Square Enix is following Ubisoft by abandoning live service Foamstars less than a year after it launched, but it's still live for now.
The party never ends… except when it does It’s not being shut down yet, but another live service game, this one from Square Enix , will stop seeing updates less than a year after it came out. There was a time when live service games were lucky to last a year, but now it seems to have reached a point where they can’t even be sustained for that long. You’re probably already familiar with Sony’s shocking decision to pull Concord from sale just two weeks after launch.
Going free-to-play did help to boost player numbers, but TrueTrophies suggests that the number of people playing only went up by 48% in October, meaning it still couldn’t reach the highs of its February launch. Perhaps part of the blame can be laid on its PlayStation exclusivity. Both Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launched as PlayStation 5 exclusives and ultimately failed to meet Square Enix’s sales expectations.
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