Letter From the Producer IX.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

All game development takes a long time, it's been a standard since the 70s. The time varies but as technology grew so did development time. Most games these days take 1.5-5 years to produce, MMORPG wise, updates takes months to years to produce and you generally hear about it when it's about to be released.

Agreed. Unless you're talking about games like Diablo III which is going on 8+ years of development! Also, it's a Blizzard game for those forum goers that think Blizzard is the golden child and can accomplish anything in half the time it is taking SE. News flash: They can't.

[Quisi]

Agreed. Unless you're talking about games like Diablo III which is going on 8+ years of development! Also, it's a Blizzard game for those forum goers that think Blizzard is the golden child and can accomplish anything in half the time it is taking SE. News flash: They can't.

At least when Blizzard releases something it's polished and fun.. SE is slow on updates and most of their recent patches were pathetic. At the same time I think most of their patches weren't good because they were working on some big changes at the same time. Let's hope patch 1.18 will be bigger and add something good to the game.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

At least when Blizzard releases something it's polished and fun.. SE is slow on updates and most of their recent patches were pathetic. At the same time I think most of their patches weren't good because they were working on some big changes at the same time. Let's hope patch 1.18 will be bigger and add something good to the game.

Part of your post is based on your own opinion, but I will breeze past that. Most people on these forums agree that FFXIV was rushed to release. With that said, the game is still very much in a DEVELOPMENT phase. Therefore the "update schedule" is far different for this game than for MMOs that are ready on release. SE is not just updating content, they are still developing the game which accounts for their seemingly painfully slow process.

[Jennestia]

At least when Blizzard releases something it's polished and fun.. SE is slow on updates and most of their recent patches were pathetic. At the same time I think most of their patches weren't good because they were working on some big changes at the same time. Let's hope patch 1.18 will be bigger and add something good to the game.

Seiken Densetsu 1 - 4 was amazing.
Chrono Trigger was and still is considered one of the best RPGs around
Chrono Cross was amazing
Xenogears was amazing.
Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, Tactics, Crystal Chronicles and Tactics 2 were amazing.
Romancing Saga 1 - 3 were amazing.
Saga Frontier was great.
Valkyrie Profile/Vagrant Story was amazing.
The World Ends with You was amazing
Kingdom Hearts was great.
Dissidia/Duodecim was amazing.

So yes, SE does make great fun games.

[Quisi]

Seiken Densetsu 1 - 4 was amazing.
Chrono Trigger was and still is considered one of the best RPGs around
Chrono Cross was amazing
Xenogears was amazing.
Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, Tactics, Crystal Chronicles and Tactics 2 were amazing.
Romancing Saga 1 - 3 were amazing.
Saga Frontier was great.
Valkyrie Profile/Vagrant Story was amazing.
The World Ends with You was amazing
Kingdom Hearts was great.
Dissidia/Duodecim was amazing.

So yes, SE does make great fun games.

Did I say SE makes bad games? They used to make very good games but you can't deny that Blizzard is still making good games. You can like or dislike their games but at least they are playable.

[Ostia]

Seiken Densetsu 1 - 4 was amazing.
Chrono Trigger was and still is considered one of the best RPGs around
Chrono Cross was amazing
Xenogears was amazing.
Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, Tactics, Crystal Chronicles and Tactics 2 were amazing.
Romancing Saga 1 - 3 were amazing.
Saga Frontier was great.
Valkyrie Profile/Vagrant Story was amazing.
The World Ends with You was amazing
Kingdom Hearts was great.
Dissidia/Duodecim was amazing.

So yes, SE does make great fun games.

Half or more of those game's where ok, not classics, except for xenogears, FFT, FFVI and CC/CT

[Ostia]

Agreed. Unless you're talking about games like Diablo III which is going on 8+ years of development! Also, it's a Blizzard game for those forum goers that think Blizzard is the golden child and can accomplish anything in half the time it is taking SE. News flash: They can't.

They can, they have a much bigger dedicated team and well they do have infinite resources as compared to SE. Also diablo III has not been in development for 8+years, thats like saying SC2 was in development for the last 12 years, wish is not true, they only started development 5-4 yrs ago

[Mack]

They can, they have a much bigger dedicated team and well they do have infinite resources as compared to SE. Also diablo III has not been in development for 8+years, thats like saying SC2 was in development for the last 12 years, wish is not true, they only started development 5-4 yrs ago

No one has infinite resources and I'd even guess that SE has much more resources available to them considering they work on a million games at a time, I just think Blizzard manages their resources better and don't overdo it by concentrating on one or two games at a time.

[Ostia]

No one has infinite resources and I'd even guess that SE has much more resources available to them considering they work on a million games at a time, I just think Blizzard manages their resources better and don't overdo it by concentrating on one or two games at a time.

Just out of World of Warcraft Blizzard has made more money than Se has out of the entire FF franchise..... So yeah you where saying ?

[Silent]

Just out of World of Warcraft Blizzard has made more money than Se has out of the entire FF franchise..... So yeah you where saying ?

I highly doubt that... with FFVII and FFXIII combined SE has made more money than WoW (The Retail Game Discs) in Sales.
Not to mention they had tons of other great selling games, FF10, and 9... the list don't stop. Also, once they release their games, they don't have to keep updating them, adding content, have a "HUGE" development team that they pay quite a lot for. Monthly fee's cover this, and give them profit I'm sure. But they haven't earned more than the Final Fantasy Franchise.