Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P would like to direct another "major" game before he retires
Mar. 11, 2024But there are no solid plans right now
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Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has addressed whether he’ll direct another game following the massive MMO, and it sounds like he’s keen to.
Yoshida answered plainly, saying that, while it’s completely undecided right now, if the chance came about to work on another large-scale project, he’d like to direct it himself. Shimoda is intrigued by this, and asks Yoshida how the timing for this project could potentially come about, given that Yoshida’s into the twilight of his career at over 50 years old.
The Final Fantasy 14 director says he’s considered directing one more game before passing the baton on to the next generation of game developers. However, Yoshida says this mindset would actually trap and somewhat limit him, effectively providing him with a ceiling that he couldn’t exceed.
Yoshida then says company employees, such as developers, follow the thinking of their higher-ups. If Yoshida were to direct one last game, he would be in this position, and so those underneath him would regard the project as “Yoshida’s masterpiece” or something similar, which wouldn’t be a good look.
The Final Fantasy 14 lead then turns to a snowboarding metaphor. Despite being in his 50s, Yoshida still loves snowboarding and feels like he gets better at the sport every time he snowboards. He’s sort of taking this attitude with game development - he wants to keep improving his own craft because he feels like he’s capable of more.
Final Fantasy 14 is speeding towards Dawntrail, the MMO’s next major expansion, which is set to launch later this year in summer. You can read our very own newFinal Fantasy 14 interviewwith Yoshida for comments on how the last 10 years of the MMO will inform the next decade.
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