Yoshi-P set to be on the Board of Directors at SE.

[DeaconMoore]

No, but we can expect a shift in gameplay, mechanics, etc, to begin with new ffxiv leadership. Yoshi P moving up is good for Yoshi P, not necessarily for your dreams about the future of ffxiv.

[technole]

this would prob force him to give up his dual role of producer and director and just be one or the other, most likely the non-public face of producer. He would probably disappear from live letters and such, only making token appearances in public.

Not really.

Business leaders who sit on a Board of Directors always do that job along with their regular jobs. BoDs meet every now and then about the direction of the company. Square-Enix CEO Matsuda also has a good relationship with YoshiP so this is a very natural selection considering his success of XIV over the years. Matsuda has also shown up for each expansion release date announcements, so he is very visible to the fanbase.

In the US it's even more common for a public company's Board of Directors to also be outsiders to the company. Tim Cook, CEO Apple is also on the Board of Directors at Nike. Do you think he has any less involvement at Apple? Today there is a Nike-branded Apple Watch, among other references to their relationship in both their products.

[Sorimachi87]

Congratulations Yoshida-P
Good luck on your new task!

[InkstainedGwyn]

Boards of Directors usually meet at set times and make overarching plans/decisions, but it's not a day job. Nothing will likely change for him in regards to FFXIV duties and responsibilities.

[Claviusnex]

I don't know how this would play out. As the board sets general direction and appoints the executives it could turn out to be negative for FF XIV. Yoshi-P has a goo understanding of the FF XIV revenue and could use that to help allocate more money away and towards areas the board thinks are more promising long term. He could also turn out to be an FF XIV champion. It is just too early to tell ans past positions don't always portend how a person will handle a new job.

[ShanXiv]

Yoshi-P plays things too safe and doesn't try to make lasting content (yes I know about diadem but more could have been done, or he could have made diadem better before releasing it). I wasn't around for the 1.0 days but I heard that the director was bad. Yoshi saved the game for 2.0 but since then the formula hasn't changed. It has gotten to the point that it's stale and it's repetitive.

We need a director who isn't afraid to take risks, risks that will pay off, a director who makes lasting content that helps the game grow, and a director who mixes up the formula so it doesn't remind as stale as a old pretzel.

I'm sure Yoshi is a nice guy, but it's time for a change, one that will help FFXIV grow as time goes on, cause unless something changes, this stale formula will continue and nothing will change.

The 1.0 Director wasn't that bad, he maybe too lazy & work inefficient, but contents he added in 1.1x-1.2x are more fun than now. (NMs,Skirmish , Hamlet defense, Faction Leves, Relic quests)

Game companies should not fire some people like: Hironobu Sakaguchi， Hiromichi Tanaka, Kojima Hideo, Yasumi Matsuno
it's like Apple fired Steve Jobs in the 80's, it may get some commercial success for a while，
but how about the long run, how about the product (game) quality,

Will there be any new amazing titles in the future, like Metal gear, Final Fantasy, Tactics Ogre, Secret of Mana? or just more & more mediocre,rehash games? something like the Chrono Trigger PC version?....
Will SE & Konami follow the same route of the 80-90's Apple, and will finally bring back these talented guys? oh...I don't know.but history is always surprisingly similar

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

The 1.0 Director wasn't that bad, he maybe too lazy & work inefficient, but contents he added in 1.1x-1.2x are more fun than now. (NMs,Skirmish , Hamlet defense, Faction Leves, Relic quests)

you do realize that the one who added these things is Yoshida right? Not the previous director.

Also, for those who keep bring up "server limitations" I think you are confusing something. There is "server" the hardware, and "server" the software. I believe in the case of XIV, the "limitations" are on the software side, not hardware. The whole "80s servers garbage lol" thing is a meme, not true. The NA servers are new, they did not move the ones from Canada to the US when the datacenter moved. They are simply running legacy code that makes it hard to implement certain things. This is what needs to be fixed, not hardware.

[Pomelo]

Yoshi-P plays things too safe and doesn't try to make lasting content (yes I know about diadem but more could have been done, or he could have made diadem better before releasing it). I wasn't around for the 1.0 days but I heard that the director was bad. Yoshi saved the game for 2.0 but since then the formula hasn't changed. It has gotten to the point that it's stale and it's repetitive.

We need a director who isn't afraid to take risks, risks that will pay off, a director who makes lasting content that helps the game grow, and a director who mixes up the formula so it doesn't remind as stale as a old pretzel.

I'm sure Yoshi is a nice guy, but it's time for a change, one that will help FFXIV grow as time goes on, cause unless something changes, this stale formula will continue and nothing will change.

Indeed totally agree with you, we need some new staff who want to take risks and change the types of content we get.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Indeed totally agree with you, we need some new staff who want to take risks and change the types of content we get.

In what way?

Diadem was different content when released, no one liked it. People harped on it saying dino island was boring. There were many other areas you could go to and farm, but people wanted the most efficient one, and then didn't want to do anything else so it was bad because there was only dino island. I'm pretty sure people have complained about every new type of content we have gotten, because it "wasnt what we wanted when we said new, different content".

[seraf]

In what way?

Diadem was different content when released, no one liked it. People harped on it saying dino island was boring. There were many other areas you could go to and farm, but people wanted the most efficient one, and then didn't want to do anything else so it was bad because there was only dino island. I'm pretty sure people have complained about every new type of content we have gotten, because it "wasnt what we wanted when we said new, different content".

POTD has been a major success though and people still do it to this day even though it's super outdated content.