According to the official FFXIV website CEO Wada said ”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,” president and CEO Yoichi Wada wrote onFinal Fantasy XIV’s official website.
“For that reason, we have made the difficult decision to delay the release of the PlayStation 3 version beyond the originally announced date of March 2011.”
Following a disastrous September launch that saw forums filled with angry complaints from gamers over the quality of the hotly-anticipated title, Square Enix extended the free trial and outlined a raft of improvements designed to win back players.
Now, in a move some will see as an act of desperation, the Japanese company has restructured the FFXIV development team, dumped producer Hiromichi Tanaka, considered by many to be the face of Final Fantasy XI and XIV, and drafted in employees from other projects to save the game.
“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 said.
FXIV’s core team now includes lead game designer Nobuaki Komoto (Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy XI), lead combat system designer Akihiko Matsui (Final Fantasy XI) and senior concept artist Akihiko Yoshida (Final Fantasy XII, Vagrant Story). Taking over the role of producer and director is Naoki Yoshida.
The PC UI lag issues have been improved however the core game is still just broken and frankly terrible, might be better just to cancel and start again or this really will be the final fantasy.
PC Review scores for FFXIV very very poor
| Eurogamer | 12/23/10 | 5 out of 10  |
50.00% |
| PALGN | 12/07/10 | 6 out of 10 |
60.00% |
| Gaming Nexus | 12/06/10 | D+ |
55.00% |
| PC Power Play | 12/25/10 | 5 out of 10 | 50.00% |
| The Gamers Temple | 11/19/10 | 54 out of 100 |
54.00% |
| D+PAD Magazine | 11/19/10 | 3 out of 5 |
60.00% |
| Computer & Video Games UK | 11/11/10 | 6.2 out of 10 |
62.00% |
| NZGamer | 11/08/10 | 4 out of 10 |
40.00% |
| Games Xtreme | 11/05/10 | 5 out of 10 |
50.00% |
| 1UP | 10/18/10 | D+ |
55.00% |
| PC Gamer | 10/18/10 | 30 out of 100 | 30.00% |
| Game Revolution | 10/12/10 | D |
50.00% |
| play.tm | 10/12/10 | 49 out of 100 |
49.00% |
| IGN | 10/11/10 | 5.5 out of 10 |
55.00% |
| GameSpy | 10/11/10 | 2 out of 5 |
40.00% |
| Gametrailers | 10/10/10 | 4.2 out of 10 |
42.00% |
| GameSpot | 10/06/10 | 4 out of 10 |
40.00% |
| Cheat Code Central | 10/04/10 | 4.2 out of 5 |
84.00% |
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