It’s an unprecedented story of a company valuing a brand so much that when an inferior product was released, they refused to let it die, and brought it back into the workshop to fix and re-release. Rising From The AshesĪt this point, it’s common knowledge amongst most of the gaming community that “something” happened with FFXIV that caused it to retreat back into production. And amazingly, it was the best thing that could happen to this game. It’s an unprecedented move for an MMO-or any game for that matter-to try for round 2, but FFXIV has done it.
The game was so broken that Squenix, via new producer Naoki Yoshida, took the game back, completely revamped it, and rereleased it with an apology to the fans. They’ve been losing market share in the RPG space to the likes of BioWare, their flagship franchise Final Fantasy has been losing its way, and the launch of Final Fantasy XIV was a complete disaster. Square-Enix has not been at the top of its game lately.
