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Final Fantasy Producer Wants A New Game Every Year Or Two
After the lengthy wait for Final Fantasy XIII and a similarly seemingly never-ending grind toward Final Fantasy Versus XIII, some FF fans are understandably surprised that Final Fantasy XIII-2 is already almost ready for release. If FF XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase has his way, this faster turn-around will become the norm in the series' future.
Speaking to Game Reactor, Kitase pointed to the Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Assassin's Creed franchises as ones that Square Enix should be trying to emulate:
"...they make a new game in 1-2 years. That is something we need to follow up, because that seems to be the best way to keep our fans interested and attracted to the franchise."
Kitase owns up that they took too long finishing the first Final Fantasy XIII, although he doesn't provide a timeline or strategy for how Square Enix will improve the turn-around in the future. He also goes on to admit later in the interview that the publisher still has no updates on when we'll see more about the long-in-development Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
Do you think that more Final Fantasy releases more often is a good focus for Square as a company or should it be putting its energy elsewhere?
[via Eurogamer]
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