Yoshida stepped down from the board of directors

[anhaato]

Answered your own question.

Damn, and here I thought I was deliberately posting misinformation!

[Kranel_San]

Prelude to the end

[Vahlnir]

Damn, and here I thought I was deliberately posting misinformation!

Some people like to the stir the pot around here. I was keeping an open mind to both possibilities. If that wasn't your intent, then that's fine!

[DiaDeem]

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.

-sigh-
I sometimes believe you people don't even watch live letters or any kind of official communication from Yoshida...
Unlike the "Go play ultimate" quote that the Forums invented, here's an actual full quote from Yoshida, as well as the source:

"Based on how Final Fantasy XIV is designed, we don't intend on incorporating any sort of NFT element on the game at this point, so if anybody is worried or concerned about it, I can clearly state at this time we do not have any intentions to incorporate that into the game."

He's not saying he has a distaste of this or that... he's saying "No" (twice) and that's it.

[Lihtleita]

i think we should have shaved hrothgar just to see how weird they are

[DiaDeem]

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.

Care to post a source on that? Sorry if I chose not to take anyone on these forums at their word.

[Vahlnir]

-sigh-
I sometimes believe you people don't even watch live letters or any kind of official communication from Yoshida...
Unlike the "Go play ultimate" quote that the Forums invented, here's an actual full quote from Yoshida, as well as the source:

"Based on how Final Fantasy XIV is designed, we don't intend on incorporating any sort of NFT element on the game at this point, so if anybody is worried or concerned about it, I can clearly state at this time we do not have any intentions to incorporate that into the game."

He's not saying he has a distaste of this or that... he's saying "No" and that's it.

I watch them, but I take everything that is said with a huge grain of salt. Anymore, his word means little. "At this time..." is also open ended. The possibility is there if the CEO wants it to happen, though I do think it is unlikely given their other avenues for revenue, and the recent NFT market crash. As I said, I'm not particularly worried about this, but I do think that some people are letting their trust in Yoshi P cloud their judgement. He does not speak for the company, the shareholders or his boss.

[Lauront]

Care to post a source on that? Sorry if I chose not to take anyone on these forums at their word.

Well, I am not sure then if you'll trust Yoshi posting on the forum but it will have to do. At the 1:14:22 question.

[AwesomeJr44]

I sometimes believe you people don't even watch live letters or any kind of official communication from Yoshida...

I sometimes believe you people haven't even watched any live letters or any kind of official communications from Yoshida that haven't occured in the past week...

"Based on how Final Fantasy XIV is designed, we don't intend on incorporating any sort of NFT element on the game at this point, so if anybody is worried or concerned about it, I can clearly state at this time we do not have any intentions to incorporate that into the game."

'Not yet'. This states that they do not CURRENTLY have intentions to add it to the game, not that they NEVER will. And no, you can't interpret this as a clear statement that they never will. That would be 'spreading misinformation', as you put it.

He's not saying he has a distaste of this or that... he's saying "No" (twice) and that's it.

He's not saying he has a distaste of this or that... he's saying "Not at the moment" and that's it.

Care to post a source on that? Sorry if I chose not to take anyone on these forums at their word.

Nah, if you don't remember that clearly happening, do some research. I'm not Wikipedia.

[DiaDeem]

Well, I am not sure then if you'll trust Yoshi posting on the forum but it will have to do. At the 1:14:22 question.

Thanks! Appreciate the source.
If anything this shows how much of a mess the housing system is. They clearly underestimated the demand. By this, auto demo should never return. Disappointing indeed.