Throughout a spherical desk interview with Japanese media on the Remaining Fantasy XIV Fan Pageant in Tokyo, producer and director Naoki Yoshida mentioned hypothetically what would occur if he wasn’t round to guide the event workforce.
As reported by Famitsu, Yoshida-san was requested if he ever thinks about handing over administration maybe a few years from now.
He defined that he has two or three concepts for improvement even after 8.0 (the enlargement coming after Dawntrail), so he believes he can proceed to be in cost no less than till 9.0 with out operating out of concepts.
That being stated, he believes that telling the employees an excessive amount of concerning the future makes issues harder, so these concepts are solely in his head for now.
Initially, he’ll do his finest within the current, and steer the ship whereas transferring towards the event he has in thoughts, so he hopes that followers will proceed to get pleasure from with peace of thoughts the voyage on the “FFXIV” ship with him.
He has stated earlier than that Remaining Fantasy XIV is his life’s work, so, so long as he is concerned within the gaming trade, he’ll proceed to do his finest with this sport.
Alternatively, hypothetically, if he have been to break down, he believes the FFXIV workforce can be effective.
Whereas there might not be somebody to do a 2-hour presentation at Tokyo Dome (just like the one he did yesterday concerning the upcoming Dawntrail enlargement), he is assured that his workforce can ship the identical pleasure and knowledge.
The identical is true for improvement and path. He has already subtly informed a couple of individuals concerning the path he is heading towards, and there are individuals prepared to take cost and accountability.
As a result of that, even when he have been to fall, the manufacturing workforce would nonetheless be capable to carry out as a workforce and he can suppose of some individuals who may deal with the sport design path.
The one factor that will change is that nobody would convey his individuality. Alternatively, there could also be some that might step ahead unburdened by his presence, and that will be a chance for brand new concepts to emerge.
The Remaining Fantasy XIV workforce has grown stronger and harder than you may suppose. I imagine issues are protected in the intervening time, so please play with confidence.
Yoshjda-san jokingly concludes by mentioning that even when he have been to retire from the gaming trade, we should not fear. In that case, he’d simply take the function of “a participant who continuously complains to the event workforce.”
Remaining Fantasy XIV is at the moment out there for PS5, PS4, PC, and Mac, It’s additionally coming to Xbox Sequence X|S sooner or later this spring with an open beta kicking off in February.
The brand new enlargement Dawntrail is coming in the summertime of 2024, with no closing launch date introduced simply but. You may try the complete trailer launched yesterday.
If you wish to prepare for the enlargement, you should buy a duplicate of the sport on Amazon.
Earlier than the Fan Pageant in Japan, Sq. Enix hosted the Fan Pageant in London and the most recent Eorzean Symphony Orchestra Live performance. You may study extra about each by our experiences,
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