Overview
- Speaking at this weekend's Fan Festival in Anaheim, Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida said he has considered a single-player game set in Final Fantasy XIV's world and welcomed outside pitches for it.
- He explained that the current Final Fantasy XIV team is the only group he believes could make a high-quality standalone, which makes a near-term project unlikely.
- Yoshida said he might form a smaller group within Square Enix's Creative Business Unit 3 or revisit the idea after retiring from the MMO.
- He warned that shifting focus to a spin-off could draw complaints from current players who want the team to keep building the live game.
- Square Enix reinforced its live-service plans with the Evercold expansion slated for early next year and a Nintendo Switch 2 version planned for August.