Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda stressed the need for the publisher and developer to reform its business model in an interview with Japanese outlet Infoseek, as originally spotted by Games Industry International.
In the interview, which Siloncera translated, Matsuda discussed the changes in gaming development culture, where content must now be created on a more consistent basis. He says developers can no longer lock themselves away from the public while they work for years on a single project.
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Matsuda became president of Square Enix after Yoichi Wada stepped down from the role last March. This was after the company lost more than $130 in the last fiscal year, partially because sales for games like Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman: Absolution, despite being in the millions, failed to meet internal expectations. It’s also worth noting that the company had to completely remake Final Fantasy XIV after many considered the fist version a disaster, and that Final Fantasy XV, formerly Final Fantasy Versus XIII, has been in development since 2006.