Naoki Yoshida, director of the Endwalker expansion for Final Fantasy XIV
Some delay games by 2 or 3 years and are unfazed, and others announce small delays of two weeks and come to tears. Obviously these are two extremes, two sides of the same coin that we have seen too much lately, that of delays, in particular due to Covid.
In this case, it was a live broadcast when Naoki Yoshida, director of the Endwalker expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, which must have signaled a small delay of two weeks. For many, two weeks isn’t a problem, but the truth is, the creator asked for forgiveness and came to mourning when announcing it. Expansion is delayed from November 23 to December 7, its early access is therefore also postponed to December 3.
In this case, the reason for the delay was to allow the team make final adjustments and improvements before launch, without removing anything from what had been planned. “We made the decision last Friday so it’s very sudden. It’s the first time, not just with XIV, but in my career, that we’ve announced a release date and we have to push it back, so I feel very bad for that, “admits Naoki Yoshida.
The creative understands that the decision has disrupted the plans of several of his players: “I understand some of you took days off for this and I know people have prepared… some of the elements? But unfortunately that’s not how our content is done, so this We once wanted to prioritize delivering the best quality. So again, I’m so sorry that this has come to this. “
