Mark of Tanaka

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Tanaka still has a role in XIV's development. He is in the credits with a position in handling Business relations or something like that.

Producer's job is to handle budget and maintain schedule. Unless his position significantly differs from that of most people under the title of Producer in Japanese game development, he has had no part in the actual game design of neither XI or XIV.

Producers actually decide what will be aloud to go into the game. Designers can pitch anything they want, but it is the producer who decides if it merits a place in the game and how much emphasis will be put on it. It is a very significant role that has a Huge impact on the development of a game.

People often make the mistake of believing the "Director" is like a movie director and calls all the shots, but in the Gaming Industry, the Producer calls the shots in the games direction and Directors do the paperwork and schmooze with the suits. Any given game will have Three or Four, sometimes more, Directors(Design, QA, Marketing, etc.).

Director is the higher Ranked Position, but they have less front line impact on the games development.