Creative Studio 3 is working on multiple projects at once.

[bic12]

Wonder if those projects will even receive the light of day before their entire company collapses LOL

[XtremePrime]

I don't think it's healthy to have YoshiP be game director for so many projects at once without sharing the workload with others. It feels like they're using his reputation as the "savior of FFXIV" just to prop up upcoming games.

[Jeeqbit]

I don't think it's healthy to have YoshiP be game director for so many projects at once without sharing the workload with others.

Which is exactly why he is sharing the workload with others. I doubt he is the director of the other games so much as the producer or supervisor.

"So nowadays, not only am I working on game creation, I am also involved with some of the company-wide tasks as well. So I feel that I won't be as prominently involved in some of the other projects outside of FF14. That said, I do belong to Creative Studios 3, and as you may be aware, we have recently announced Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles. So there are projects that are moving within our studio, so I will probably act as like a gofer, maybe side jobs, helping them out, but I think my primary focus right now will be on FF14."

[Hallarem]

Its kinda funny when you think of it. They are clearly trying to reach the phase where Final Fantasy was on top of the world. By trying to develop a plethora of projects.

But quality not quantity is what got them there back in the day. And they are alienating an already devoted old fanbase and shooting themselves in the foot. How many disgruntled fans do you think will buy their new projects and not just pirate them after they siphon submoney and do nothing to ffxiv with it for multiple years? Make ffxiv great, iron it out to perfection with full focus and THEN consider new projects.

[Kaurhz]

Its kinda funny when you think of it. They are clearly trying to reach the phase where Final Fantasy was on top of the world. By trying to develop a plethora of projects.

But quality not quantity is what got them there back in the day. And they are alienating an already devoted old fanbase and shooting themselves in the foot. How many disgruntled fans do you think will buy their new projects and not just pirate them after they siphon submoney and do nothing to ffxiv with it for multiple years? Make ffxiv great, iron it out to perfection with full focus and THEN consider new projects.

This is exactly it...

Like, when you look at the roadmap established for Dawntrail it actually looks really good on a glance.. But then you some of realize how streamlined the gameplay is in every capacity, like, I've done Eureka several times, and gotten all relics, and I could easily do it again, and there's always fun little snags to find out and discover... But I couldn't spend longer than 3 hours in OC without being bored to death... It honestly felt like LFG Z3 vibes all over again from Zadnor.

There have been some great additions but for the most part... It feels like putting a good system, on top of a bad system, to try and appease a crowd that they have long abandoned by trying to streamline absolutely everything... Expert recipes here are a perfect example for me.. Now I don't speak for everyone but literally... Expert recipes could be so good if they didn't turn the crafting system into one that is as boring as sin... Now I realize that is a contentious point in itself.

It's also funny, because seeing how hard they've been pushing some facets of the game... It just makes you realize what utter contempt they have for the broader game.

[TeresaFortell]

Its kinda funny when you think of it. They are clearly trying to reach the phase where Final Fantasy was on top of the world. By trying to develop a plethora of projects.

But quality not quantity is what got them there back in the day. And they are alienating an already devoted old fanbase and shooting themselves in the foot. How many disgruntled fans do you think will buy their new projects and not just pirate them after they siphon submoney and do nothing to ffxiv with it for multiple years? Make ffxiv great, iron it out to perfection with full focus and THEN consider new projects.

It's also likely a management decision to allocate the team to work on other projects as well. Though I understand they want to expand their portfolio, they seem to have too much on their plate at the moment.