Publisher hopes “to originate up for sluggish preliminary gross sales” with recent grunt material in coming months
It wasn’t no longer easy to bet that Marvel’s Avengers didn’t are residing as a lot as Square Enix’s expectations by taking a look at its first-half of financial checklist, however the firm has confirmed it.
The author at the novel time released an English translation of its financial outcomes briefing with Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda addressing the sport’s efficiency.
“The HD Video games sub-section posted an working loss as preliminary gross sales of Marvel’s Avengers savor been decrease than we had anticipated and unable to fully offset the amortization of the sport’s fashion expenses,” Matsuda acknowledged.
Matsuda held out hope to flip things round for the sport, saying Square Enix is taking a look “to originate up for sluggish preliminary gross sales by providing gargantuan additional grunt material” within the 2d half of of the firm’s fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2021.
Marvel’s Avengers used to be firstly announced in January of 2017 as fragment of a multi-year, multi-game partnership between Square Enix and Marvel Leisure.