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[Kagari]

Takashi Mochizuki
@mochi_wsj

wow, SquareEnix gave up its cloud-based video game company Shinra Technologies; announcing its dissolution. Sad.

https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/684543072701517824

Well that was fast.

Edit: Press release - http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/20160106_01en.pdf

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Wasn't that the one Wada had an executive role in?

 

[Savitar]

Did terrorist blow up the cloud?

 

[kadotsu]

What does that mean for FFXIII on mobile? I NEED TO KNOW!

 

[Veldin]

They were killin' the planet

 

[Frostinferno]

Not dissolved, just moved to the FF7R.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Damn it, Reeve.

 

[Kagari]

Wasn't that the one Wada had an executive role in?

Yep. He was the president.

 

[Toki767]

They gave up and just started remaking FFVII.

 

[Ferrio]

Shinra suffering from Cloud Strife.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Goddamned Mako reactors

 

[gnexus]

Well, $#%&!

 

[Jb]

Cloud gaming doesn't seem to be doing great so far.

 

[True Fire]

White-haired figure with long sword seen leaving the scene

 

[kuroshiki]

it's far cheaper to use amazon cloud. Doesn't make sense to continue.

 

[notaskwid]

Maybe Wada can join Mistwalker now.

 

[kenta]

Is Milky okay? I thought he was with them

 

[Hot Coldman]

"You spent all our money on a motorbike?!?"
"Well, that's not actually the bad news"

 

[Flandy]

How are we gonna play FFXIII on mobile now?

 

[Neoxon]

 

[duckroll]

Nooooooooo! Wada-sama!!!!! >_<

 

[Sandfox]

Well that sucks for the employees.

 

[Asd202]

So Wada is out?

Maybe Wada can join Mistwalker now.

I would want him to go to Nintendo.

 

[entremet]

Their company website is down too.

 

[udivision]

Well that sucks for the employees.

I get the feeling they might get absorbed back into SE... or at least some?

 

[Shadow_Lord]

But the power of the cloud?

 

[Steel]

Well. Another bad idea goes down on the board for Square Enix. What will happen next time? Stay tuned and Please Understand.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Wada mess.

 

[Elios83]

Shinra has been defeated...again!

 

[duckroll]

Well. Another bad idea goes down on the board for Square Enix. What will happen next time? Stay tuned and Please Understand.

If Setsuna underperforms, there's always Tokyo RPG Factory for them to axe next!

 

[Gattsu25]

The cloud has dissipated and left behind a gentle squall

 

[Kagari]

PR: http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/20160106_01en.pdf

 

[entremet]

I get the feeling they might get absorbed back into SE... or at least some?

Maybe Wada since he's an OG, but everyone else?

They were based in NYC and ran pretty lean like a startup.

 

[robotrock]

Whoa. Didn't the FF13 iOS app run on it?

 

[Serenitynow]

Shinra suffering from Cloud Strife.

Okay, that was great.

 

[duckroll]

"Most company CEOs book first class plane tickets, but here at Square Enix, we only book Extraordinary Losses."

 

[ackl]

PR: http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/20160106_01en.pdf

Wow....no investors eh.....

 

[zerokoolpsx]

It was killing the planet.

Mysterious figure with a ridiculously long sword seen leaving the scene.
A group of misfits was also reported by eyewitnesses.

 

[Takao]

How are we gonna play FFXIII on mobile now?

I don't think Shinra ran that or Last Remnant.

 

[Ahnez]

That was very fast

 

[Neoxon]

It was killing the planet.

Mysterious figure with a ridiculously long sword seen leaving the scene.
A group of misfits was also reported by eyewitnesses.

 

[Caronte]

Maybe a fortune teller told Wada it had no future.

 

[RiderKairuu]

If only it was Zack based..

 

[Astral Dog]

What were they thinking with the name?

 

[Neoxon]

What were they thinking with the name?

They were begging to be killed by Sephiroth.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Looking at the announcement article is pretty great.

[Wada] sees 2016 as a key year for cloud gaming, a technology he's seen as the future for the past few years.

The future is now!

 

[Kouriozan]

I bet it's AVALANCHE's fault.

 

[Rymuth]

Oh Wada world, wada world~

 

[ArjanN]

I'm guessing they probably realized they get more eyes on their games with less effort by just putting stuff on Steam

Spoiler

or mobile

.

 

[jiggle]

So it achieved as much as FFvsXIII did
But in a much shorter time
Success