FF16 stealing dev time from FF14

[Sathona]

No they are not.

ill just assume its Titanmen and move on with my day /pensive

[Mhaeric]

ill just assume its Titanmen and move on with my day /pensive

Correct assumption.

[Yencat]

How about viera and hrothgar players every patch they have to keep asking is this hairstyle available for us? Is the hat/helm available for us?

See that's where you're wrong!

I don't even ask anymore

[Kes13a]

I assume all the good trolls have been stolen by FF 16

I hope they keep therm

[Rasikko]

FF15 was a different dev team and a different director. Yoshida had some input yes, but he didn't oversee the project. FF16 will most likely have the FF15 dev team. Everyone jokes about SE being a small indie company, but they have many dev teams for their games.

[linayar]

FF16 will most likely have the FF15 dev team.

Are they not from different divisions? I thought 15 was made by CBU 1, not CBU 3 like 11, 14 and 16.

[SamRF]

You do realize that Square Enix has released over 200 games since the release of FF14 1.0? Why do you suddenly think that FF16 is any different?

I swear, not a single one of you who complain about this have any understanding of the way business works. Income coming in from all the games released in any given year provides SE with the resources to continue to produce new games. Resources are not 'leeched off', they are allocated to new and on-going properties so that the company can remain in business.

I can absolutely guarantee that Blizzard spent money they received from World of Warcraft on Hearthstone, Starcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch. It's not robbery. It's standard business practice, to ensure the survival of the company.

Yes, you've paid for FF14, but it is entirely at the discretion of the business units to determine who works on it, and how much money goes into it in any given year. You pay a subscription for FF14, and your support ensures the business unit that they can continue to work on the next expansion. You have the option to stop paying for a subscription if you're that dissatisfied with 'return on investement' as a player. If enough players do that, the game is put on life-support (Final Fantasy XI) and/or canceled (Wildstar).

Unlike those other projects though, FFXVI is litterally the same dev team as FFXIV. Creative business unit 3.

[Kiurai]

It's a business division with multiple dev teams within each does division 1 work on KH and 7R?

[SamRF]

It's a business division with multiple dev teams within each does division 1 work on KH and 7R?

By far biggest dev team in that unit is the FFXIV dev team, you think they hired a whole new dev team for FFXVI? Doesn't seem plausible at all.

Again, just look at the trailer. It has FFXIV all over it (and that's fine imo).

[Amnmaat]

Unlike those other projects though, FFXVI is litterally the same dev team as FFXIV. Creative business unit 3.

This is definitely something interviewers should ask Square enix, specifically Yoship. Because if we're getting less hair styles, dungeons, no hats/helmets for Viera/hrothgar because they're working on FFXVI that's eventually going to get exposed. They might as well come out and say it now rather than later when all that information will be in the XVI game credits and other sources.