Naoki Yoshida expressed himself in a recent video, talking about the growing problem within the MMORPG.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlDjTtEZu1Y
A toxic community in online video games it hurts both players and developers, and after the release of Endwalker, the latest expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, this problem has become bigger and bigger among its community. It escalated so much, in fact, that the producer and director of the MMORPG, Naoki Yoshida, shared their opinions within a broadcast, asking players who express themselves negatively to calm down (4:14:45 in the video).
This is going to end all the motivation of the playersNaoki YoshidaBeginning with a thank you to players who offer ideas on how to improve the game, Yoshida moved on to the constant verbal abuse that he and the rest of the team receive from the community. “It’s something we wish would stop,” he said.
“I like to think of myself as someone with a strong mentality in Japan,” the director continued. “But not everyone on the team shares the same mental strength that I have.” Yoshida mentioned, that the situation worsened after the release of Endwalker, with not only verbal attacks launched at players and developers, but constants spoilers carelessly dumped across the internet.
Yoshida added, that this will only result in team members feeling hurt, and the situation won’t help anyoneWhether they are gamers or developers. “This is going to kill all the motivation of the players and even worse, they will leave the game completely, so I hope that everyone can understand that,” said the director. “Bugs are bugs and of course should be reported, but I’d appreciate everyone being more careful with your thoughts before sharing them with us.
Final Fantasy XIV fans are not only furious due to the state of the game, because after Square Enix’s announcement regarding NFTs, a large part of the community threatened to leave the game if the company did not change its mind. The number of players in the MMORPG grew so much in recent weeks that the studio had to suspend sales of the game and expand its servers.
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