The First SE NFT.

[Vahlnir]

I bet 1 year to start arriving at FFXIV. Anyone want to bet with me?

I think 1 year is a very generous estimate.

[Thaciscokidd]

I bet 1 year to start arriving at FFXIV. Anyone want to bet with me?

I think they'll respect Yoshi P's wishes and keep it out of the game but on that nice upcomming (probably Emet Selch for maximum effect) statuette......

[technole]

I think they'll respect Yoshi P's wishes and keep it out of the game but on that nice upcomming (probably Emet Selch for maximum effect) statuette......

Yep, exactly. He only said the game, but SE will certainly continue to grow this bottom line:

[Raoabolic]

I think they'll respect Yoshi P's wishes....

Dude, they had to compromise between an ingame cash shop button in the game or not by adding a popup in the inn. In fact, I would bet that 8.0 will have a special edition that has an NFT something or another bundled into it for a significantly higher price than the other versions of the expansion. Prove me wrong SE, I doubt you will, but prove me wrong~!

[Kranel_San]

I'm kind of glad that FFXII is one of my favorite FF games, and that it's not that popular. SE won't bother milking it.

Makes me wonder who's next on the list....

[Boblawblah]

Luckily, with how much fan service is available in VII, they'll be milking that for another decade, so the other game are safe for now.

[Garruss]

I hope people don't buy this crap to show them we don't want nfts

[LeonKeyh]

I think they'll respect Yoshi P's wishes and keep it out of the game but on that nice upcomming (probably Emet Selch for maximum effect) statuette......

As soon as population starts dropping they'll use it as an excuse to implement it. I suspect that 7.0 will be "ok" and will see the sharpest community fall off since Stormblood and that they'll say "Look, we did it your way and now we've lost revenue. We're going to do this now."

[Theodric]

As soon as population starts dropping they'll use it as an excuse to implement it. I suspect that 7.0 will be "ok" and will see the sharpest community fall off since Stormblood and that they'll say "Look, we did it your way and now we've lost revenue. We're going to do this now."

It might happen sooner, depending on how 6.2 goes. Island Sanctuary launching with a plethora of issues would likely cause them to arrive sooner. Though other games within the company launching to the 'Babylon's Fall' effect would also advance the encroachment of NFT's elsewhere.

[ReynTime]

I think they'll respect Yoshi P's wishes and keep it out of the game but on that nice upcomming (probably Emet Selch for maximum effect) statuette......

That's not how business decisions work. If at any point Yosuke Matsuda tells him "I want NFTs in FFXIV. It's one of our biggest IPs and it makes total sense to make extra through NFTs from that very large active customer base", if Yoshida or his team fail to provide strong enough evidence to convince him otherwise, it doesn't matter what he "wishes".
Moreover Yoshida tried to defend NFTs in a live letter so he's not against the concept, he just doesn't see how it would fit in XIV. He doesn't see NFT as something inherently bad.

But I don't know why I bother explaining this. Majority of the XIV fanbase thinks he's some kind of paragon of everything nice they want in a human being when he's just... a producer doing producer things without being a bad human being.