"Cursed Land" can be said to be the beginning and the end, and after the mediocre start, the player's evaluation can be said to be tasteless. Players' opinions are also fed back into the wallet of publisher Square Enix. According to SE's official performance report, the sales of "Cursed Land" did not meet their expectations.
In its new financial results report, SE said that the game "Spelllands" has always been a challenging game in the official view, and they have received positive feedback on the game's action mechanics, such as parkour and combat. This feedback will allow SE to improve its development capabilities in other areas in the future. But sales of Cursed Land have been sluggish, leaving SE concerned about a considerable downside in the company's earnings in the third quarter of fiscal 2023.
In addition to the unfavorable success of "Cursed Land", SE chief accountant Atsushi Matsuda said that SE's small and medium-sized new games did not perform as well as they expected, which also affected the revenue of the HD game division. While SE is still trying to keep sales and profits growing, he has to admit that it's hard to get it right. As SE's revenue fell into setbacks again, a new round of personnel and business changes were made within the company. President Yosuke Matsuda is about to be replaced, and Luminous Productions, the developer of Cursed Lands, has been merged into SE Headquarters.