According to 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' Director Naoki Hamaguchi, Japanese devs now give considerable attention to their 'global audiences'. Video Game News February 17, 2025 Square Enix Permanently ...

Among other personnel changes, Final Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida (known by fans as Yoshi-P) seems to have been removed from Square Enix’s board of directors. Yoshida became an ...

Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida has seemingly been removed from Square Enix's list of its board of directors, suggesting that he's either been removed from the post or that he's voluntarily ...

Naoki Hamaguchi did however, also reiterate that they are a ‘Japanese first’ developer regardless. All of their games are developed for the Japanese audience in mind first, and followed by careful ...