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Last week, before attending the fan event where a potential PlayStation 5 version of the Final Fantasy XIV was mentioned, I was able to have an extensive chat with Naoki Yoshida - the director and lead producer of the game from A Realm Reborn onwards. During this fifty-minute conversation, we spoke about many things, from the beginning of when he first took over the project to the way that future content and even crossovers are decided upon.

Yoshida is often attributed as the person who rescued Final Fantasy XIV following its disastrous launch. For this first piece, I'll cover Final Fantasy as it was told through the conversation, the direction the game took and the reasons behind it, including the simple point that with Final Fantasy XIV, the developers are also the players.