14 DAY TRIAL // Final Fantasy XIV isn't going through the best of times these days, and now, Yoichi Wada, the boss of its developer and publisher, Square Enix, revealed that the whole team had been restructured and that the PlayStation 3 version of the online game has been delayed.
For those not familiar with the project, Final Fantasy XIV is a new attempt from Square Enix to capitalize on the MMO market, and has already been launched for the PC platform, with a PlayStation 3 one set to arrive next year.
Sadly, even if the game was hyped with beautiful trailers and videos, the end result disappointed, as many players complained of glitches, problems and bugs encountered during the free trial of the game on the PC.
Even if Square Enix promised that the problems would be fixed, it seems that the company lost its patience with the former development team, as Wada has just unveiled on the website of the game that the team has been restructured.
"While more than two months have passed since the official launch of Final Fantasy XIV service, we deeply regret that the game has yet to achieve the level of enjoyability that Final Fantasy fans have come to expect from the franchise, and for this we offer our sincerest of apologies," Wada disclosed.
"After thorough deliberation on how to meet those expectations, it was decided that the most viable step was to approach improvements under new leadership and with a restructured team."
Wada goes on to say that a new producer and director has been put in place, Naoki Yoshida, who will make sure that customer satisfaction is the most important objective.
As you can imagine, such a change isn't without repercussions, and Wada stated that this move meant a delay for the PlayStation 3 version of Final Fantasy XIV from its initial release date of March 2011.
"Regarding the PlayStation 3, it is not our wish to release a simple conversion of the Windows version in its current state, but rather an update that includes all the improvements we have planned."
Meanwhile, the PC version will see its free trial period extended even more, until the new team can improve the online experience.