True. Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman all sold well. Yet they didn't generate enough profit to keep Square Enix in the black. The same goes for their mobile gaming. With their pay-up-front mobile games, they basically broke even, but their fortunes rose dramatically when they gradually migrated from…

This is how most of CrunchyRoll looks by default. Everywhere else, I seem to get nothing but ads about dealing with alcoholism and drug rehabilitation.

Clearly you've not experienced the horrors inflicted by knee ponies, prancing in pools of children's tears.

nods

Actually, Square wasn't doing very well, and their latest efforts are also FTP. In any case, their tradtional-sale products didn't generate as much revenue as, say, Puzzle and Dragons or Candy Crush. The other options are certainly there, but it's gonna take a ballsy company, an entirely new approach or the eventual…

I really don't want this to end.

I'd buy a whole gem pack for $19.99 (best value!) that will allow me to purchase another bear.

I started reading this from the top, and initially thought "oh, this would all be pretty simple." Then I started scrolling down... and scrolling... and scrolling... and then I leaned forward as my hand gently cupped my forehead.

So what's your bet on when this bubble is gonna burst? It seems like 2000 all over again.

Sounds cool, no? Those of us who enjoy RPGs but don't speak Japanese have missed out on some solid games due to the impenetrable language barrier, and this seems like a fun way to learn at least the basics of Glorious Nipponese.

Only bearly.

But you're a bear.

I think I'm gonna need that endless bottle of scotch.

He will perceive your outstretched arms of protest as a request for a hug. Like any true rapist would.

I'll click an ad about it.

That's $20 I am looking to make.

And it's often (although not always) bad business to publicly reveal that you don't care about the feelings of the consumer. The whole "durr it's a company that does it for the money" sarcasm is obnoxiously trite, so let's stop that please. What's less obvious and more liquid is the perception. Will Nintendo be…

Preposterous. That's Link's sword.

Unfortunately, the traditional sales model doesn't work in the mobile market. Either you go free ad-based, free with micro-transactions, or both. The vast population of casuals who generate all this income outright ignore games that ask you to buy up front, because "free" is the overriding expectation in this…