Just read the quote in context. It's not that he's telling US to play FFXI. It's that he's telling his development team to play it.

The OP and title are misleading, as it sounds like Yoshi-P did the unthinkable and told us to play a different company's MMO. In actuality the quote was a hypothetical statement not directed at us at all.

Reading comprehension: is it a dying art?