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[JumperX]

I am hearing some people saying Yoshida this and that, but I thought Yoshida was just another employee or is he part or the producers? Or the executive directives?

This peoblem comes from the administration office/department. The big business men and investors are the ones who have the final decisions.

[Texa]

I am hearing some people saying Yoshida this and that, but I thought Yoshida was just another employee or is he part or the producers? Or the executive directives?

This kind of thing is likely far out of Yoshi-P's control.

Like, he's mentioned that he doesn't get the final say on how the mogstation is run "the queen of the mogstation" does. SE has a reputation for making all of kinds of poorly advised executive decisions in general from top to bottom and doing everything they can to milk every single last penny out of their fans with odd overpriced merch. They're not on Konami's level in terms of putting their shareholders above their staff, but stuff like what happened with Hideo Kojima isn't that unusual when it comes to making video games for Japanese publishers because of how the entertainment business functions in Japan.

[Avatre]

SE has a reputation for making all of kinds of poorly advised executive decisions in general from top to bottom and doing everything they can to milk every single last penny out of their fans with

All companies do. Someone high enough in the chain wants something a certain way, despite the people who actually handle that normally saying it is a bad idea/will create more work/cause people to leave the company(both internal and external customers), but what the higher up says goes 99% of the time. And this comes from personal experience(I do payroll for the company I work for, and I tell them how bad the timing of things is...they don't care and want it done now)

[Zarabeth]

All companies do. Someone high enough in the chain wants something a certain way, despite the people who actually handle that normally saying it is a bad idea/will create more work/cause people to leave the company(both internal and external customers), but what the higher up says goes 99% of the time. And this comes from personal experience(I do payroll for the company I work for, and I tell them how bad the timing of things is...they don't care and want it done now)

I've been playing Squeenix games since FFXI was a couple years old land imo they have gotten much worse over the years as to money grubbing. That said, I highly doubt Yoshida has any input into their financial moves. To be honest, I was shocked that they put a cash shop in a pay to play game, but that does seem to be the trend now. I also think that pulling this trick one month after releasing Stormblood is a pretty horrible move.