Congrats Yoshi P. on your promotion

[AlexiaKidd]

So it would seem SE has deemed it nessessary to form a committee to ensure quality is returned to the Final Fanatsy brand and our very own Yoshi P. is one of the heads. Hopefully now we can a rest easy knowing that we will never have to see Lightning again.....
Oh wait :-/

SOURCE

I'm only kidding I know everyone loves Lightning really

Edit - just to add this doesn't mean he is being removed from FFXIV as some might seem. I believe this new position is on top of his duties to FFXIV so shouldn't interfere with development.

[thinkmad]

lmao... his direction wasn't even any good, what would promoting him do any different?

i wish there was a refund, but alas, i'll just consider my CE + 3 months sub as a lesson learned. i fell for the sweet talks and grand promises, only to be left disappointed and unsatisfied.

[CatofNineTails]

Yoshi is being removed from this game with a promotion. hmm. guess they don't want the stink of the last couple months of 3102 1017 2002 90,000 horrible dungeon latency RMT hacking and many many more issues sticking to the lead developer as Square Enix sits silently about so many issues. starting to hink they have already given up on the relaunch of this game. the friendly keep the players up to date has abruptly stopped when thousands of players were left hanging on the 3102 issue for days.

this very well could be SE trying to distance itself from the game itself. as the next phase could be the death of it. due to the atrocious launch and the miscalculation of how fast players can chew through content.if the next patch/expansion does not get a raving revue the exodus may be too big to ever call the remake a success making ARR a huge white elephant.

[TrystWildkey]

lmao... his direction wasn't even any good, what would promoting him do any different?

i wish there was a refund, but alas, i'll just consider my CE + 3 months sub as a lesson learned. i fell for the sweet talks and grand promises, only to be left disappointed and unsatisfied.

Wow, so disappointed and unsatisfied that you made a thread wanting to know why the queue to log in was so high.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...605-lol...-wtf

[bonedeaf]

Ok so now we need:

Dragon Quest X reborn (NEEDED!)

Final Fantasy XI reborn (can you imagine......the hate letters I mean.)

and we're good.

[thinkmad]

Wow, so disappointed and unsatisfied that you made a thread wanting to know why the queue to log in was so high.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...605-lol...-wtf

lol, never once i asked why the queue was so high. i created the thread to point out another flaw.. ergo the 'lol... wtf'

[Lithera]

He's not being removed from the game...and it isn't necessarily a promotion. Ive been part of several committees at work and none of them have been promotions or removed me from my responsibilities at the time. It looks like they're just putting together a team of good FF directors who can sit down 2 or 3 times a week and discuss the direction of the brand.

[CatofNineTails]

He's not being removed from the game...and it isn't necessarily a promotion. Ive been part of several committees at work and none of them have been promotions or removed me from my responsibilities at the time. It looks like they're just putting together a team of good FF directors who can sit down 2 or 3 times a week and discuss the direction of the brand.

that would assume the game hasn't already reached the tipping point between success and failure in SE's eyes. a couple hundred k players may not be good enough to turn around the amount spent on this game and if they lose any significant amount of those currently playing they may call it a failure.

[Reslin]

that would assume the game hasn't already reached the tipping point between success and failure in SE's eyes. a couple hundred k players may not be good enough to turn around the amount spent on this game and if they lose any significant amount of those currently playing they may call it a failure.

Only they know the data what we do know is FF11 in it's prime had 500,000 players. FF11 was also the most profitable Final Fantasy Game of all time. FF14 last we heard had 1,000,000 concurrent players. Even if they lose 50% of those people it would still be equal to FF11's prime which was still the most profitable final fantasy game of all time. They would need to lose well over 50% of their players in order to be viewed as a failure.

[AlexiaKidd]

that would assume the game hasn't already reached the tipping point between success and failure in SE's eyes. a couple hundred k players may not be good enough to turn around the amount spent on this game and if they lose any significant amount of those currently playing they may call it a failure.

You are forgetting that SE has stated numerous times they can not let a numbered Final Fantasy game fail and will spend whatever they need to redeem it.