Final Fantasy XV Director blames Square Enix for DLC cancellation

[John Elden Ring]

Speaking in a new interview with 4Gamer, the director of the fifteenth main entry in the series opened up about his split with Square Enix, highlighting how he was essentially forced to leave and start his own company, JP Games. Tabata-san also talked about the Final Fantasy XV DLC Dawn of the Future, saying that the partial cancellation wasn't his decision. He regrets the development of the new additional content for the game was cut, as they were not able to keep their promises to players. Still, the frustration of the situation motivated him to make up for it by developing new games. One of them is a console RPG project being developed with another unspecified company.

I understand. I'm sorry. The decision to cancel the DLC wasn't mine, but because I couldn't stop it, at the time I was even more discouraged. However, the frustration I felt became motivation to create a better game in a freer position " said Hajime Tabata.

As there are colleagues who share the same feelings, I would like to try a new challenge with this team and also offer the players who were disappointed at the time a new and interesting game to make up for it."

 

[ethomaz]

Square Enix took the fright decision here.
Firing this non-director that thinks to know how to direct games.

 

[JAHGamer]

Ardyn dlc was good enough, ff15 was trash!

 

[Box]

Ardyn dlc was good enough, ff15 was trash!

To be fair, until Tabata took over it was just a bunch random ideas Nomura had. Nomura even wanted to transform the game into a Musical after he watched Les Miserables.

Look at the Kingdom Hearts games after thr orginal and how bad the writing is. Nomura should not be in charge of any project.

 

[JAHGamer]

To be fair, until Tabata took over it was just a bunch random ideas Nomura had. Nomura even wanted to transform the game into a Musical after he watched Les Miserables.

Look at the Kingdom Hearts games after thr orginal and how bad the writing is. Nomura should not be in charge of any project.

I think you have it backwards, ff15 started to fall apart AFTER Nomura left. And Nomura is the best person at SE, he should be in charge of a lot.

 

[Box]

I think you have it backwards, ff15 started to fall apart AFTER Nomura left. And Nomura is the best person at SE, he should be in charge of a lot.

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Nomura is batshit insane, whatever new idea popped his head he would try to put it into the game. If he had his way the game would of been a musical. It was a mess

Nomura wanted to turn Final Fantasy XV into a musical - Nova Crystallis

But it was only a pipe dream.

novacrystallis.com

 

[ethomaz]

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Nomura is batshit insane, whatever new idea popped his head he would try to put it into the game. If he had his way the game would of been a musical. It was a mess

Nomura wanted to turn Final Fantasy XV into a musical - Nova Crystallis

But it was only a pipe dream.

novacrystallis.com

Whatever Nomura showed as Versus XIII was better than FFXV imo.

 

[Cool hand luke]

FFXV was a series low. Bad story, bad release strat (multiplat day 1), bad sales.

 

[KiryuRealty]

I think you have it backwards, ff15 started to fall apart AFTER Nomura left. And Nomura is the best person at SE, he should be in charge of a lot.

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