Yoshi-P no longer on board of directors

[NaoSen]

I really do have mixed feelings over what YoshiP does compared to what he actually wants.
Every now and then you'll see him mention the odd thing in a interview like additional levels not being wanted, additional jobs because its expected and thinking jobs have no identity and wanting to overhaul them.
Yet the product we get doesn't reflect what's been said in the past, I wonder if its more a "I'd like to but will play safe" or "I'd like to but have to play safe"

I wonder if we'll ever know.

[Amvin]

I wonder if its more a "I'd like to but will play safe" or "I'd like to but have to play safe"

I wonder if we'll ever know.

Most likely it's a mix of both of those things. I imagine even if he wants to do something more innovative, the higher-ups will still have to approve and if they don't? Play it safe it is.

[RoboticNomad]

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"

Good maybe we'll get another kingdom hearts before I die.

[Hallarem]

I honestly think its them actually being afraid of innovating. And why risk it if sub numbers arent dropping.
I think because of this game being on console and their devs not being too skilled, they are hamstringed too. Especially cause if something fails / gets left behind. Grand Companies, Island sanctuary. They just leave it instead of innovating and switching it up.

[Kranel_San]

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

At least less Wuk Lamat, hopefully, which is better than nothing.

[TaleraRistain]

He was trying to get out of that position for years. Sounds like it's a restructuring and he's on a new management committee with like 7 others. So he doesn't have to do the things he didn't want to do and now he can focus on what he does want to do.

[Kandraxx]

What does 'Quality Content' entail exactly? More rehashed Savages and Ultimates pieced together with the game's 8 brainrot mechanics no one actually wants to play, with a glowing stick as a reward that has textures worse than a late 90s game on a Pentium 1?

[Red-thunder]

I honestly think its them actually being afraid of innovating. And why risk it if sub numbers arent dropping.
I think because of this game being on console and their devs not being too skilled, they are hamstringed too. Especially cause if something fails / gets left behind. Grand Companies, Island sanctuary. They just leave it instead of innovating and switching it up.

They pretty much lost all the gains they had from the WoW exodus.

But yes we have a trifecta:

1) Yoshi P has no vision and is just an accountant put into the position of a director
2) They cannot handle any tech related debt and cannot find anyone to fill the positions since the language barrier is apparently insurmountable at SE
3) They are not even putting resources in the game anyways, CBU3 is prioritizing two other projects and most of their senior team is not working on FF14.

Bad leader, bad employees, and no resources.

[CuteBucket]

Good for him, he didn't want to be on the board anyway.

I don't think this will mean anything notable for FFXIV however (as much as I wish it would).

[TakoyakiLala]

This just means he has more time to focus on FFXIV and other projects he's interested in. Man was spread thinner than Ariana Grande's meal schedule. xD