Why does Yoshida keep using Covid-19 as an excuse for delays or setbacks?

[CrayonsAndPaint]

Before I begin I would like to say he’s a genius for creating final fantasy 14 and I appreciate his work. I’m going to get a lot of hate for this but I don’t care at this point, this is kind of insane…

I have noticed with just about every single delay, setback, or inconvenience, from creative business unit 3 (Yoshida’s group) the excuse is always Covid. I understand it’s serious, but …

Server congestion
World visit queue
World transfer being down for weeks possibly months
Queue wait time kicks
And even the delay of FF16

Naoki Yoshida’s public statement for just about each of these has been “Covid complications”….when employees have the option of working from home, and I assume each employee is vaccinated and wearing a mask. You cannot just use “Covid” as an excuse for everything that goes wrong. Please own up to your mistakes and just say you were not prepared for this and didn’t plan ahead..

[Bearded]

Oh my another one of these threads.

You are totally right they did not plan ahead for a mass migration of users from another game and have loads of server capacity just sitting around costing hundreds of thousands each year "just in case".

Like it or not - the knock on effects of Covid in the global supply is real also.

[Bacent]

Oh my another one of these threads.

You are totally right they did not plan ahead for a mass migration of users from another game and have loads of server capacity just sitting around costing hundreds of thousands each year "just in case".

Like it or not - the knock on effects of Covid in the global supply is real also.

Yup, just another one of these kinds of threads.

[Kokonji]

Oh my another one of these threads.

You are totally right they did not plan ahead for a mass migration of users from another game and have loads of server capacity just sitting around costing hundreds of thousands each year "just in case".

Like it or not - the knock on effects of Covid in the global supply is real also.

I thought these kind of threads has becoming something like a tradition to post on official forum every week or so...? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Jin-]

Because it's easy and now gives you a "right to do less". Applies to every company, not Yoshi specific. And they will use it as free from responsibility card

[CKNovel]

Because covid is real.

There's 2 big things about server congestion.
The first is that XIV saw a massive increase of players during covid.
The second is the semi-conductor shortage, it already existed before because of crypto, but it's now even worse due to reduced supplies. Demand increased, supply decreased.

FF XVI delay was explained in the letter.

Yes, XIV is far from perfect and has many, many bumps and rough spot.
But covid complication is real and even vaccinated + masks, it slows down everyone. Especially the semi-conductor supply that is not in Yoshida's control.

[Haseno]

Because covid is real.

There's 2 big things about server congestion.
The first is that XIV saw a massive increase of players during covid.
The second is the semi-conductor shortage, it already existed before because of crypto, but it's now even worse due to reduced supplies. Demand increased, supply decreased.

FF XVI delay was explained in the letter.

Yes, XIV is far from perfect and has many, many bumps and rough spot.
But covid complication is real and even vaccinated + masks, it slows down everyone. Especially the semi-conductor supply that is not in Yoshida's control.

Covid being real isn't what is causing the setbacks. Government Policy is.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Covid being real isn't what is causing the setbacks. Government Policy is.

So it's not COVID, it's government policy......about COVID.

[Jandor]

So it's not COVID, it's government policy......about COVID.

Technically, yes. Whatever your opinion on your Governments response, any and all Governments could theoretically have chosen to do things differently.

[Haseno]

So it's not COVID, it's government policy......about COVID.

Correct.

Tyrannical government action disrupts the market economy. Hence why there's labor and supply shortages. And this is a global problem because so many governments globally have engaged in tyrannical action.

It's really not a disputable point. Cause and effect. Government uses a heavy hand to deal with covid, and idiotic government solutions result in idiotic consequences.

Government is never the solution if you care about your freedom, peace, and prosperity.