Naoki Yoshida interview @Gamescom

[Kosmos992k]

I honestly considered to stop reading when I saw "Yoshida-san".

I could have said Mr Yoshida, or even Yoshi-P, but I went with the Japanese honorific since he is Japanese, I see no reason why I should not use simple polite language when discussing something he's said or done.

The problem I specifically have with how he handles the game is, that he has a set vision and is not very willing to go away from that vision.

A game maker without a vision and the guts to stick with it is simply a populist and will ultimately drive their game into the ground.

As for him catering to the "loudest" voices. All he does is cater to the JAPANESE community and even then it is things that fit in his set vision.

All he does is cater to the Japanese community? Really? That totally explains this then...

Duel Mode
We've received numerous requests to implement dueling from the North America region, and so we're pleased to announce the addition of a duel mode in Patch 3.4!

quoted from;
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3849410

North America, not Japan...

Also, I'm pretty sure that it was not the Japanese audience that were clamoring for an EU data center.

He only listens to the voices that are convenient for him. And no, he does not understand the community. Look at LoV. People wanted some small minion fight minigame.Maybe be able to challenge someone they stand next to and have their minions brawl. What we got was a convoluted system using DF.

What you got was a mini RTS game at the GS, with a DF lobby added later. But you described a trading card game, which was already added - called Triple Triad. So rather than add another trading card game, they tried to give us a RTS game instead. I appreciate the effort, even if it is difficult to use (controller)