Throughout a spherical desk interview with Japanese media on the Last Fantasy XIV Fan Competition in Tokyo, producer and director Naoki Yoshida mentioned hypothetically what would occur if he wasn’t round to steer the event group.
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 at the very least till 9.0 with out operating out of concepts.
That being stated, he believes that telling the workers an excessive amount of in regards to the future makes issues harder, so these concepts are solely in his head for now.
To begin with, he’ll do his greatest within the current, and steer the ship whereas shifting 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 Last Fantasy XIV is his life’s work, so, so long as he is concerned within the gaming trade, he’ll proceed to do his greatest with this recreation.
Alternatively, hypothetically, if he have been to break down, he believes the FFXIV group could be superb.
Whereas there will not be somebody to do a 2-hour presentation at Tokyo Dome (just like the one he did yesterday in regards to the upcoming Dawntrail enlargement), he is assured that his group can ship the identical pleasure and data.
The identical is true for improvement and path. He has already subtly instructed a number of folks in regards to the path he is heading towards, and there are folks prepared to take cost and duty.
Attributable to that, even when he have been to fall, the manufacturing group would nonetheless be capable to carry out as a group and he can suppose of some individuals who might 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 would step ahead unburdened by his presence, and that will be a possibility for brand spanking new concepts to emerge.
The Last Fantasy XIV group has grown stronger and more durable than you would possibly suppose. I imagine issues are secure in the interim, 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 continually complains to the event group.”
Last Fantasy XIV is at present obtainable for PS5, PS4, PC, and Mac, It’s additionally coming to Xbox Collection 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 last 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 Competition in Japan, Sq. Enix hosted the Fan Competition in London and the most recent Eorzean Symphony Orchestra Live performance. You may study extra about each by means of our studies,
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