Quote Originally Posted by DefeatedYMIR View Post
Dear FF14 developers. If you don't want your game to end up like WoW (mass player exodus) Keep NFTs out of FF14.

Yoshi-P please don't let SE force you to put NFT in FF. My faith is in you.
SQenix aren't stupid enough to shoehorn NFTs into their cashcow and risk damaging all the goodwill Yoshida has built up.

Fun fact: Shareholders do not get to dictate game design.

Shareholders only have a voice when they own 51% or more, otherwise known as a controlling share.
Regular shareholders are basically told how well the company is doing and how much money they expect to make. Thats it.

Shareholders say: We want you to make more money.
And thats it.
Yoshida is on the board of directors. He has actual power in SQenix. FFXIV is his magnum opus and he will fight hard against anything SQenix tries to do if it is actively detrimental to his game and us players.
The executives know that Yoshida made XIV one of their most successful games. Suffering from success now i guess lol.
They wont risk damaging the FF brand again and they certainly will not risk losing Yoshida, he is simply too valuable to the company to drive him out by trying to ruin his game.