If that's how Yoshi feels about the company management...

[Scherwiz]

I think the only real problem with what he's saying is that by "the whole company" being behind him, FFXI is basically being thrown to the wolves.

Sorry to say but I do believe that carcass was picked clean around 2009 when they decided to not continue making full expansions.

[Alerith]

This. Part of me wishes the FFXIV community could all get together and throw the devs a party.

Nah. Someone would complain the lights are all wrong. Someone would complain about the time of day. Someone would complain about the location. Someone would complain that the graphics are a downgrade.

[Catapult]

Another thing we need to remember is that in Japanese business, a lot is built upon respect for your superiors and the need to earn your way up the corporate ladder from the very bottom. Based on what we know about Yoshida's previous work and background, this makes the move to appoint him to his current position even more interesting. This sort of thing doesn't happen every day.

It was going to take the authority of someone very high up in the company (read: Wada) to solve Square Enix's problems. A line needed to be drawn in the sand and, by the twelve, did it get drawn!

[Delsus]

I have always had a huge amount of respect for Yoshi-P agreeing to take on FFXIV, a project that would either make or break his career, from what it seems, and the direction FFXIV is heading I think he personally has a bright future ahead of him, and after FFXIV.

Yoshi-P shows he cares about the community, he listens to us all and makes his informed decisions based on what will be best for the game, he has to be the best producer/director of a game I have seen.

[Dragon]

Actions speak louder than words. Luckily it's clear they're putting a lot of effort into changing it.
Let's hope 2.0 plays as good as it looks.

Agreed; being honest, it sounds more like a PR stunt to me. (The only problem is with those that view a "PR stunt" as a necessarily bad thing.)

Nah. Someone would complain the lights are all wrong. Someone would complain about the time of day. Someone would complain about the location. Someone would complain that the graphics are a downgrade.

RL graphics are a downgrade, and that's a fact.

[UmJammerSully]

Yoshi-P is the hero we deserve... And the one we need right now.