Tabata: Final Fantasy Was Considered a 'Dying IP', Situation Was 'Grave'

14th April, 0 replies

In an interview with Game Informer, Final Fantasy XV Director Hajime Tabata gives some frank insight into where the Final Fantasy series was seen to be heading when he came to head the project.

Tabata conducted an analysis on the state of the series in Japan when he became the title's director back in 2012 and found that it was considered to be a "dying IP that had already peak". He describes the situation as having been graver and more serious than they initially expected. Not only were fans disappointed with recent entries in the series but the fanbase as a whole was in decline.

For Tabata the series is defined by three core principles, and the failure to meet them since the 1990s is a key reason for its apparent decline, these being:

A willingness to challenge the status quo.
An exceptional, out-of-the-ordinary experience.
Cutting-edge technology to use the hardware to the fullest.

But he is hopeful that Final Fantasy XV will satisfy all three principles. "What Final Fantasy fans desire is a new entry that encompasses all of these elements, and that is our objective with Final Fantasy XV," he concludes.

Final Fantasy XV is set to launch in September for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A PC version is a possibility at some point in the future.

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