Dualshockers reports that NieR: Automata is a big success for Square Enix:

NieR: Automata Sold “Significantly Above” Plans; Square Enix has “Aggressive” Plans for the West

Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda reveals that Yoko Taro's NieR: Automata did much better than expected, and talks about plans for the future.

Today Square Enix released the transcripts of the latest quarterly conference for investors, providing some interesting information about its business.

First of all, CEO Yosuke Matsuda mentioned that NieR: Automata was an earnings contributor in the past quarter (with Final Fantasy XV being the greatest contributor), generating sales “significantly above” the plans.

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