Yoshi P. working on a new game?

[swiss_Momo]

well, according to this, which is based on this Yoshida's 5th businesses division is now the 3rd development division, and working on a new large scale game.
(Now, before you just assume this to be an April's fool joke, today is also the start of the new fiscal year, so restructurings like this would naturally happen today.)

worst scenario for us if true is probably XIV bleeding dev power to this new game again

[Caitlyn]

Maybe a remaster of FFXI or another MMORPG (FFXVI)? Who knows?

When its going to be another online FF, I hope they will make it possible to transfer our characters into the new game.

I dont think they will let FFXIV bleed out, because its the most money generating game so far (if I m not mistaken).

[kikix12]

When its going to be another online FF, I hope they will make it possible to transfer our characters into the new game.

If it was possible, then it'd mean it's basically the same game. At that point there would be zero reason to even make it. So no...there'd be no transfer.

I dont think they will let FFXIV bleed out, because its the most money generating game so far (if I m not mistaken).

It's not. I'm pretty sure that the item mall heavy mobile games generate more revenue at a lower upkeep cost. In comparison to this game, they have far more incentive for spending money on them. You can literally buy power there. And game time costs exponentially more there than here (since they use the energy system...).

[Nashred]

Maybe a remaster of FFXI or another MMORPG (FFXVI)? Who knows?

When its going to be another online FF, I hope they will make it possible to transfer our characters into the new game.

I don't think they will let FFXIV bleed out, because its the most money generating game so far (if I m not mistaken).

Actually there has been a little speculation in the FFXI forums to the fact their was just announcement in FFXI for the 20 anniversary which is around 3 years out. In it they also talk about fiscal year.


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...384#post614384

At the end of the show we mentioned that starting next fiscal year, we're going to focus our development and operations on a long-term goal of the twentieth anniversary. As such, there may be some time where the version updates may feel a bit lighter, but we're hoping to be able to deliver something that can surprise everyone later on.

20 anniversary could be the last year but pure speculation. Big event for the last year?
Makes sense it is the perfect time 20 years.
So if it were true they would need another MMO. Also FFXIV would be getting a little old by that time too. Maybe FFXIV will be still going strong but a company needs to be prepared. MMO business has been big business for SE and they can not afford to let it slip away.


Again pure speculation.

To me it also does not mean Yoshi P is leaving FFXIV, could just be overseeing it as a start up and helping it off the ground.

I really feel that there will be another MMO in the works even if it has nothing to do with Yoshi P or if it has nothing to do with FFXI end of life.

If they do I do not think it will be as far out as FFXI and somewhere in the middle of FFXIV and FFXI.

I do not think we will ever see as hardcore as FFXI was but more closer to what it is now which is way closer to FFXIV .

[Imuka]

I assume SqE/their Investors want a F2P or 60 Euro B2P MMO, to completly go with the FF MMO Franchise into "Games as a Service".
Nobody can deny that AAA makes a shit ton of Money with that concept while at the same time being able to reduce the Budget to near abysmal Levels.
And in the end SqE is a AAA Publisher and their Investors could be heavily interessted into this Trend or threaten them to invest into other Publishers who develop such Games, as EA, Activision or Ubisoft.
We always have to keep in mind, that the Investors do not care for a second about the Industry.

After FF15 and the Problems of the Game as a GaS Game my guess is, that they move back to make another GaS MMO instead of a Singleplayer focused Game with GaS Elements.
And in Japan FF is still the less popular Franchise compared to Dragon Quest, so they are more likely to go for such Risk with the FF Franchise.

The thing is...will it be good or bad...nobody knows.
Games like R6Siege are not bad as a GaS Concept, while Games like Destiny, Anthem and F76 show the worst of GaS.

[Daralii]

If this isn't legitimate news, they're opening themselves up to a security fraud case. April 1st is the start of the Japanese fiscal year, and Yoshida was promoted to the board of directors a year ago today. It's supposed to be a "new core title," which makes me think it's XVI if it's a Final Fantasy game.

[Ramesses]

If this isn't legitimate news, they're opening themselves up to a security fraud case. April 1st is the start of the Japanese fiscal year, and Yoshida was promoted to the board of directors a year ago today. It's supposed to be a "new core title," which makes me think it's XVI if it's a Final Fantasy game.

Possibly... perhaps... probably.

Or Yoshida's favourite word of coy... "Maybe".

However, keep in mind that SE has been very industrious over the past few years in developing new stuff... for instance, one example is VisualWorks Character Prototype.

[Nalien]

I honestly think it's time for XIV to get some new blood anyway... At the very least have him be Producer or Director, not Producer and Director... Coming up to the third expansion now, and the patches content has become predictable to a fault.

[swiss_Momo]

I honestly think it's time for XIV to get some new blood anyway... At the very least have him be Producer or Director, not Producer and Director... Coming up to the third expansion now, and the patches content has become predictable to a fault.

I recall Yoshida himself saying in an interview that he'd like to pass one one of his 2 positions, also Yosuke Saito flat out asked to join the XIV dev team and eventually become the producer in a video message during the last anniversary stream, so I have some hope that him being a guest dev for the new 24 man is a test run for that

[ZellosWilder]

I honestly think it's time for XIV to get some new blood anyway... At the very least have him be Producer or Director, not Producer and Director... Coming up to the third expansion now, and the patches content has become predictable to a fault.

^yeah exactly this

It's like yoshi-p adopted a ugly/retarded baby (FFXIV 1.0) and made into his own creation (ARR) but now after the kid is 9yrs old yoshi-p doesnt want to let them grow up... he still wants the 9yr old in the pram (the same boring formula)


I also hope Yoshi-P doesn't direct any new MMOs going forward yes it has worked for FFXIV but what's the point if the new MMO is going to be similar as another that already still exists? it's going to need to have new ideas from a new director, the same reason why the director of FFXI didn't work when he was in charge of FFXIV 1.0.

If anything I wish Yoshi-p will get replaced and someone new comes in and takes lead for 14 while yoshi goes off and does some magic on another game like when he first did ARR because since then HW and SB just feel like they are progressively getting worse with no new ideas, expansions are suppose to feel like they are expanding on the current game's content not feel like it's just a delete then copy/paste the same old formula.