Yoshi-P no longer on board of directors

[Maltothoris]

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/...-of-directors/

Didn't see around but here was this. It might even be anything too big in the long run

[Red-thunder]

This doesn't matter nearly as much as the CEO saying they want to focus on "quality over quantity", which is codeword for "let Nomura make another convoluted nonsensical story filled with razzle and dazzle CGI effects"

[Hallarem]

Company restructure, same old same old. Doubt it's going to change anything.
Square Enix' "quality over quantity" lol. Proof? When? Because it has been the opposite.

A lot of Yoshi P's promises have gone down the drain too, you have to actually fulfill some promises before they can be taken seriously.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Company restructure, same old same old. Doubt it's going to change anything.
Square Enix' "quality over quantity" lol. Proof? When? Because it has been the opposite.

A lot of Yoshi P's promises have gone down the drain too, you have to actually fulfill some promises before they can be taken seriously.

They said they're going for quality over quantity in the future... But it will definitely remain to be seen if they'll actually make any quality games.
Their best games in recent times have been remakes of their old titles, Star Ocean Second Story and Romancing Saga 2 are ones I would point to... And if we go back sometime further the FF Pixel Remasters...

I don't think they can sustain themselves with gachas and remakes.

[Hallarem]

They said they're going for quality over quantity in the future... But it will definitely remain to be seen if they'll actually make any quality games.
Their best games in recent times have been remakes of their old titles, Star Ocean Second Story and Romancing Saga 2 are ones I would point to... And if we go back sometime further the FF Pixel Remasters...

I don't think they can sustain themselves with gachas and remakes.

I will give them something, Octopath 2 is a godlike game. And I secretly wish Yasunori Nishiki would join the cast for music in FFXIV, he really captures the mood of being in an area / battle / situation and makes you feel it with music.

[Renaclock]

He's still listed as executive officer and many other directors and it seems SE gave every executives less responsability to focus on their own stuff.

[LillyWandsworth]

Yoshi's wanted out of that job forever, good for him maybe it frees up time to work more on DT

[Gurgeh]

Or it could mean raiding your subs to prop up other ventures it's only going to get worse. The counter to that is that surely they must see the golden goose is already on its last legs.
Oh wait no!
I know!
They want to turn mobile XIV full Gatcha and Yoshi wouldn't have it!
Chinese interests have leaned, dived for his removal, and Yoshi has too much sense to fight.
It's wild speculation and fantasy... but...

Or this is just a precursor to him retiring largely altogether.
Frankly if I were him I wouldn't take this shit. It's huge responsibility. Things are going to go wrong. Your going to take some shit and frankly you should. But eventually you take your fare share and it's time to let someone else do the heavy lifting.

[Daralii]

Yoshi's wanted out of that job forever, good for him maybe it frees up time to work more on DT

A lot of his talk recently has been about wanting to cement his legacy with something original, so I doubt he'll suddenly resume doing more than occasionally checking if the servers are still online.

[Asari5]

quality over quantity? so... even better cut scenes for msq but no other content? xD