NEO: The World Ends With You might not have met Sq. Enix’s gross sales expectations, but when sufficient followers voice their help for a sequel, we might get one other entry.
That’s based on producer Tomohiko Hirano, who informed Nintendo Life that Sq. Enix has made no selections concerning the IP and its future, however there’s loads of materials price exploring additional that he’d prefer to dig into. Nonetheless, it has to make enterprise sense for the writer, who revealed in its newest earnings report that NEO: The World Ends With You‘s industrial efficiency didn’t precisely match its important success.
“Frankly talking, nothing has been determined by way of a subsequent installment,” Hirano informed Nintendo Life. “Nonetheless, as a recreation primarily based on an precise metropolis, there are nonetheless many areas that we nonetheless haven’t been capable of carry to life within the video games, so part of me needs to understand that indirectly. If gamers convey their ardour for the sport to us, our firm might resolve to allow us to make a sequel!”
For what it’s price, Sq. Enix did acknowledge that NEO: The World Ends With You was obtained nicely by gamers, so there’s some hope {that a} sequel may fare higher sales-wise.
In PlayStation LifeStyle’s review of the sport, Alanna Lataillade praised NEO: The World Ends With You for its fight and setting. Nonetheless, she felt prefer it didn’t welcome newcomers to the collection, which could be a part of the rationale it didn’t do nicely by way of gross sales.
[Source: Nintendo Life]
