All that was a large part of Sakaguchi's job when he was at Square, so the same point applies. He was basically managing Square's whole game department by the 16-bit era until he left the company about midway through the PS2 era. He was the guy who essentially decided what they made and who worked on what project.
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All that was a large part of Sakaguchi's job when he was at Square, so the same point applies. He was basically managing Square's whole game department by the 16-bit era until he left the company about midway through the PS2 era. He was the guy who essentially decided what they made and who worked on what project.
Meccanical
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They need to take Tabata OUT of the mobile games division and INTO the HD console division.
The hero we need.
I suffered through one game and a half.
Never again!! Well, unless this one turns out alright, which I heavily doubt will be the case.
Meccanical
Member
Hope is wasted on the hopeless.
See their stock prices lately? It lost half a % yesterday (guessing b/c of trailer) and sits around $12. I personally don't consider that good.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Maybe so but they have also gotten used to FF console visuals being much better than this.
Meccanical
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Well it's less than where they were pre-merger but it's no THQ.
Relaxed Muscle
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They clearly lack people, if Wada approved XIII-3 is because they can kept using recicled assets so they can keep the development in 2 years. Even so they needed outsorcering (tri-ace) to complete XIII-2 in that timeframe.
They still have quite a bit of money sitting around.
thehypocrite
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Any hope placed on S-E is a lost one nowadays.
Sapphire Dreams
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Just saw it, and I must say wow, the shades at the end looked really dumb, the art direction is all over the place, and the gameplay has been reduced to play as Lightning alone doesn't sound exciting at all, if what she said with the "last 13 days" means that the game will work in a time-limit then screw that! No game ever done this right except for Majora's Mask and that's because it has a way of resetting the time.
But, I am getting way ahead of myself here, let's wait and hope for the best.
But, I am getting way ahead of myself here, let's wait and hope for the best.
What is he even doing these days?
sublimit
Banned
Yup this.I seriously can't trust this company anymore.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Funny thing is it's the opposite even inside S-E. Wada commented in the past mainline FF games have to have cutting-edge graphics, that was the argument why they would've make a new main entry on Wii or DS. Now look what kind of shit passed under the radar.
fabricated backlash
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The PS1 called it wants it's poorly modelled, poorly textured backgrounds back.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Found this on wiki:
Although, I guess if he was working on a FF title it would remain completely hidden.
Yeah, extremely unlikely.
Although, I guess if he was working on a FF title it would remain completely hidden.
Yeah, extremely unlikely.
last time in ultimania interview he said they were working on int. version of Type-0, that obviously didn't happen.
he has talked about more type- games plans but nothing important...
He is working on something... but what that is is unknown for now.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
That otome spoof was a sneak peek I think.
Vita plans for Type 0 were scrapped due to marketing reasons.
Auto_aim1
MeisaMcCaffrey
I like Gooch, but I doubt him coming back to the company will change anything though. Times have changed, Square's business models have changed too. But yeah, at least he will do a way better job than what these current guys are doing, that's for sure.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Sakaguchi said he's tired of being asked about Final Fantasy so I would think he is done with it.
KojiKnight
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Welcome to the future... With companies like Capcom moving to a 2 year dev cycle and Ubisoft releasing a "new" asscreed every year... we're going to start seeing a LOT more of this. Especially when production costs are set to increase again in the coming gen.
Castor Krieg
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Isn't one of the biggest complaints against the FF series so far is there is so little main entries out this gen compared to previous ones?
This would single handedly redeem SE in my eyes. If it came out in the west, that is.
Phonomezer
Banned
Just watched the trailer. lol.
Seems like S-E have just discovered the brown filter.
Seems like S-E have just discovered the brown filter.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Nope. I heard from my source of Tin Foil that Nintendo scooped em up for 3DS and Wii U.
Don't take my word for it though.
Well dropping XIII sequels would be a start.
Castor Krieg
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Main entries - yes, however that is because:
1. FFXIV had to be rescued, Wada recently commented this stopped all of their HD development for 2 years. Obviously they only did that because they are thinking of earning money on it for the next 10 years, might be in for a surprise.
2. They are happy making zillions of spin-offs for iOS/F2P.
In total the number of games with FF in the titles exploded after FFVII.
Relaxed Muscle
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I wonder how was the reaction in 2ch.
Probably as bad here.
Seeing his iOS games I think he's done with gaming in general.
Probably as bad here.
Seeing his iOS games I think he's done with gaming in general.
I wouldn't classify sequels as mainline entries. The complaint is there isn't enough NEW this generation. Players have had the world and characters of FFXIII on consoles and that's it.
I'll buy this when it's $15 in 3 months after release. I bought XIII and XIII-2 at release, beat both of them and actually really enjoyed them both (XIII-2 was pretty awesome, I get some of the XIII hate, but I thought they really improved things in -2).
These games have just dropped in price SO FAST there's no reason to grab them at launch.
These games have just dropped in price SO FAST there's no reason to grab them at launch.
michaeltraps
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Oh no... Chocolina is back :-(
BigBadShamoo
Banned
The outfit is awesome. Popped collars!
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I think the main point is that the XIII world has nothing we want to see and Versus has shown to be interesting and contains something new that draws that interest.
This XIII series rehash that completely throws out it's rules in each installment is getting redundant.
You don't see people hating on Type 0 or Versus for this reason because their worlds are new to discover and have their own appeal.
I honestly think Toriyama is making the game for himself.
Meccanical
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Yeah... I don't doubt it.
Castor Krieg
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Who gave you this thought?
FFS!
I obviously know everything.
Who gave you this thought?
FFS!
That's one the most cringe worthy moments I have ever experienced that's related to gaming
I don't think that would change anything since they seem to be making sequels to XIII in result of XIV's failing.
That first point seems to be a huge gamble.
I wonder if they are even capable of churning out multiple mainline FFs for current or even next gen consoles. I could see Wada making a series off of newer mainline FFs to save costs.
Impeccable
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Liked FFXIII, Loved FFXIII-2, will buy LR:FFXIII.
BigBadShamoo
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Shadow's Badass. He needs no outfit however his hover shoes are awesome.
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