Overview
- Square Enix has formed a joint research team with the University of Tokyo’s Matsuo‑Iwasawa Laboratory to build generative‑AI tools for QA and debugging, with a goal of automating 70% of those tasks by the end of 2027.
- The company is accelerating internal AI adoption through a company‑wide AI‑themed idea contest, with selected proposals now moving forward as internal projects.
- Management reaffirmed a simultaneous multiplatform release strategy, citing a 31% increase in back‑catalogue sales since the shift began in FY2024.
- The mobile portfolio will narrow to major franchises, with a Dragon Quest roguelike and a 3v3 Dissidia Final Fantasy slated for release on phones next year.
- The roadmap points to several large‑scale titles based on key IPs from FY2028/3 onward, with nearer‑term releases including Octopath Traveler 0 and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined.