![]() ![]() We'll do everything in our power to keep the servers open for the players. And it's because it's Vana'diel that those memories are so strong. The memories players have of Vana'diel are memories of Vana'diel. They're completely different games, so it has to be their decision. With that being said, we don't want to force those players to move on to XIV. Maybe if they move to XIV we could give them a free year of subscription or something like that. ![]() If and when, maybe even ten years in the future, Final Fantasy XI finally ends, then yes, we'd be completely open to doing some kind of promotion for those players. You'll feel that the game is still going strong. Yet, the team and the Producers want to liven up the project, so you're gonna see the results in the next few months of work within the team as well as the PR teams. We're going to talk about it in the coming months, even if it's not a new expansion. This year we have a lot of patches and a lot of plans. I can tell you right now that it's still going strong, and there are no plans to end it any time soon. NY: Being in charge of Business Division 5, XI is still part of my group. Are you thinking, when the time to close Final Fantasy XI comes, of ways to draw its remaining players into Final Fantasy XIV? G: I'm guessing that Final Fantasy XI is drawing closer to the end of its life cycle. There will be big surprises and making that the best it can be is the job we have in front of us now. Yet, first of all, the big conclusion of Return to Ivalice is coming up. We understand the value of what he brings. Whether that means on Final Fantasy XIV or other projects by the Business Division 5. That being said, we really enjoy working with him, and we want to keep a relationship with him. Our job is to create a world that will contain his stories, and he's got so much in there that it can sometimes prove difficult. I look over his work and I say "Yes, this is great!" and he's like "maybe." and I'm like "No no no! it's ok, it's good!" It's that he goes over his work so many times to try to make it perfect. NY: If we brought him back we'd totally have a patch once every six or seven months (Laughs). Since he is also a big FFXIV player himself, isn't it time to bring him back as a regular member of the team? G: The work done by Yasumi Matsuno on Return to Ivalice has been highly appreciated by many fans. ![]() It could happen that there's no expansion. There could be no new jobs in the new expansion. I'm not going to say anything more about new jobs. Maybe we could have a job that can use numbers in battle.Īll right. In the second part of Return to Ivalice, in one of the battles, we had actual math problems so. NY: (Laughs) Personally, it'd be cool to maybe have the Arithmetician from Final Fantasy Tactics. So, is there a job that you'd personally like to add in the next expansion? You told me red mage, and just like that, red mage happened. G: You may or may not remember, but before Stormblood was officially announced, I asked you what kind of job you'd personally have liked to add to the game. I consider Final Fantasy XIV as my challenge and in the future, I will continue challenging it. I have so many ideas and all sorts of things I want to do in the future, so of course, I will continue charging forward. But since I really love games, and I'm having fun creating music for games, that exhaustion is irrelevant. Masayoshi Soken: (Laughs) of course if you ask me whether I'm tired or not, I'm obviously exhausted. Are you tired yet, or you still feel plenty of creative drive to compose even more? Giuseppe: Soken-san, you have created five years worth of music for Final Fantasy XIV, without even counting your work on 1.0. In order to take a deeper look into the future of the game, DualShockers had a chat with Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida and Composer Masayoshi Soken, and we got a lot of information on a variety of subjects, from a few teases about the upcoming (probably?) expansion, to support for roleplayers and plans for the game's server structure. It's also approaching the eighth anniversary of the release of the launch of 1.0, which marked the beginning of the adventure as "Warriors of Light" for many of us. Final Fantasy XIV just passed its fifth anniversary with fourteen million registered players under its belt. ![]()
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