Recap: Marvelous, Indie Live Expo, Sony State of Play & Square-Enix Strategy Deep-Dive

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Today we're catching you up on everything JRPG that matters from the last week, and performing some analysis of Square-Enix's New Medium-term Business Plan. This one is going to be
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GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS
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►Farmagia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMduLeKOTs
►Rune Factory: Ryu no Kuni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefeSGrli_o
►Dynasty Warriors Origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3JuPmeUlw
►Infinity Nikki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0oiJJRZF4I
►Where Winds Meet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqEGZ5AKUwc
►Silent Hill 2 Remake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUMvWG_M2PQ
►Monster Hunter Wilds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URG75CDX_rg
►Mousebusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_K7NuQBsmU
►NIGHTMARE OPERATOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ihaQFQJv8
►Hotel Barcelona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_iFi-lnaKo
►Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19R5UuFEWn8
►All in Abyss: Judge the Fake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYkWTEF-lzQ
►Granser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Ae6yba3cA
►Burning Sword Death Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nij0wIc3DMo
►Legends of Astravia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhA3HRTut1Q
►Lost Hellden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJtqgXO4KIc
TIMESTAMPS
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0:00:00 Welcome Back to Hit Point!
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New Game Announced:
0:22:43 Farmagia, diligently under development
0:26:33 New Story of Seasons, diligently under development
0:28:05 Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, diligently under development
0:29:42 Rune Factory: Project Dragon, diligently under development
0:33:56 Dynasty Warriors Origins
0:37:21 Infinity Nikki
0:41:14 Where Winds Meet
0:45:13 Silent Hill 2 Remake
0:48:01 Monster Hunter Wilds
0:52:59 Mousebusters
0:55:44 NIGHTMARE OPERATOR
0:58:02 Hotel Barcelona
1:01:15 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
1:05:38 All in Abyss: Judge the Fake
1:12:04 Burning Sword: Death Sun
1:15:05 Legends of Astravia
1:17:23 Lost Hellden
1:21:53 Trails though Daybreak Demo drops on 04/06/2024 with save transfer.
Industry News:
1:26:15 The return of the Square Enix shit-talks?
1:28:16 The new Medium-term business Plan of Square Enix.
1:29:04 Review of the previous Medium-term business Plan.
1:32:05 How does Square Enix plan to solve their problems?
1:34:47 "Fun"
1:37:49 Regularly release games for the major AAA titles and release mid-class titles based on prioritizing profitability.
1:40:22 Leveraging rich library of IPs and to create new IPs
1:42:10 Retire its business unit-based organizational design, ...
1:47:06 Transition to a project management structure, ...
1:50:47 Shift to multi-platform strategy.
1:53:21 Maximize digital sales.
1:56:12 Pursue integrated sales and marketing operations.
2:18:03 Responding to SuperChats