GAMING: A business case for a 'butt slider' in Final Fantasy XIV
Square Enix is facing investor scrutiny over its reliance on the profitability of Final Fantasy XIV to fund its broader AAA console and PC game development. The article discusses the game's internal development culture and the financial risks of the company's current business model.
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Prefer Startup Daily Wuk Lamat with Y’stola Rhul, one of Final Fantasy XIV’s most famous Miqo’te characters. Source: Square Enix. There was a telling moment buried in director Naoki Yoshida’s two-hour keynote kicking off Berlin’s Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival last weekend. For years, and despite player requests, Final Fantasy XIV forced players who chose the popular cat-people race, the Miqo’te, to wear tribal tattoos on their face as a matter of lore. In the coming expansion, Evercold, and its patches to follow, that will become an option.
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