Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Fails to Meet Square Enix’s Sales Expectations

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a game published by Square Enix. It was released in August 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The game did not meet sales expectations due to low player engagement, according to reports from Gematsu

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has failed to meet Square Enix’s sales expectations. The game is not as popular as expected and has been pushed back from its original release date.

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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy had generally positive reviews and even won the “best story” prize at the 2021 Game Awards, but a recent financial report from Square Enix suggests that the publisher is not totally happy with the revenue that the action-adventure game has so far brought in. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy “undershot” its early estimates, according to Square Enix, in its 3Q FY2022/3 Financial Results Briefing. There is no actual indication of how many copies Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has managed to sell since its debut in October 2021. The publisher’s financial goals for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy are unknown, but Square Enix is trying to boost sales by offering the game more often.

Financial Results Briefing for 3Q FY2022/ (Square Enix)

While titles like “OUTRIDERS,” “NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…,” and “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” were released by the HD Games sub-segment, its net sales were lower than in the same period of the previous fiscal year, when titles like “FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE” and “Marvel’s Avengers” had been released.
In Q3, “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” was released under the HD Games category. The game’s early sales fell short of what we had anticipated, despite positive reviews.
However, the sales tactics we started in November 2021 and kept up into the new year have led to an increase in sales, and we want to keep working to do so in order to make up for the title’s sluggish start.

Square Enix Is Difficult To Satisfy (Kotaku)

It seems to be difficult to appease Square Enix at this time. The best-selling game in one of the most recognizable series in gaming, Tomb Raider’s 2013 remake, was seen as a failure by Square Enix.
Outriders, a co-op shooter, quickly surpassed 3.5 million players last spring despite widespread accusations of broken functioning, and Square even claimed it was “on pace to become the company’s next big brand.” However, People Can Fly, the game’s producer, claimed in August that it had not yet received any royalties from Square Enix.
A third installment of the Deus Ex reboot series, developed by the same studio as Guardians of the Galaxy, was quietly canceled by Square Enix in 2017, according to sources who spoke to Kotaku. This decision was made because the most recent installment, 2016’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, did not perform as well as the company had hoped. which may be an arbitrary integer.