Thread: If that's how Yoshi feels about the company management...

(this seems to be a well translated paragraph from the 1-up interview)

1UP: It's kind of common sense that after an MMO has a bad launch, you just give up on it and shut the servers down... It's really just the challenge? It's not pride? Or Square can't imagine having the "lost Final Fantasy," number fourteen...?

NY: Yes, there is the aspect there of, you know, "Because we can't let a Final Fantasy fail." But even more than that, there was the fact that, by releasing a game that didn't live up to player expectations, we basically betrayed our player's trust.

They expected something that was at a certain quality and we didn't deliver on that. We felt that if we just stopped there, it would end up hurting Square Enix in the long run if we just gave up. So we decided to go back and show the players that, no, we're really sorry that we did this, we have to show you that we are really into this project and regain the players' trust by showing them that, yes, we're going to give you what you expected. That's been his policy, he's gotten support from the president with that, and the whole company is backing this project now, because we want to get back the player's trust.

supported by this earlier remark,

So the game, we will not consider the game complete until we have those three pillars, and on top a strong community.

Then the management is one i must respect...
I respect Yoshi is being very HONESTLY, favorable of the management,
at least that's my impression, it would be worded differently if he weren't sincere.

Originally Posted by KiriA500

Yoshi-P sounds like a thug. I'd buy him a beer if I could.

I think he would prefer a cup of joe and a pack of smokes to be honest.

Originally Posted by Ganvire

I'm pretty sure he's the only guy in Square Enix who has actually, you know, played other MMORPGs.

Which kind of blows my mind when I think about it.

not any more he isnt, if you read interviews, he says he forced the other devs to all play other mmos lol

Originally Posted by Airget

What Yoshi says here is 100% truth, had they just said "ok we're closing up shop on 14" then that would be the end of the FF series, no Versus 13, no 25th anniversary no 13-2 no nothing. On top with how the loud voices of players felt about 13 on top of 14 it really showed they had lost their way. The move SE made putting Yoshi in charge of this game is so out of left field yet the best move they could have made. In japan he may have been known for making that Dragon Quest arcade game which generated a lot of revenue for SE but here in America/anywhere else he was an unknown. But pretty much from Day 1 he showed that he wasn't out of touch with the current generation of gamers and his vision of what an MMO is for the most part resonates with how everyone else feels about it.

While honestly it's unfair to say if Tanaka's full vision would have be bad seeing as the game was released incomplete to beat the rush on upcoming new mmos, but it's very refreshing to see how they are willing to work hard to fix their mistake and create an MMO which can truly resonate with the FF fanbase.

Then we also have the Agni's Philosophy which was revealed, if they can truly get this engine to work then the concept of seeing high caliber SE games in a 1-2 yr window could become a reality seeing as said engine is suppose to cut down on cost and production time which will not only allow gamers to enjoy more SE games but also help them generate more revenue with less investments needing to be made.

Well worded friend. Thanks to Yoshida the FF series will continue like it should. One game released on cross-platforms, specially between console and pc, will allow the widest variety of players to play and enjoy the game thus creating the biggest possible fanbase for that one game thus creating the maximum possible sales for that game. ^^