Despite Square Enix's strong showing at E3 of upcoming games like
Tomb Raider,
Deus Ex: Human Revolution and
Hitman Absolution, the company has said that its lack of upcoming Japanese titles is "humiliating".
Koji Taguchi, a senior executive officer at Square Enix Holdings, posted his dismay on Twitter,
as translated by Andriasang, noting his worry.
"Because we merged with Eidos and had games like
Tomb Raider,
Deus Ex and
Hitman, as a company we were able to keep face," he explained.
"But the decline in Japanese titles was almost humiliating. This has been a week where I worried daily about how we can fix this." The company did, however, have a number of Japanese titles on display, including
Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Last month
saw Square Enix announce a huge loss for the last fiscal year, with the company stating that poor video game sales and a costly delay in billing for key subscription-based MMORPG
Final Fantasy XIV Online were to blame.
There was cause for celebration, however, as the entire
Final Fantasy game series
surpassed 100 million units shipped in total.
