Predictions for OC/FT Live Letter

[TaleraRistain]

I am quite shocked that the reason for a lack of "Normal Mode" Forked Tower was, according to unofficial translations, that it would have cost too much.
This game a load bearing pillar for Square Enix.

It's not really a good look that when they had to choose between content that was inclusive to more people because of cost, they opted for the more exclusionary content.

[Espon]

I don't believe that they are willing to recruit, if anything they look like they want to be completely closed japanese friends only club.

Do you really need japanese for PROGRAMMING/GAME DESIGN X CLASS DEALS Y DAMAGE WITH Z ABILITY? C++/their tools are japanese language only? It's not hard to learn english too aswell.

"Clearly you don't have to learn the language we all speak at our Japanese company, it should be us all learning how to speak your language."

Also, how are you going to know what you need to code if you cannot understand what you're being told to do?

[Carin-Eri]

I mean, if they lack man power, why does it contradict with the previous sentence? Ofcourse, I do want to remind it could be an translation error here; but it's still confusing.

Y "I've been feeling that our quality of service has declined recently, I am very sorry for that"
Y "Too many bugs that we need to have an emergecy maintenance or a hotfix for"
Y "I've talked to the community team and the developer team about this"
Y "It feels like we got used to things a bit too much and got comfortable"
Y "We grew bigger and processes didn't fully work the way we had intended them to, we want go improve this again"
Y "Especially with new and big content that we have recently released, this was difficult"

Or am I misunderstanding?

The worst element of this is that he's forgotten his own 'wisdom':

[Sekundessounet]

How japanese workers interact with C++? You just dodge my point.

W/e i hope square enix community worker will pat your shoulder for your hard work on forum.

That's a weirdly agressive response but you do you.
If you're working in Japan, with Japanese people, for a Japanese company, you understand that you have to speak Japanese outside of just coding and programming stuff ?

[Stasya]

"Clearly you don't have to learn the language we all speak at our Japanese company, it should be us all learning how to speak your language."

Also, how are you going to know what you need to code if you cannot understand what you're being told to do?

This is international company, you are missing my point just like other se white knight.

Kinda baffling you defend them in ENGLISH.

[Gurgeh]

^Dont know, i rather trust the Balance Translation and there is nothing about "money"

"Y: However, it would be really difficult to create so much content in time for our usual schedule"
That is what is said in the Balance Discord, im honest with you all, Yoshi P not once said something about "costs to much" in the past, why would he now

Time = Cost.
Cost = time
resources = cost
time = resources

Its all cost in a zero sum game. Which human endeavour always is eventually.

"Give me a pivot and a long enough lever and I can move the world"
Yes but I will never be able to give you a lever that long.

[Sekundessounet]

This is international company, you are missing my point just like other se white knight.

Kinda baffling you defend them in ENGLISH.

You do realize that game development isn't done in SE Los Angeles or SE Paris right ? It's all done in Japan ?

I hope you're trolling, because these are just like... evident facts.

[Gurgeh]

It's not really a good look that when they had to choose between content that was inclusive to more people because of cost, they opted for the more exclusionary content.

IT would have been fine , but for COVID - Endwalker (an unavoidable trajedy we all had to just accept) and but for BLOODY CHAOTIC, which they did nothing about.
They could even have released an identical fight with some body checks switched off.
They could have.
There is no NEED for savage to still be able to rake in more profitable loot, by strangling supply. Yo had your fun, you beat it on hardmode. Just be prooud. I assume you actually enjoyed the game so what's the issue?
Even with the bad DT story, which they could have rapidly turned writing around for other yellow and blue quests afer, if they'd thrown money at it.
And unless they actually have cashflow problems, throwing money at it should have been an obvious investment for return.
I'm no businessman though so perhaps I'm talking extra ass.

[Daralii]

I know this will sound crazy, but maybe Square shouldn't have put CS3 in charge of at least 3 additional projects and put one of the only products keeping them afloat in a death spiral. Yoshida is obviously not blameless in that given where he is in the company hierarchy.

[CNitsah]

So, I got they did not do the easy mode because of "cost", but do they plan to add one after the backlash?