Development Team Downsizing and Justification Makes no Sense

[Alhanelem]

PS5 exclusive is all that is wrong with XVI. It would have sold fine already if it was on steam

It's only timed exclusivity, it will come out on PC eventually.

The game is pretty terrible in every way from what I've seen, the more they show it off the less people are interested in it.

Stop trying to act as though you represent everyone. Your opinions are your own and you're welcome to them, but you don't represent anyone but yourself.

[Immortal]

It's only timed exclusivity, it will come out on PC eventually.


Stop trying to act as though you represent everyone. Your opinions are your own and you're welcome to them, but you don't represent anyone but yourself.

This is too funny to read this here...

[Sp1cyryan]

This is too funny to read this here...

You certainly do know the meaning of funny.

[Alhanelem]

This is too funny to read this here...

I mean, I now slap disclaimers on posts just for you. I shouldn't really have to do that, but because I like you so much, I'm making gosh darn clear to you when I'm giving an opinion.

[Pixela]

Sony obviously paid them a lot of money for 6 month+ exclusivity, which was probably the correct decision.

I don't even want to know what the budget was for the game, but it's disgraceful XIV and XI players are going to effectively be eating gruel for a while to pay for the failures of XVI.

[BobbinT]

... it's disgraceful XIV and XI players are going to effectively be eating gruel for a while to pay for the failures of XVI.

personally it doesn't rly hurt much, being both games already contains huge content. Also, can't think of making another huge disaster like that grand FF movie, right? ^^;

[ManaKing]

If it was the correct decision, then we wouldn't be 'eating gruel'. It would be planned for and there wouldn't be overt nay saying.

If anything they side stepped the release window for Zelda. They weren't going to come out ahead in that race.

There isn't some obvious path that leads to XI not being downsized. It's old and not massively popular. At least someone cares to try to do maintenance to keep it going.

[Pixela]

The game is pretty terrible in every way from what I've seen, the more they show it off the less people are interested in it.

To use some examples, Nier Automata had amazing music, really appealing characters and a story you wanted to know more about.
Devil May Cry had amazing music, a cool setting and cool characters.

What does FF16 have to attract people? the summons...the dog?

At least with exclusives they get a guaranteed payout.

Also Yoshida has been farming L's with his interviews, he needs to stop giving them.

[Immortal]

So proud of you

[Alhanelem]

It is hilarious how we have people here assuming FFXVI will fail just because they love FFXI and think that FFXVI hurts the game. There is literally no basis whatsoever for assuming it will fail. Your personal disintrest has virtually no bearing on the game's success or lack thereof. Until people actually get to play it, I don't really see any validity to this argument.