I don't think him being the "sole director" of 2 AAA games at the same time ever happened.
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Final Fantasy XV Famitsu Info: Tabata (Type-0) codirector, considering PC, apps, more
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I don't think him being the "sole director" of 2 AAA games at the same time ever happened.
PshycoNinja
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This.
I would have no problem with this and Square Enix shouldn't either. They will get most of their sales from the consoles at that point and be able to reinvigorate the game on the PC. Even if a whole bunch of people pirate it.
legacyzero
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PC?!
OMG YES
OMG YES
Whoa. Didn't expect Hajime Tabata to be co-directing. Assuming FFXV is good and successful, it seems Nomura and Tabata will have strong leadership roles within numbered FF from now on. How interesting. Yoshida, Tabata, and Nomura seem to be essentially leading Square's turnaround, at least on the software front.
I'm curious to see where Toriyama goes from here. He's handled an entire generation's worth of FF, but at the same time, it's interesting that they preferred to keep his focus on rehashes as opposed to moving him over to new numbered FF.
I'm curious to see where Toriyama goes from here. He's handled an entire generation's worth of FF, but at the same time, it's interesting that they preferred to keep his focus on rehashes as opposed to moving him over to new numbered FF.
Yes, but those people have zero power.
That said, again I feel what's going to happen is they will just see if they feel like doing it once they're at a later state of development, but they don't want to commit yet.\
I don't think you quite understand the awfulness PC gamers are willing to put up with.
This whole Xbox One DRM setup didn't really make me blink since I've experienced worse for years.
H_Prestige
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LOL, FFXV will sell the same whether it's on one platform or ten.
The problem with the series is that SE hasn't grown the fan base. FFVII grew it tremendously, and they've been losing fans gradually ever since.
I was going to say that it's not really a good comparison as FFXV would be work that's nearly done by time they ship the game on the consoles, just by the nature of the way they're developing it, instead of the new undertaking a localization can be, but... localization on Type-0 was rumored to have been complete, iirc...
I don't get this company.
How should we show demand? Tell them it will be the most torrented game of all time?
While there was a lot of great music in FFXI elsewhere, the Bastok side had some really nice music. Kind of Mitsuda-esque at times.
I wonder if this could be put into the first post so people don't have to hunt for it. Or maybe FFXV petition is thread worthy?
thehillissilent
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I personally think it should have it's own thread.
PshycoNinja
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LETS GET BACK ON TOPIC:
In their marketing efforts they better put:
"From the people that brought you Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts"
It'll feel like a huge missed opportunity otherwise. Many of the people who worked on VII are working on this game and in an interview a few years ago the team said they were getting the same feeling they had when they were making Final Fantasy VII.
Square Enix marketing needs to go all out for this game. They are afraid to use nostalgia to sell their games but F that for this game. The FFVII team is mostly back together! It's okay to market it like that.
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In their marketing efforts they better put:
"From the people that brought you Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts"
It'll feel like a huge missed opportunity otherwise. Many of the people who worked on VII are working on this game and in an interview a few years ago the team said they were getting the same feeling they had when they were making Final Fantasy VII.
Square Enix marketing needs to go all out for this game. They are afraid to use nostalgia to sell their games but F that for this game. The FFVII team is mostly back together! It's okay to market it like that.
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@Shinta
Seven Force
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Wow, knowledge dropped in the last page or so.
Not sure what it has to do with XV, though :V
Not sure what it has to do with XV, though :V
Green Mamba
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I don't think SE wants to emphasize that there are different teams working on different Final Fantasies. They want the games associated with the Square Enix brand, not the individual teams behind them. I would think they would want people to be hyped about every Final Fantasy, not flagrantly advertise which ones they should and which ones they might not.
Plus, you tell the average person that a new Final Fantasy is being made by the people who made FFVII and I think they'll say "No shit." The delineation of teams is something the hardest of hardcore get into, not the average Final Fantasy customer. Seeing a Final Fantasy advertised as coming from the people who made a Final Fantasy in the past would probably result in more laughter than excitement.
PshycoNinja
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Also they better have a collectors edition! I swear to high heavens it needs to be there day 1.
I must have an OST, art book filled to the brink with Nomura's art and concept art and a Making of Final Fantasy XV. You know a making of would be entertaining as hell for this game to watch. 2 hours minimum or bust (make it like the MGS4 making of).
I must have an OST, art book filled to the brink with Nomura's art and concept art and a Making of Final Fantasy XV. You know a making of would be entertaining as hell for this game to watch. 2 hours minimum or bust (make it like the MGS4 making of).
Perfo
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Collector's edition considering S-E Europe track record is a given. But I agree with you, we need more behind-the-scenes videos in these games. If I'm not mistaken in the series only X and XIV got one.
Merry-Go-Rounds are fun, though, right? Right?
ok about FFXV...
so moogles are gonna look something like Type-0's http://andriasang.com/comz50/ff_versus_xiii_moogles/
with how the lighting and everything look very realistic here now, I like to see how those will fit
same goes for Noctis and co riding chocobos. Should be fun.
so moogles are gonna look something like Type-0's http://andriasang.com/comz50/ff_versus_xiii_moogles/
with how the lighting and everything look very realistic here now, I like to see how those will fit
same goes for Noctis and co riding chocobos. Should be fun.
CrimsonCrescendo
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PshycoNinja
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Guys seriously just ignore Shinta. You won't get through. Lets get back on topic. Don't let him derail the thread any further otherwise the thread will probably get locked.
I just hope we get one in NA. We always get skipped over with collectors editions.
I find making of/behind the scenes stuff really interesting and I like seeing the inside at Square Enix. I think it's one of the coolest things a company can do.
I just hope we get one in NA. We always get skipped over with collectors editions.
I find making of/behind the scenes stuff really interesting and I like seeing the inside at Square Enix. I think it's one of the coolest things a company can do.
CrimsonCrescendo
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Thank you for that.
PshycoNinja
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Oh my gosh! Thank you so much!
Now onto the topic at hand.
I was talking about collectors edition and marketing for Final Fantasy XV so let's go from there.
Releasing it day one on PC isn't going to hurt anyone.
PlanetSmasher
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It will probably drastically increase the number of copies of the game that get pirated, though. Especially if the game comes out early enough in the generation that no major hardware exploits have been uncovered.
thanks, i signed.
Perhaps we didn't show enough?
I'd be surprised if they did that largely because I can't recall seeing SE do something like that before with pushing specific teams or creators. It would be some nice advertising, though it might also put people's expectations too high which could lead to backlash.
I'm curious how much this game is costing them. Are we looking at budgets similar to Tomb Raider where even selling a good amount isn't considered good enough? SE seem like they want to avoid that though.
In any case, I suppose this is good news though I've never played any games by Tabata myself. Only heard by word of mouth that they are very good. It's nice that he's getting an opportunity like this though.
And I'm glad they addressed the fact that they would barely give us any info before and are going to change that. It'd be great if we could get semi-regular updates on everything.
That would hurt PC gamers because they would have to wait another six months for
I do think a dedicated thread would be ideal as the petition is encouraged by an actual developer.
Short of sacrificing virgins outside their offices every single day, I don't know what more can be done.
Only hope I could see now is some sort of Vita version, but that seems unlikely given the lack of support. A PSN version released overseas would be great as well, but that the option hasn't been taken by now seems to make it just as unlikely.
Meccanical
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Can we seriously talk about how great it is that Hajime Tabata was moved to console development?
This is the best thing, seriously.
This is also proves that Nomura talent scouts all the good people and keeps them for himself, which is kind of dickish.
This is the best thing, seriously.
This is also proves that Nomura talent scouts all the good people and keeps them for himself, which is kind of dickish.
I think it's an okay thing. I never got to play Type-0 obviously, and his other directorial games weren't exactly cream of the crop. They were decent enough though.
Missed this earlier, but I would totally buy this if they announced it.
But do CEs like this ever even happen? I'd be good with just the artbook and soundtrack personally myself.
Cameron122
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This is entire time I inferred everyone meant Akira Toriyama.
A CE would probably have a small art book and soundtrack, and some other small or inconsequential things. All the good shit is saved for those JP only Ultimania guidebooks.
Pshaw, let Nomura talent scout the best, then in five years when he's sick of playing second fiddle to a man in love with a video game character, he'll leave the company, join MistWalker or make his own and we will all bask in at last being able to burn Square to the ground.
Uh, I mean, yeah, I'm freaking stoked that Tabata got moved to consoles. Guy deserves it after putting out Crisis Core and Type-0.
I'm curious about what he may plan for Takeharu Ishimoto in the future.
PshycoNinja
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Yeah... dickishly awesome!!!
Yeah we all have a sincere hatred for Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger. Just like Square Enix!
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