Yoshida stepped down from the board of directors

[Catwho]

Squaresoft and later on Square Enix have had a cycle of Stupid Decisions that Nearly Destroy The Company, followed up by a success that lets them recover and get good enough again to make another stupid mistake.

The OG "Final Fantasy" was so named because they thought it would be the last game they published.

Square's failed attempt at making a movie with The Spirits Within wasted so much money that they had to get married to Enix for the money.

XIV 1.0 bombed so badly that - well, we all know that story already.

Their mishandling of the Marvel IP is just the latest disaster in a long legacy of disasters.

I think if SE forces XIV to flirt with NFTs, it'll be ones outside of the game, not within it. Enough fanboy whales will pay for a limited edition digital Y'shtola painting to justify releasing it on the Square Enix store, not the XIV / Mogstation store.

[Vahlnir]

Except it's been already confirmed there's no NFTs on the way for XIV, so all this does is muddle the conversation for no reason.

Nothing has been confirmed other than Yoshi P's displeasure with the idea of hosting them. He can dislike it all he wants, but if the CEO wants NFTs in FF XIV, he will have them and he will have to deal with it. I'm not saying I agree with it, but that's just how the world works.

[Theodric]

Nothing has been confirmed other than Yoshi P's displeasure with the idea of hosting them. He can dislike it all he wants, but if the CEO wants NFTs in FF XIV, he will have them.

Aye.

I'm sceptical that they'll never come to FFXIV on the basis that they're currently happy to promote merchandise that costs £1000 and £250 during Live Letters.

Let's not forget, many people were fiercely against microtransactions and loot boxes when they were first proposed but over time they gained a foothold and now it's more likely than not to find them present in a game.

[Vahlnir]

Aye.

I'm sceptical that they'll never come to FFXIV on the basis that they're currently happy to promote merchandise that costs £1000 and £250 during Live Letters.

Let's not forget, many people were fiercely against microtransactions and loot boxes when they were first proposed but over time they gained a foothold and now it's more likely than not to find them present in a game.

Yeah, the SE store has action figures costing hundreds of dollars and statues that range from a few hundred dollars to thousands. I don't see it happening at the moment, but it can't be ruled out.

[anhaato]

The OP linked the wrong board list, which may or may not have been intentional.



^^^

Izar pointed this out in an above post.

What exactly do you take me for?

[anhaato]

Misinformed, post edited, everyone move along

[Kolsykol]

Nothing has been confirmed other than Yoshi P's displeasure with the idea of hosting them. He can dislike it all he wants, but if the CEO wants NFTs in FF XIV, he will have them and he will have to deal with it. I'm not saying I agree with it, but that's just how the world works.

There's no sign at all of them being added to FFXIV.
Just because something makes it into one game published by a company doesn't mean it'll make it into everything.
A studio/ publisher can have mtx and lootboxes in a game it doesn't mean they'll have it in every game under their umbrella.

I expect Yoshi-P to have the most insight on this and if he says they're not on the way I'll believe him.
There's no need to worry for the sake of worrying when there's nothing really indicating that it'll happen.

[Lauront]

Except it's been already confirmed there's no NFTs on the way for XIV, so all this does is muddle the conversation for no reason.

Do you have the source where this is confirmed? Thanks.

[AwesomeJr44]

They already said that's not happening. Let's not spread misinformation or make stuff up.

Right. Just like they said they'd never add housing demolition. SE has said a lot of stuff and not all of it has been true. If we're not gonna spread misinformation or make stuff up, let's not pretend SE has a perfect track record with their promises. I could 100% see them adding NFTs a couple years from now. Their promises have been broken before, they now mean NOTHING.

Except it's been already confirmed there's no NFTs on the way for XIV, so all this does is muddle the conversation for no reason.

Confirmed means nothing when 'confirmed' or 'deconfirmed' things have been proven to be false.

Do you have the source where this is confirmed? Thanks.

https://www.fanfiction.net/

You're welcome

[Vahlnir]

What exactly do you take me for?

Misinformed

Answered your own question.

There's no sign at all of them being added to FFXIV.
Just because something makes it into one game published by a company doesn't mean it'll make it into everything.
A studio/ publisher can have mtx and lootboxes in a game it doesn't mean they'll have it in every game under their umbrella.

I expect Yoshi-P to have the most insight on this and if he says they're not on the way I'll believe him.
There's no need to worry for the sake of worrying when there's nothing really indicating that it'll happen.

I'm not worried. I'm just saying that it can happen, and just because Yoshi P doesn't like it, that doesn't mean it's impossible. His word is not gospel, as he has proved time and again. Like I said, nothing has been confirmed one way or another.