayin'!

I actually know several people in the company and wish them success, but it's not gonna be an easy sell!
 
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Justinh

Member
oxidax said:
"Cloud" Services, "Shinra".

FFVII remake confirmed.

:p
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laugh. They sure like to remind people that they made Final Fantasy 7 a long time ago...

Wait, I just saw the date.

Fake edit: oh, new stuff. I'll have to read that

"Shinra’s world will be the first world where the sense of time that conventional games did not have. That means not a single event will be able to be replayed or preserved. The game will be totally different for each server.""
that sounds pretty ambitious for indie devs
 
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FoxSpirit

Junior Member
We won't get a FFVII remake because Square is secretly restructuring to become Shinra Electric.

FFVII was not a game. It was a prophecy.
 
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Cyd0nia

Banned
Just like Half Life 3 or Portal 3 will be a great way to launch steam machines, I suspect an FFVII remake could make them a serious cloud software platform provider.

Beauty of it being on the cloud is that it could release on everything.
 
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Mivey

Member
KoopaTheCasual said:
Uhhh, you do realize that the turning point of Square Enix becoming a blundering mess in the past generation was all directly under Wada's watch, right?

Just checking.
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BudokaiMR2 said:
Considering it is Wada and they are chasing a market that has no real proven merit and without any clear business model or plan (unless I missed something?) not too sure they fulfill that requirement either...

Just sayin'!

I actually know several people in the company and wish them success, but it's not gonna be an easy sell!
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I meant "taking over the world", in a political, millitaristic sense, not an economical one. Though I guess once you rule the world, you also rule the world economy.
It was a FF7 joke : (

Also who's to say he is not more suited to be a maniacal dictator then a CEO?
 
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