It sounds like Yoichi Wada, president and CEO of Square Enix, is thinking about moving the team behind Final Fantasy XIII away from his company's biggest franchise.
Asked about how "big-budget, long-in-development Japanese games" stand up in today's gaming climate, Wada said, "whether we are going to continue to internally create this type of game remains to be seen, because I actually feel that the team that was involved with Final Fantasy XIII should next move on to create and generate some ‘next generation’ forms of play.
"Internally and externally I feel there’s an expectation of Square Enix to offer something new, and I really think that the Final Fantasy team could create something completely different, but at the moment they’re strictly catering to the particular audience they have now."
It's not clear what that means for the future of the FF franchise, but Wada did state in response to a later question that "there is always the possibility that in the future a Final Fantasy could be produced with the input of our western developers, overseen by our Japanese developers."
He also had a bit of a jab at the Metal Gear Solid series, saying "Arkham Asylum is like the best aspects of Metal Gear Solid, but evolved." So there.
Full interview over here.
Asked about how "big-budget, long-in-development Japanese games" stand up in today's gaming climate, Wada said, "whether we are going to continue to internally create this type of game remains to be seen, because I actually feel that the team that was involved with Final Fantasy XIII should next move on to create and generate some ‘next generation’ forms of play.
"Internally and externally I feel there’s an expectation of Square Enix to offer something new, and I really think that the Final Fantasy team could create something completely different, but at the moment they’re strictly catering to the particular audience they have now."
It's not clear what that means for the future of the FF franchise, but Wada did state in response to a later question that "there is always the possibility that in the future a Final Fantasy could be produced with the input of our western developers, overseen by our Japanese developers."
He also had a bit of a jab at the Metal Gear Solid series, saying "Arkham Asylum is like the best aspects of Metal Gear Solid, but evolved." So there.
Full interview over here.
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