Agreed that it’s largely Wada’s fault. Since he took over the company …

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Comment on Final Fantasy XIV Player Populations At Death’s Door by SpideyPHL:

Agreed that it’s largely Wada’s fault. Since he took over the company has been less about quality IPs like it was before the merger, and more about bastardized spinoffs on portables. The KH series is a great example, a great strong franchise that had the power of its brand ruined by endless portable spinoffs instead of a proper continuation of the series. Even if they make a KH3, there’s so much that’s been added to a ridiculously convoluted canon that only a fraction of the players have tried, so most people will probably be lost, and many have lost interest since it’s been 5 years now.

Idiotic nationalist speculation based on misinformation aside, you’re absolutely right, they need to get back to making games, and making their own games instead of just trying to buy their way back into the western market by gobbling up western developers.

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