Naoki Yoshida: Final Fantasy XIV Development Schedule Has Significantly Impacted Due To COVID-19 Outbreak

Posted:Apr 14 ,2020

Source: MMOAH

Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director, Naoki Yoshida admitted the significant impact of COVID-19, seriously slowed down the development schedule of FFXIV.

The coronavirus outbreak has threatened the security of worldwide places, and in order to better self-protection and isolation, Square Enix employees have to work inside home and stop contacting other partners, so the release of next patch is once delayed again and again.

Naoki Yoshida explained that there are multiple reasons for this delay:

Delayed delivery of graphical assets due to the lockdown of cities in East Asia, North America, and Europe.
Delayed voice recording due to the lockdown of cities in Europe.
Delays to development tasks performed by Tokyo staff due to work-from-home/shelter-in-place limitations.
Production and QA teams operating well below normal capacity due to work-from-home/shelter-in-place limitations.

The most significantly impacted is patch 5.3, which was delayed to an uncertain date, perhaps a week, two or three weeks, even a month. Also, this delay was not caused by someone, but Naoki Yoshida still apologized for the players' disappointment. In the particular period, more understanding should be given.

Yoshida also warns there may also be server issues going forward, as those maintaining them are also working from home. That is, bug fixes and maintenance issues may also take longer to resolve than usual.

Moreover, the two game-related titles FFXIV: Shadowbringers The Art of Reflection: Histories Forsaken and FFXV: The Dawn of the Future originally set to launch in mid-2020 were also delayed to July 28 and July 14.

Anyway, what can be guaranteed is that Final Fantasy XIV is always playable on PC, PS4 and Xbox One during the coronavirus pandemic.

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