/r/ffxivdiscussion: Square Enix Notification of Recognition of Extraordinary Losses

[Swordsman]

On the brightside, citizen, imagine how much of the Lalafell Menace can be contained with those sort of pay to win game mechanics.

Hahaha how does this always come back to the Lalafells.

Prolly kiss goodbye to any hope of a XI remake.

Yeah man, that dream has been long gone, unfortunately even before this notice from SE.

They've been 'not overworking their team' for a gooooooood while now, so much so they can't even add tail holes or make hats accommodate non-human ears anymore... maybe they should be overworking their team by now?

hah they haven't bothered with that stuff properly since ARR only few pieces in HW-EW have them & funny thing is none of the tail outfit changes apply to Aura tails on any of that ARR gear like Miqo have actual pieces removed from tail region whilst Aura just clip through.

Lol true. And if "overworking" the team can only produce results that are expected of them I'd really hate to see what it looks like when they give it nothing at all.

[Sotaris]

Prolly kiss goodbye to any hope of a XI remake.

That was crushed many years ago. Even the mobile remake was an insult.

[WeebPolice]

Hahaha how does this always come back to the Lalafells.

You know of what I speak, citizen. The Lalafell Menace is a huge threat to Eorzea. That and NFTs.





Remember the lessons of the past.

[Swordsman]

NFTs

Man, I know Yoshi P said he found the concept of NFTs interesting but I think he already stated that NFTs will never make an appearance in FFXIV. That would be an astonishingly tone deaf and unpopular move if the devs added them to the game. What would these hypothetical NFTs even be based on, just artwork of characters? And then they'd sell it on the mogstation? Lmao.

[Souljacker]

It's not just the exclusivity, it's the content. I didn't buy the last couple titles because, quite frankly, they are mostly sausage fests. Contrast that with some of their other titles over the years (like this one) where I bought the console SPECIFICALLY to play them.

They need to appeal to a more broad audience and they have really been missing the mark. And I don't mean all female casts, either - those are just as unbalanced. Just... tell a story with a balanced cast of characters. Switch it up who is the lead every now and again. Stop dumbing down your cash cow titles - I can't even believe what XIV has turned into. Folks want to be challenged and have interesting encounters with epic monsters on their way to solving real problems.

I'd like them to do some real focus groups with players - both older generation players that grew up with FF titles from the start and folks who are new to the franchise. I'm willing to bet there's more overlap in what the players *actually* want than SE thinks there is.

[Boa-Noah]

Folks want to be challenged and have interesting encounters with epic monsters on their way to solving real problems.

What exactly are you even talking about? It's an MMO.

[WeebPolice]

Man, I know Yoshi P said he found the concept of NFTs interesting but I think he already stated that NFTs will never make an appearance in FFXIV. That would be an astonishingly tone deaf and unpopular move if the devs added them to the game. What would these hypothetical NFTs even be based on, just artwork of characters? And then they'd sell it on the mogstation? Lmao.

Citizen, I'd request a custom NFT for each one of my Weeaboo Police Troopers. It would be a viable method of raising funds so the Weeaboo Police Department can purchase new weapons and uniforms.

But I'm aware of Square's attempt at making an NFT game called Symbiogenesis and its poor reception.




The strongest spirits will always triumph.

[Swordsman]

Citizen, I'd request a custom NFT for each one of my Weeaboo Police Troopers. It would be a viable method of raising funds so the Weeaboo Police Department can purchase new weapons and uniforms.

Ah, improvements for the "LCS" I see. Carry on.

But I'm aware of Square's attempt at making an NFT game called Symbiogenesis and its poor reception.

It was a major failed project for SE and plenty of resources were wasted on that one. What's funny is that SE made the announcement for symbiogenesis as the market for NFTs were already in decline. By that time I believe Steam had already banned NFT games across the board from being distributed by their platform. Yeah... SE was well behind the curve on the NFT stuff.

[Turtledeluxe]

My prediction? They're gonna axe that garbage Symbiogenesis NFT game that nobody's even playing, and they're probably done giving PlayStation any kind of exclusivity. Both XVI and Rebirth were part of this fiscal year, and both missed on the XBOX/PC Market. If they're reporting "Extraordinary losses" then that means the exclusivity deal was just not worth it.

Other than that, I don't know what else they can do. They haven't done particularly well in the mobile market either, so my hope is that we'll see more mid-range games that don't cost as much to make but can still sell well like Octopath or Triangle Strategy. Not every game needs to be Porsfoken.

Also, other than XIV and XVI, I'm glad they're done making their own engines. There's a charm to an in-house engine, but they're insanely costly to make and rarely justify the time and expense.

Pretty sure there are like 25m XBox series in the wild and unless PC is driving huge sales, it's probably not worth the added dev time.

For products like a mainline FF, PS and/or Switch with a close PC release is the smart way to go imo so they can churn out in a reasonable time period.

What they need to do is make better FF games that are not sequels. It's really that simple.

[PercibelTheren]

They've been 'not overworking their team' for a gooooooood while now, so much so they can't even add tail holes or make hats accommodate non-human ears anymore... maybe they should be overworking their team by now?

If overworking their team is the issue, they could also just...hire more people? It's not like SE is some small indie studio that doesn't have the money to do so. They would just rather throw their money at crappy NFT games and other trash than take good care of their big cash cow.