Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has just revealed that his company wants to earn back the trust of PC gamers who recently purchased its newest game, the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG, after the title's troubled launch.
Final Fantasy XIV was set to be Square Enix's big push into online gaming, after the surprising success of Final Fantasy XI.
The game was hyped a lot ahead of its launch, but when it finally reached the hands of players, things went downhill, as many complained about constant lag, broken quests and a complicated interface that made the game borderline unplayable.
This is a pretty big surprise, considering alpha and beta testing stages were held by Square Enix, and players had a chance to express their opinions about the title.
Square Enix has realized that the title is quite broken, and now, through the voice of its CEO, has pledged that it will fix the game as soon as possible by implementing a series of patches, and earn back the trust of PC gamers.
"We're quickly working on reforms. We'd like to put our full power into regaining trust," Square's boss said during an investors briefing earlier today.
"If we satisfy our users, they will return. On the other hand, once the users say, 'forget this,' there's no turning back. We can only recover our trust so far."
Even if the game is broken, the company revealed that it has shipped around 630,000 units across the world, with 190,000 going to Japan, 210,000 in the U.S and 230,000 in Europe.
The game is currently only available for the PC, but
a PlayStation 3 version will arrive around March, 2011, fact reiterated by Wada himself.
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