Any One Else Think SE Is Falling Apart Lately?

I just think Matsui is loosing his marbles look at the way he put this announcement together lol.....


http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/39139/dev-upcoming-version-update-announcement


Couldn't just clump July together....

then August....

then what else we are working on ......


this is how SE is starting to fail....

SoA update lack of content
REMs put on back burner

lack of conveying intuitive information to us properly just shows to me they are dropping the ball lately ... they just seem to be falling apart a little.....

Only lately?

LOL RITE......

Seriously what is the point of this thread?

Was this thread really necessary?

Amen

Edit: The only purpose in him making this thread is to see how many imbeciles he can compel to actually give him the time of day and respond to the post. Seems its working as he has baited 5 such individuals so far (myself included)

Oh god, please quit and go to FFXIV already.

my master plan has been exposed.......

not but seriously wtf is up with SE and Matsui lately?

anyone know where they ultimately trying to go with all of this?

The BANK.

Only thing I took away from reading that was don't bother resubbing until mid way through August...Then power through a delve weapon for each of my DD jobs, and hope play as a monster is interesting.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested to see how the rebirth of 14 will pan out. Although I have no intention of playing it I hope it does well simply because SE has dumped so much time/money/effort into it. A failure to restart it, and keep it running well at this point would threaten both XIV, and XI.

I don't think even Matsui knows where he's ultimately trying to go.

it's called "running behind schedule"

I'm pretty sure this happens on occasion wherever you go to work

now sow your mouth shut OP

This is the same guy that thinks abyssea is hard. Nothing to see here folks.

I eagerly await Luvbunny's response to this thread.

Be careful. It seems that with the new systems, if you don't jump on them within the first week, you aren't going to have an easy time getting any sort of wins accomplished.

The scandal continues:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/34679-Item-Levels?p=449086#post449086

We have two goals in mind:
Create content that will excite players enough to join up with others again.
Create content that lets you discover the fun aspects because others are with you.
From the beginning, and with these goals in mind, the staff strove to make Delve into this type of content.

With that said, in regards to Delve, there is no need for all players to be able to clear it at the same exact time. Once the top players have played through it, the staff would like to make it so a larger number of players are able to complete it as well.　

While I'm repeating myself, we would like to fill in the gaps that have been created by adding content where you can achieve your goals by putting your time in, and adding content choices so you can progress with the play style that suits you (for example, skipping content that you're not interested in).

While it's important to proceed with the original plans, I feel it's also extremely important to prioritize implementation based on the feedback of those that are playing right now, so please let us know what content you would like to play solo or low-man and other feedback as well.　

LOL I will be happily waiting for a few more updates so that Matsui can sort a lot of things on FFXI. He seems rather aware of what is going on, and not completely clueless. Seems to me lack of man power to get things done, having to stick with what has already been planned (and still cannot meet deadlines), and knowing that player's habit have changed (low man vs alliance). In a year we should be getting plenty of updates to hopefully pleases everyone. In the meantime, FF14 looks rather appetizing to try :) Not to mention tons of games on 3DS coming this fall.

I think now it's a good time to flood the official forum with your request regarding the solo and low man content you want to play. Perhaps your concern will be heard :)

look who's back: (he never quit to begin with... lol)

http://www.jp.square-enix.com/company/ja/officer/

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Is he that bad? I thought he is rather good and willing to take risks, not all the risks and gamble paid off, but if you don't fail and try again, then you are not progressing. Changes are hard, and never easy, I rather SE take risks and change a few things, try new things, rather than giving us the same numbered things over and over.

Lately? They've been making shitty games for years now... Unless they release a major hit soon I don't think even hiding behind the Final Fantasy franchise will save them.

EDIT: I'll even lower the parameters from "major hit" to "not a complete flop."

Ever stop to think maybe SE is not the problem and maybe, just maybe... you are?

Not one to rant about an ingame apocalypse and such nonsense but when your server's population drops from the 1600s on weekdays to between 800 to 1k I cant help but think it cant all be the player's fault. SE has to shoulder some (if not most) of the blame here. Regarding the franchise I didnt think 13 was the worst game ever like some ppl apparently depict it as but it definitely wasnt one of my favorites. I thought the characters were boring and adding the 2 kids (vanille and whatever that whiny blonde brats name was) didnt help it for me.

First off, it's usually helpful if you name the person you're addressing as to eliminate the potential for any confusion. Secondly, if you're talking to me I wasn't even referring to XI, but rather every other game they've made in recent years... XIII, XIII-2... XIII-3!? Come on... Even the ps2 games wouldn't get ranked much higher than a "not bad," except for X-2 which of course was about as bad as they come.

Squaresoft produced tons of great titles, not just games from the FF franchise... I'm not entirely sure what happened to them when they became Square-Enix, but the programming talent pool seems to have diluted since then.

Just to be random, I'll leave this here:



And this:



(old games from both companies)

Is Square Enix falling apart?

I don't think Square ever truly recovered from the financial hit from The Spirits Within, even after Enix picked them up.


Why does Square Enix even exist?

Both Square and Enix were considering a merge in 2000 so they could both decrease development costs and to compete against foreign developers. However, after the 94 million financial loss from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and Hironobu Sakaguchi resigning from Square, Enix was very hesitant to team up with a company risking bankruptcy. Enix finally agreed to pick up the pieces of Square in 2002, and it was officially a company April 1, 2003.


So, what has Square Enix done?

During the early years, Square Enix simply put their logo on games that were already in development. These include Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Final Fantasy X-2, and Final Fantasy XII.

With Square Enix polymorphic content business model, they started to use the Kingdom Hearts story creating games on the Game Boy Advance, Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable, Nintendo 3DS, and Playstation 3.

Final Fantasy XII started off being lead by Final Fantasy Tactics director Yasumi Matsuno and Final Fantasy IX director Hiroyuki Ito. Matsuno also provided the original concept and plot, but was eventually forced to bow out of his co-director role towards the end of production due to health concerns. The team was restructured as a consequence: Hiroshi Minagawa took Matsuno's place as co-director, while Akitoshi Kawazu, creator of the SaGa series, became the game's executive producer. Sakaguchi was disappointed by Matsuno's departure and declined to play the game beyond its introduction due to feeling Matsuno's absence prevented the game from reaching its full potential.

Square Enix didn't start developing an original Final Fantasy game until 2004, when development for Final Fantasy XIII began. It was revealed that additional scenarios such as Lightning's home, which were functioning in an unreleased build during development, were left out of the final version due to concerns about the game's length and volume. The game was finally released December 2009. It is considered by many to be the worst Final Fantasy game in the series.

Development for Final Fantasy XIV began in 2005, and was released September 22, 2010. The game was to be directed by Nobuaki Komoto, produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, and developed by the team at Square Enix that had previously created Final Fantasy XI. Akihiko Yoshida was announced as art director, and Nobuo Uematsu as the music composer, marking his return to the game series since he departed Square Enix after Final Fantasy X. Final Fantasy XIV entered into its alpha testing stage in April, 2010, with testing concluding 11 weeks later on June 19. Square Enix said that about 10% of the game was playable during the alpha and beta phases. In all, the time spent in Beta was 3 months (with 65 active days), less than the 4 months previously announced as the minimum testing period. News sources expressed concern that the game was not in a condition ready to be launched, with "critical bugs" so close to the release date. The game launched on September 22, 2010.

Due to the game's predominantly negative reception, the president of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada, announced a major shift in the development team in December 2010, with Tanaka announcing his resignation as producer and leaving the company. Naoki Yoshida became both director and producer, with most other positions also changing. On October 14, 2011, Square Enix announced its intention to relaunch the game as Final Fantasy XIV 2.0, which was later renamed Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The original game version ended on November 11, 2012, with the Alpha of A Realm Reborn starting shortly after. The finished relaunch is scheduled for August 27, 2013.

With Square releasing Kingdom Hearts games on multiple platforms, preventing fans from experiencing the entire story unless they purchase each handheld, Final Fantasy XIII's complete failure, Final Fantasy XIV falling apart having to stop the game to recreate it, the only real gem here is Final Fantasy XII.

Final Fantasy XII is not without it's failures, as it is very well known that the story was not up to par, and some characters lacked any interesting details (Vaan...). However, it's successes is what drove it to being an acceptable addition to the series. The music was beautiful and stunning, the areas were gorgeous, but the gambit system allowed you to program the characters you weren't controlling yourself.

I personally consider it Square Enix's finest game to date, though that's not really saying much. Looking out at popular opinions, the highest to lowest rated Final Fantasy games are on the left, while the top 10 in sales are on the right:

Final Fantasy VI Final Fantasy IX Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy V Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy XII Final Fantasy Final Fantasy II Final Fantasy XIII

Let's be clear about something first, the left list isn't fact. What we find to be best isn't up to ratings or opinion, because we all won't agree on the same thing. Many players believe that Final Fantasy XIII is one of their greatest games, and after ignoring everything but the story I can start to see why that opinion exists. The lore behind the game is incredibly deep, but that isn't really something the game touches up on while playing. If anything could be blamed about 13's story it would have been it's presentation, again, ignoring everything else about the game.

Keep in mind that sales are number of copies sold, not profit. Speaking of profit, the most profitable Final Fantasy game atm is our own Final Fantasy XI, but that was originally being developed by Square.

But this also brings up a great point, the amount of Final Fantasy games that Square Enix has released. That would be...

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIV
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy Type-0
Final Fantasy XIII-2

and... in the near future...

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIV

I'll be the one to say it I guess, they've clearly only made 2/3 of a game excluding online MMO games. I guess I'll include the other 3, but I don't think they should be considered.

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So in the past 10 years, 2/3rd of a game has been developed exclusively by Square Enix for Final Fantasy, with 3 other games being developed for the Playstation Portable. There are also 6 other Kingdom Hearts games spread out across different platforms that is unreasonable to expect the average consumer to own all.

Square Enix has funded other projects like Tomb Raider, but they weren't the developers, only the publisher, and I don't consider that. They've also made themselves looking busy by re-releasing old Square games on the playstation network for Playstaiton 3 and PSP/Vita.

Is this post accurate? Not really, I clearly just skimmed a lot through wiki. But I think it accurately portrays how I feel about SE.

I am looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV, and I'm not letting my past disappointments with them influence how I feel about the game, even if sequels have already been announced x.x;

Newsflash!

FFXI is in the decline phase. SE isn't putting money or serious resources into this project so dont expect much from a company that treated this game poorly at its height. Tanaka didn't get a bad reputation for no reason.

Why should you expect Matsui to somehow usher in a golden age of FFXI when hes been given 2 devs, a chimpanzee, tooth floss and a bag of chips to keep the game going? Everything has been phoned in since Abyssea concluded. You cant blame him when the beancounters are already looking to cut corners during SEs crisis mode and a 10 year old MMO hemorrhaging customers makes for a poor argument to throw money at.

If you're looking for a game SE is putting legit effort into: Go try XIV and even there that ***might blow up on the launch pad again k?

Thanks.

I don't know, I generally don't find myself bother by the stuff going on in XI right now, the updates don't particular upset me and it hasn't really changed my mind about the game one way or another. Personally I find the emotional and personal outrage going on about it kind of odd I guess.