[Rumor] FFvsXIII team moved on FFXIV + Release date in...!

[Fadigre]

I dont accept that. Like i said, even if he has disclaimers or he thinks it might change- hell a wild guess would be good enough..

surely he has a date he is aiming for even if he thinks it may change. As long as he makes it clear he cant give a solid date i dont think people would get mad if it turned out to be inaccurate.

My point is, this is THE question, he shouldnt be dodging it like he is. if he really has no idea then even that would be something to say.

Whilst Yoshida does keep us up to date with what we're to expect and what he's been working on (which is very nice of him) I really doubt telling us a date like that is so simple.

Square-Enix is a business and as such has standards. Yoshida isn't the only person working on this game!
For example, he doens't just write letters to players and then post them. They need to be cleared with the rest of the team first! This is evident from this particular piece he wrote -

So, um, I haven’t actually told the marketing team about these screenshots yet, so they’re probably going to get mad. At any rate, our internal testing is over, and we’re bracing ourselves for the actual alpha.

I don't even want to think about how much trouble he got himself into there!
The man has a job and as such is expected to follow rules and guidelines. He can't just throw out a bunch of stuff simply because he feels like it or people want it, real life does not work like that.

On top of all of that, the Yoshida we have come to love over time from his work with the press and letters to the players might not even be what Yoshida is like at all!
This could easily be a marketing scheme pullng the wool over our eyes.

Fact is we do not know what happens in his office or any other offices for that matter. What we do know is that Yoshida and his team are working damned hard. Cut them some slack ya' big meanie, especially if not knowing a date isn't even related to him.

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[Soukyuu]

They need to be cleared with the rest of the team first! This is evident from this particular piece he wrote -

So, um, I haven’t actually told the marketing team about these screenshots yet, so they’re probably going to get mad. At any rate, our internal testing is over, and we’re bracing ourselves for the actual alpha.

I don't even want to think about how much trouble he got himself into there!

None. As you said it yourself, the letter has to be cleared by the marketing team. Do you think they would let him smuggle some screenshots in it? Or kept it online if he tried? It's just a marketing trick.

[Fated]

None. As you said it yourself, the letter has to be cleared by the marketing team. Do you think they would let him smuggle some screenshots in it? Or kept it online if he tried? It's just a marketing trick.

Good luck trying to convince anyone around here that Yoshida would do anything for PR purposes.

[Soukyuu]

Good luck trying to convince anyone around here that Yoshida would do anything for PR purposes.

A good marketing trick is considered "good" when it's working. It obviously does.

I'm not saying he doesn't care about the game, or what we think, but seriously expecting him to leak us information that we are not supposed to get is naive.

edit: actually, after reading the Japanese version of the letter, there is no mention of him leaking anything whatsoever. So him getting in trouble is just something added in translation.

[Elexia]

edit: actually, after reading the Japanese version of the letter, there is no mention of him leaking anything whatsoever. So him getting in trouble is just something added in translation.

It's always been known the western versions tend to throw in flavor text like this a lot of the time.

[Fadigre]

None. As you said it yourself, the letter has to be cleared by the marketing team. Do you think they would let him smuggle some screenshots in it? Or kept it online if he tried? It's just a marketing trick.

Looks like I didn't think that through

[Zenaku]

None. As you said it yourself, the letter has to be cleared by the marketing team. Do you think they would let him smuggle some screenshots in it? Or kept it online if he tried? It's just a marketing trick.

yep it been a marking trick sense the live show when he like let me show some pic and then someone outside was getting mad lol.