Great Sales of NieR Automata, Square Enix Invests in New IPs
Square Enix boasted the sales results of its games in the past fiscal year. NieR: Automata, which has sold in more than 4 million copies, did a great job. In addition, the publisher announced investments in new IPs and game announcements at the E3 2019 trade fair.
It's been more than two years since the premiere of NieR: Automata, but the production of the eccentric Yoko Taro does not slow down. Square Enix boasted at an investor call that the game crossed the threshold of 4 million copies sold. The information was provided by Takashi Mochizuki, Japanese correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, on Twitter. The journalist also stated that the February release of NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition was to make a major contribution to achieving this result.
Selling 4 million copies may not hold a candle to the achievements of the greatest bestsellers - just to mention another AAA production released by Square Enix, the NieR series. We don't know anything specific about this one yet, but it may change soon.
In addition, Takashi Mochizuki learned something about the results of other items in the Square Enix catalogue. low ratings given to the game by Japanese players before its premiere in the West.
Apart from game sales, Mochizuki gave one more piece of information on previous financial statements of Square Enix. The latter, however, is indicated by a fragment of the last publisher's report. The company announced that it would expand its catalogue by investing aggressively in new IPs. What the Japanese company is preparing for us, we will find out next month. Who knows, maybe there will be a new NieR among the presented projects?
