Square said that most of the funds selling their European and American development departments will not invest in NFTS and blockchain.

5月2日，Gearbox所有者Embracer集团宣布将以3亿美元的价格收购原SE旗下的水晶动力、Eidos蒙特利尔、史克威尔蒙特利尔工作室以及包括《古墓丽影》、《杀出重围》、《A series of IPs, including the Kane Heritage "and" Kane Heritage ".

Square said at the time: "The transaction will promote investment in the fields of blockchain, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, and start new business."

However, at the full annual financial report conference on May 13, CEO Matsuma Yoyou said that the sales of these studios and IP will be used to strengthen the company's core game business instead of investing in NFTS and blockchain.

He said: "Compared to new investment fields such as NFT and blockchain, we intend to use it mainly to support our existing work, cultivate a solid IP, and enhance our development in the field of core digital entertainment fields.ability."

"Our intention is to financing for our new investment areas. These are separated from our core business. We are considering various possibilities, including CVCs that may be established."

When talking about the decision to sell overseas studios and IP, Matsuda said: "Its main purpose is to regain our IP combination."

He added: "We specially reviewed our studio and game combination. This is mainly from the perspective of strengthening our online games developed for the North American and European markets."

"We hope to focus on creating new games that meet our strategy, including those games that use new IPs. The" Praise Defense "series will still be our IP, and we are developing the new game of this series." Matsuda may refer to "Justice" "PragmaticDefense "mobile version, this delayed release of free games is currently scheduled to be released in 2022.

In the Q & A session, Matsuda was asked whether the sale of multiple European and American studios means that the company will only focus on the development of online games in overseas markets.

He responded: "We don't necessarily focus on online games, but they do represent one of our key areas in the future. We intend to develop games with greater scalability and flexibility."

In the fiscal year of SE as of March 2022, "Final Fantasy 14" performed well.Promoted by the "Final Road of Xiaoyue" in December last year, the sales of this MMO game helped offset the company's sales decline in the "HD game" field."Galaxy Guard" and other games failed to meet expectations.