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Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata left Square Enix last month and he’s ready to jump back into action by announcing the establishment of his new company, JP Games.

Here's a message from Hajime Tabata regarding JP Games:

I started up my own company called “JP GAMES,Inc.”​

Right now, we are preparing for a target January 2019 launch.​

And to everyone who has assisted me until today–I kindly ask for your ongoing support.​

​

Hajime Tabata was previously the head of Square Enix’s Luminous Productions, which just got its new leader in Takeshi Aramaki, who worked as the lead programmer of Final Fantasy XV.

Credit: Siliconera

 

[Magusx]

See you in 2028

 

[xMxHx]

That was quick!

 

[Raynes]

What do they mean by launch? Launch the company or a game?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Why do I have a feeling its going to be mobile games? If so I'm going to pass.

 

[AdmiralMikey]

JP Games? It's about time we got a Jurassic Park action RPG.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

good luck - this industry is a bastard

 

[RoboFu]

See you in 2028

You got it backwards.. He was the only one to bring the long winded dev times to fruition.

 

[Shin]

What do they mean by launch? Launch the company or a game?

Launch the company I think since he only left SE recently IIRC, but most likely they'll brief people about what they are doing (games).

 

[cireza]

Good luck to him.

I doubt that he will have the money to go the AAA route. So I am guessing the first game will be a phone game.

 

[Zekra Dezivad]

Good luck to him.

I doubt that he will have the money to go the AAA route. So I am guessing the first game will be a phone game.

If i was in Namco Bandai I would fund him a AA RPG asap.
Sony potentially could, but don't see them interested in RPG market.
Microsoft could be interested to expand in the Japanese market, but they seems to lean more towars ready-to-go studios than building them from scratch at this point

 

[Alexios]

Wonder if Nintendo would step in like with Sakaguchi (something they should do again for him since nobody else does, dammit).

I'd rather Microsoft or another company would so we get whatever on PC also but yeah, possibilities

 

[Alfen Dave]

It's great to see him persisting in the game market. A lot of financially comfortable men would have retired by now.

 

[Lady Bird]

Wish him luck. Tabata leaving the company was so sudden and unexpected, considering how he gained a privileged position there. I wonder what made him resign.

 

[Caffeine]

Punished Tabata gonna come back with something cool

 

[caffeware]

You got it backwards.. He was the only one to bring the long winded dev times to fruition.

Year 8202? Come on man!

Wonder who's funding. Doubt he jumped ship without proper funding.

 

[Shin]

Wish him luck. Tabata leaving the company was so sudden and unexpected, considering how he gained a privileged position there. I wonder what made him resign.

He was a clean up guy for other people's mess, might has something to do with it.
I don't think anyone would be happy with such tasks after so many times, so it's understandable to say the least.
I sort of used to blame him for FF XV changes and all that, but as I read more and more down the road it hit me that he cleaned up that mess as well.

 

[plushyp]

Punished Tabata gonna come back with something cool

 

[Mista]

Best of luck to him. Been covering for Nomura for a very long time

 

[CEJames]

It's a bit of a generic name but easy to remember I guess....

Nonetheless, I'd like to have a teaser at the first game by next E3

 

[Lady Bird]

He was a clean up guy for other people's mess, might has something to do with it.
I don't think anyone would be happy with such tasks after so many times, so it's understandable to say the least.
I sort of used to blame him for FF XV changes and all that, but as I read more and more down the road it hit me that he cleaned up that mess as well.

Yes, but he was apparently getting ready to develop a new IP, so it was a high point of his career.

 

[Fujan]

I think a lot went down behind the scenes, and it's easy to either blame him or Nomura for it. I wish him all the best with his new studio.

 

[Raitoningu]

He's delusional thinking starting an AAA studio in Japan can be done easily

 

[Grandmaster Hash]

He's delusional thinking starting an AAA studio in Japan can be done easily

who said anything about AAA?

 

[decisions]

Very curious to see what kind of games they'll be making, wish him the best as I enjoyed XV quite a bit.

 

[bitbydeath]

C’mon Sony, time to dust off the ol’ checkbook and get him making a real/traditional Final Fantasy game.

We could call it - Last Enjoyment or Dead Dreams

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

​

Credit: Siliconera

RIP To Hajime Tabata and Their Studio

 

[SlashBringingHasher]

honestly. he will probably work with Sony or MS on a new game because he needs budget

 

[Trojita]

JP Only

 

[zeorhymer]

I doubt it's going to be a AA title. More than likely it'll be a mobile or retro style game. Lets see what comes into fruition in the coming years.

 

[dottme]

I’m not sure why, but this make think of Mistwalker. It was great at the beginning and they produced some great game but they didn’t find commercial success.
Hopefully, Tabata will be successful.

 

[EDMIX]

See you in 2028

Huh? Trust me bud, he wasn't the reason for the craziness of FFXV's development. I'd argue he is more likely to get out a game sooner not in a company like Square.

 

[Alexios]

I doubt it's going to be a AA title. More than likely it'll be a mobile or retro style game. Lets see what comes into fruition in the coming years.

What's not going to be AA? Did I miss an announcement?

 

[WaterAstro]

See you on kickstarter, except it won't get funded.

 

[RavageX]

Why do I have a feeling its going to be mobile games? If so I'm going to pass.

I am hoping you are wrong, but sadly I feel this is the case.

 

[TheShadowLord]

I kinda want to see that JP stands for Just Play Games and not Japan Games because Japan Games is too much of a given.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

I wish him the best with his new company and hope we will see some nice RPGs on consoles sooner or later.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Why do I have a feeling its going to be mobile games? If so I'm going to pass.

I’m really hoping you are wrong, but I got a feeling that they are at least thinking about mobile.

 

[TLZ]

He's delusional thinking starting an AAA studio in Japan can be done easily

Lol. You'd surely know better than an industry vet.

 

[Raitoningu]

Lol. You'd surely know better than an industry vet.

Just like squix & the rest of japan is full of these "industry vets" and still struggle to do any interesting shit since the started of the HD era...

FFXV is a total disgrace, can you tell me who's the genius behind it?

 

[TLZ]

Just like squix & the rest of japan is full of these "industry vets" and still struggle to do any interesting shit since the started of the HD era...

FFXV is a total disgrace, can you tell me who's the genius behind it?

Why's it a total disgrace? Wasn't it well received? And didn't it sell well?

 

[woigemok]

Just like squix & the rest of japan is full of these "industry vets" and still struggle to do any interesting shit since the started of the HD era...

FFXV is a total disgrace, can you tell me who's the genius behind it?

Tabata outputs are mediocre at best but you can't use FFXV development hell as a point to dismiss his productivity, in fact, he should be praised because he succeeded to ship the game to the market and it's successful commercially.

 

[bitbydeath]

Just like squix & the rest of japan is full of these "industry vets" and still struggle to do any interesting shit since the started of the HD era...

FFXV is a total disgrace, can you tell me who's the genius behind it?

Thank the gods (old and new) for our saviour Knack. Without his guidance and massive popularity we may not have a renaissance in platformers as we all know deep down they are trying to capture his inhibition.

 

[woigemok]

The only problem I have with FF XV is they're focusing too much on certain parts of the animations especially running animation. They didn't need to have more than 100 animation frames for that

 

[Raitoningu]

Tabata outputs are mediocre at best but you can't use FFXV development hell as a point to dismiss his productivity, in fact, he should be praised because he succeeded to ship the game to the market and it's successful commercially.

Successful commercially because the FF name & the versus hysteria.

The entire company is suffocating on any project with some ambition, just look to their internally developed games this gen, one word: disaster

A broken ass FF after a decade of hell, random tiny garbage, a remake who's already in development hell, even a KH games have became nightmares for them lol

Got saved with outsourcing Nier & DQ XI, because they can't do it themselves.

Luminus bullshit engine is an international joke, whatever the fuck the other divisions were working on never seen the light of day and FF XVI is nowhere to be seen while this gen is almost over.

Yes, Tabata & squix are gaming gods.

 

[Grandmaster Hash]

I’m not sure why, but this make think of Mistwalker. It was great at the beginning and they produced some great game but they didn’t find commercial success.
Hopefully, Tabata will be successful.

they seriously fucked up by getting into bed with MS (apparently Sakaguchi had beef with some SONY guys). If their games were multiplat they could have easily been a very formidable JRPG studio right now but Xbox fans just didn't want to buy their games. I doubt Tabata would do the same thing but they are probably in the same position as they were in regards to needing someone to fund them