Square Enix Takes 'Large Loss' on Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

Life is Strange: Double Exposure: A Huge Failure for Square Enix? - theGeek.games

According to the Japanese publisher, Deck Nine’s game failed to deliver the expected sales results, leaving Square Enix with a loss.   When Life is Strange: Double Exposure was released, fans and press alike had some pretty mixed opinions about the game. On OpenCritic (which, like Metacritic, aggregates press reviews and calculates an average score from the reviews), it currently has a score of 71 on a scale of 1-100, with only 54% of reviewers …

Square Enix Seemingly Suffered 'Large Losses' With Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

Double trouble.Late last year, the Life is Strange series made its big return with Deck Nine's sequel Double Exposure - but it sounds like the Xbox Series X|S title hasn't done particularly well for publisher Square Enix so far.Japanese analyst Hideki Yasuda has shared a bunch of updates from some of the region's biggest game publishers in the last week or so - including Square Enix. Yasuda says that in a recent fiscal year update from the team,…

Life is Strange: Double Exposure reportedly a 'large loss' for Square Enix, says analyst, who adds: 'The company's IP fundamentally varies too much between good and bad'

Double-dipping.

Life is Strange: Double Exposure was a "large loss" for Square Enix

Life is Strange: Double Exposure was a "large loss", an analyst has claimed, raising concerns over the future of Square Enix's narrative series.

Life is Strange: Double Exposure should be the exciting return of Max Caulfield and build on the success of his popular series. However, the expectations of Square Enix were probably too high. The game did not bring the expected big comeback of the series and caused mixed reactions among the fans – many were disappointed. Now, a financial report by Square Enix also shows that the negative reactions are reflected in the sales figures – the game w…

Square Enix Takes 'Large Loss' on Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

Doesn't sound so strange - Life Is Strange: Double Exposure's disconnect between critics and fans previously perplexed Square Enix, but it has since revealed...