YoshiP “Torn" Over What to do with the Scions (Interview)

[Nebelheim]

It feels yoshi-p possibly didn't play test dawntrail and left all responsibilities to junior staff and told them "have fun and try to be creative" while not overlooking anything and being too trusting that junior devs would make something good/playable. And it also felt yoshi-p was more out of touch then usual or corporate putting him on way too many projects at once while trying to maintain ff14 but also putting more responsibility onto others.

[OdinelStarrei]

It feels yoshi-p possibly didn't play test dawntrail and left all responsibilities to junior staff and told them "have fun and try to be creative" while not overlooking anything and being too trusting that junior devs would make something good/playable. And it also felt yoshi-p was more out of touch then usual or corporate putting him on way too many projects at once while trying to maintain ff14 but also putting more responsibility onto others.

Remember when Naoki Yoshida delayed an expansion because he "just couldn’t contain his desire to further improve Endwalker’s quality"? (an attempt was made)

Remember when Naoki Yoshida took massive risks rebooting 1.0 instead of writing the entire game off as a loss like how Square Enix executives wanted? (risky, dangerous, unheard of, groundbreaking)

Remember when Naoki Yoshida would practically micromanage projects to ensure that it met the high standards of his life's work? (personal investment and responsibility for the ship he is steering)

Where did that guy go? Who is this Public Relations Representative that has his skin?

[Nebelheim]

Remember when Naoki Yoshida delayed an expansion because he "just couldn’t contain his desire to further improve Endwalker’s quality"? (an attempt was made)

Remember when Naoki Yoshida took massive risks rebooting 1.0 instead of writing the entire game off as a loss like how Square Enix executives wanted? (risky, dangerous, unheard of, groundbreaking)

Remember when Naoki Yoshida would practically micromanage projects to ensure that it met the high standards of his life's work? (personal investment and responsibility for the ship he is steering)

Where did that guy go? Who is this Public Relations Representative that has his skin?

It does feel like we have a completely different yoship this time around even compared to the release of just one expansion ago. I don't know if corporate put him and a portion of the ff14 dev team onto too many projects at once since it's rumored his division is working on 2 other secretive projects other then ff14 currently and he doesn't have the time to oversee and put all his time on ff14. Or if there are other reasons things turned out how it did with dawntrail.