Quote Originally Posted by Anonymoose View Post
It revealed his lack of comprehension to say it that way at all. WOW is an MMO that fulfills the desires of people who prefer that style of MMO. FF Online provides an entirely different experience, and the group of people who want that particular experience are outnumbered by the people who want the experience provided by WOW. It's as simple as that.

Saying that Final Fantasy Online could "dethrone" WoW is like saying that Cheezits will dethrone the meat group. It not only sounds entirely unrealistic, but it doesn't make any godsdamned sense.
I think one of the other general issues, is that marketing should never run a project in development. The situation here perfectly fits that scenario. They knew MMOs are cash cows from prior experience and wanted the quick way to that cash flow. I'm sure that Tanaka and others in charge of the project did not want to release with the state the game was in. That's part of why I don't entirely fault him here.