I’m a little surprised to see this given that apparently Xbox rewrote a lot of internal policies specifically for this game. I know that Xbox was making a lot of unusual demands in the beginning (chat, their own servers, the paywall) but it seems that even if those issues are solved now they just don’t have the manpower to expand to another platform right now.

At the end of the day I’m sure this was a hard decision for Yoship to make, but I’m glad he’s looking out for the team and fans alike. Square might have the money, but the FFXIV doesn’t have the manpower or time, it seems. Also I imagine trying to do this in time for the expansion with most of the staff being WFH due to Covid would probably be a nightmare. The game would suffer for it.

It’s not ideal, but I don’t think this is an excuse as much as a valid reason. Sorry though, OP. That sucks.