Quote Originally Posted by kpxmanifesto View Post
I somewhat disagree with this. While him crying was probably genuine, the guy is in fact paid by SE to help promote and sell the game. Sure he's passionate about developing and helping FFXIV grow, but he does this also for the ulterior motive of generating as much profit as possible for the corporation that he's an employee of. It's just his job to do so and it's why SE chose him to take over the project.
And who cares? Obviously he must make sure the game generates profit, otherwise it will die.
You are free to believe what you want, but I am pretty confident Yoshida's focus is to make a great game and not to make money he has no time to spend.