Final Fantasy XV: Everyone Gets A Crossover Edition

[Kaisha]

I'm still burned about the whole Royal Edition thing being a middle finger to pre-existing owners of the game, especially those with the season pass. Either case, least this means SE can finally move on from the god damn game, as all the time they spent trying to 'fix' XV (they didn't) could have been put towards building another game instead that may have actually had a decent foundation. Might get back to Comrades if the stand-alone version happens to have better load times. It was chill podcast-listening material.


Not sure what to say about Tabata. He did manage to at least push out a rebranded VS XIII after years of it spent in limbo, but I guess things were worse behind the scenes.

[Akiyama]

For like a year or two yeah.

L o L

No? Ardyn DLC, the CO OP stuff, and then the crossover are the last things coming from it. The rest is canned/gone.

[Gokulo]

No? Ardyn DLC, the CO OP stuff, and then the crossover are the last things coming from it. The rest is canned/gone.

Sorry, I read that as 'had' not 'has'.

[Elcura]

Blizzard: WE'RE FUCKING UP DIABLO HAHAHAHA!

SE: Hold my beer...

Pretty sure SE was fucking up way before Blizzard. This is just that they haven't stopped fucking up, I think people forgot for some reason? I can't imagine why.

I mean...see the entirety of FFXV.

[Tyrath]

Hey it'll finally be over lol

[Kirin]

With Tabata gone, is Kitase the last holdover from the old days of Squaresoft? I'm not really counting Nomura because his influence isn't really there until VII.

Also with how Japanland handles business decisions, I really wonder if he was fired or if he is stepping down. You would think the guy that saves (from a financial perspective) a game from 10 year development hell would have garnered more praise from the higher ups than to have 3 of his 4 DLC projects cancelled and him shitcanned.

I'm almost kind of excited for XVI now. Means someone new is going to get a crack at the series and it really needs that right now.

[Tyrath]

Means someone new is going to get a crack at the series and it really needs that right now.

Yeah! We going mobile now!!

[Kirin]

Yeah! We going mobile now!!

If they put the attention into a mobile title that rivals a console experience, then more power to them. I would like to think they know better than to expect a 'XVI' mobile title without console level production values behind it would be a mistake and a huge disservice to their brand. Though then again, until they learn to fix their bloated production costs and timetable, nothing should be taken for granite.

Sony probably won't be too excited about a mobile FFXVI though. Im sure SE shareholders will balk at that very quick.

I just want a highly motivated mid tier guy with a fresh perspective on a story to have a shot.

[Tyrath]

You took my joke seriously.

I'd hope they would know better than to put a main FF title as a mobile game.

[Kirin]

You took my joke seriously.

I'd hope they would know better than to put a main FF title as a mobile game.

I figured you were joking, but with SE right now I'm never sure anything is "safe".

[Greedouw]

Go back to publishing main FF titles goddamn it. I miss the days of seeing those cool screenshot/art releases in magazines (looking at you FFXII)

[Zetanio]

m o b i l e o n r y

[Elcura]

I think SE's mobile games are the only games doing really well...but it's mobile so making money should be easy as hell.

If they did release another mobile game, especially as a main title... man can I not wait to read the internet that day.

[Kaslo]

I think SE's mobile games are the only games doing really well...but it's mobile so making money should be easy as hell.

If they did release another mobile game, especially as a main title... man can I not wait to read the internet that day.

IIRC Final Fantasy XIV has been doing real well since 2.0 (in fact, so much that it was funding FFXV development).

DQ11/Octopath/Automata also did really well.

It's just really SE's main studio that's the fuckup.

[Xno Kappa]

Kind of fucked up for Tabata to get the boot when the dude did nothing short of a miracle to salvage this game from vaporware hell. It was still an amazing experience when you take everything into account.

At least we still get Episode Ardyn, which is really the one I was looking forward to the most. Fixing the load times on Comrades would be dope too.

[Tyrath]

Sad about no Araena

She would've been a cool party member if the game hadn't been all about the brotherhood

[Fiye]

If they put the attention into a mobile title that rivals a console experience, then more power to them. I would like to think they know better than to expect a 'XVI' mobile title without console level production values behind it would be a mistake and a huge disservice to their brand. Though then again, until they learn to fix their bloated production costs and timetable, nothing should be taken for granite.

Sony probably won't be too excited about a mobile FFXVI though. Im sure SE shareholders will balk at that very quick.

I just want a highly motivated mid tier guy with a fresh perspective on a story to have a shot.

I would expect a Pocket Edition style port to happen with XVI.

Assuming it comes out before 2025.

If shit takes another decade who knows what the fuck we'll be looking at.

[Alkar]

Nomura said FFVII:R is next in line after KHIII so don't expect FFXVI anytime soon.

[Kirin]

Nomura said FFVII:R is next in line after KHIII so don't expect FFXVI anytime soon.

Unless they have a Type-0 in super secret development or FF7R is way further along that recent news suggests, FF7R is 4 years out and cross PS4/PS5 at best. Id have a hard time believing SE is willing to do 6+ years between mainline title releases after XV's shitshow.

Actually, on second thought, maybe they're wanting the franchise to chill for a half generation. That may be interesting to see.

[Silenka]

Here's the thing about SE...

They need to revamp from the top down. But they won't because that would require firing pretty much everyone in the company, and whoever stays to organize the new talent would probably fuck that up too.

I say this because they clearly have no idea how to do anything that would remotely help save their business. They don't know how to choose projects, or how to prioritize. When they do pick something, they don't know how to do it right the first time, causing costly remakes (or at least necessary game-fixing patches) of pretty much everything they've put out in the past few years. They clearly don't allocate funds to their projects properly, and the title that is making the most money for them is a reskinned pyramid scheme mobile game (wouldn't be surprised if this specifically is what made blizz make the diablo decision). The consumers who love FF or whatever other franchise SE makes end up getting screwed because SE is fundamentally bad at planning the creation of games. And the saddest part is that it's not like they don't have the artistic talent - once the games are made and completed they are generally fantastic. The problems are most likely all on management.

IF they don't fuck up FF7R, they can probably recoup all their losses. But that's a big if with how SE is right now.

Their publishing business is probably doing all right, at least?