Keeping this secret was difficult XD - We were given the rare opportunity to sit down with Naoki Yoshida himself and talk all things FF14 and where the game is going. both Mike and Yoshi P had a great time so I hope you enjoy as well. Also, we did only have access to 2 LAV mics for the interview so some of the sound is a bit wonky but I've done what I can to make it decent to listen to.

@ginoh007

25 күн бұрын

Do hope you did get to go out for some wine :D

@melissas4874

25 күн бұрын

So this wasn't part of the media tour? Saying it was "exclusive" makes it sound like it was outside of media tour.

@daniellucas5522

25 күн бұрын

@@melissas4874 Most of the media tours involve a few exclusive interviews - it just means there's only one person doing the interview as opposed to the group sessions or open sessions at other points. You can see there's nobody else here asking questions or recording except preach - that makes it an exclusive.

@sirscizor8935

25 күн бұрын

Honestly, didn't notice anything weird with the sound.

@GhostAeonWolf

25 күн бұрын

how the hell did not the ginger incident not come to the dialogue?:D

Yoshi-p: I'm sure you must be tired. Preach: Not at all, I'm here to make you approve chat bubbles.

@greggreyes6869

25 күн бұрын

waiting for the crawlers heavensward play with the chat bubbles!

@Magnarmis

25 күн бұрын

Anyone know where I can find the ARR one?

@MvizM

25 күн бұрын

@@Magnarmis If you search for "Preach's FC Stage Play!: Floor Inspector- A Realm Remembered" you can easily find it. Please look forward to it! 😂

@ayeoh10

25 күн бұрын

@@Magnarmis it’s on The Daily Preach channel, “Floor Inspector- A Realm Remembered”

@Magnarmis

23 күн бұрын

@@ayeoh10 thanks a lot! I watched it on release but was struggling to find it to send it to a friend.

I love how the last part didn't even need to be translated. The moment "chat bubbles" was said, Yoshida already knew. Beautiful.

@waltwhite8126

25 күн бұрын

I think yoshi-p can understand english pretty well, but the translator is there to ensure the question is 100% correctly understood.

@necrolord1920

25 күн бұрын

​@@waltwhite81262 other reasons for the English to Japanese translation: To help the Japanese audience, and to allow Yoshi P time to think about the question while it is being translated.

@crimsonpotemkin

25 күн бұрын

@@waltwhite8126 that may be true, he does seem to be responding to the question before it's translated.

@Prism_Heavy

25 күн бұрын

@@waltwhite8126 All of this. Yoshi P can actually speak very good English but there was a live letter that came out a few years ago (during shadowbringers) where he said he wasn't confident with it so he hardly speaks it. He can understand a lot of it, judging by his reactions when people ask him things.

@ManisonQT

25 күн бұрын

He can speak English, the translator is there for the japanese audience who can't speak it.

プリチーさんほんとにありがとうございます!🎉🎉❤

Yoshi-P definitely wanting to talk off camera and off the record. lol

21:27: "A lot of the poeple who haven't played FF14 before, they typically associate FF14 with having an anime style and for them it comes across as childish and they feel that they won't like it" CALLED. OUT. LMAO.

@SubduedRadical

18 күн бұрын

The thing that always gets me about that: Have people SEEN other MMOs? WoW's graphics are literally cartoonish. So were Wildstar's. Runescape's were made in the early Java era and may have been hand drawn. Like, outside of maybe Rift or Elder Scrolls, what are these people looking at that isn't either cartoony, anime-esque, or both?

@Hawkenwhacker

18 күн бұрын

@@SubduedRadical Probably because those are western developers and anything that doesn't conform to that perspective is weird, or childish. I would wager that it's a mixture of culture shock and potentially some layer of xenophobia.

@SubduedRadical

18 күн бұрын

@@Hawkenwhacker Nah, I'm more saying I don't think that's as much of a reason as people give it credit for. I think it's more people looking for excuses. Some people get very strong MMO brand loyalty and so will be dismissive of anything else for the stupidest made up reasons possible. Because they aren't being dismissive for that reason. They decided to just be dismissive and are latching onto any reason they can find after the fact to justify their pre-decision.

@Merusdraconis

10 күн бұрын

I was watching Yoshi-P's face when Preach realised he was getting called out. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Having you involved in the XIV community has been great. Your love of games has been on full display since branching out from Blizzard stuff and it's refreshing.

I can´t believe Yoshi P. would kidnap you for an Interview. Nice to see that you kept your cool

@markup6394

25 күн бұрын

Must've been a traumatic experience but in light of this oppotunity its natural to lose some feathers ^.^

I am so, so happy that Naoki Yoshida is the one handling FFXIV and that SE is keeping him at the helm, because oh my god is he ever so damn good at what he does !

@Bahamut3525

25 күн бұрын

Yeah, he's incredible. He also organised the team of FFXVI extremely well.

@TheOneGreat

25 күн бұрын

He did some great things, especially in regards to 1.0 to 2.0 but the current battle system is very boring and uninspired. And FFXVI was an overall disappointment to me. Still have a lot of respect for YP. It can't be easy. 💛

@StormierNik

24 күн бұрын

I hope he keeps well and healthy because this man is probably one of the few people in the games industry i feel like actually fully understand a variety of games and why they should be the way they are.

@Bahamut3525

24 күн бұрын

@@TheOneGreat FFXVI was a success to me and my GOTY 2023 despite some massive flaws. I put in 200+ hours in it. First of all, the game has the best character graphical quality in gaming ever, besides FF7 rebirth. It also arguably has the best voice acting in a game ever. For those two points alone, and creating an incredible cinematic experience, I give the game an 8/10. Yes the combat was mid and the world/questing as well. But they can only improve on that. Also, something to keep in mind is that FF franchise was doing terrible with FF13/FF15 and in comparison FF16 is a solid improvement over those games and put the franchise back on track. So overall, Yoshida did the impossible. Put FF back on the map. Yes it's not a deep RPG. But it put Square Enix on track to make a great FF17.

@TheOneGreat

24 күн бұрын

@@Bahamut3525 See, you said it looks and sounds nice so it's amazing. I'm playing a game, not watching a movie. Gameplay is a distant first and that aspect was boring. Not to mention the lifeless overworld and the bafflingly bad side quests. Rebirth is great, though, I agree.

Thank you Preach for always asking for chat bubbles, i have wanted this in the game since the start, being a huge FF fan its one of the things i wanted most in game lol

@Ryotsu2112

24 күн бұрын

The weird thing is it has kind of always been in the game. The damn NPCs have no issues using them all over the place!

@LoreleiMocote

23 күн бұрын

@@Ryotsu2112”Thal’s Balls everywhere”

@DameonStarflame

23 күн бұрын

@@Ryotsu2112 I imagine the difference is a matter of consent. NPCs are automatically consenting to their chat being seen by players. Players aren't automatically consenting to their chat being seen by other players.

@The_Yukki

21 күн бұрын

@@DameonStarflame But... it already is seen by other players if they speak in public channels? if I say something in /say everyone within certain range that is not blocked by me can see it already. Chat bubbles achieve the same thing. Presumably /tell won't have them like it doesn't in wow etc.

@Rysix19

19 күн бұрын

@@DameonStarflame What the fuck? Consent? Touch some grass

I'm so glad Preach got an interview. He has a lot of experience interviewing game designers, and it shows

This is the biggest win I've seen all year congrats man

"Chat Bubbles CONFIRMED!" FINALLY! I was legit in the closed Beta for this game and one of the pieces of feedback I tried to tell the dev team was to include chat bubbles and WHY for RP/social reasons. I created a whole forum post about it back then. A bunch of random people came in and shut me down saying it wouldn't improve the social aspect and not everything should borrow from WoW. To this day I still sit in SW or in front of Goldshire and chat people up. Chat bubbles will ALWAYS feel more personal than the chat box. I also suggested they be an option to toggle off and on for players who don't want it. But here I am like 10 years later and the thing I said to have from the beginning finally happens! This is soooo cool. Now walking up to people they will know you are talking to them even easier!

@numberc8420

23 күн бұрын

I don't know why this game gets so many contrarians. There were people who didn't want jumping back in ARR.

@MilkshakeGuruTTV

23 күн бұрын

@@numberc8420 wild lmao

@unclejoeljoestar988

11 күн бұрын

@@numberc8420 there's a certain vibe that the FF14 community is often faulty of, is that the game is free of serious oversights or flaws, even when the developers don't benefit from the overly positive feedback. It's almost like players are traumatised that if they don't practice toxic positivity regarding FF14, their toy will be taken away. Which is patently false, especially with the negative community feedback being the main reason the game survived past Alexander Gordias/Midas

I watched 46 minutes to hear the confirmation of an attempt at chat bubbles test. 100% worth it.

I greatly appreciate the translators being left in as well, I usually catch these when I'm at work so it's nice to be able to just listen to them without having to check subs!

@freshskittles92

24 күн бұрын

yeah i was also very appreciative of that being left in

hundred percent, mike's learning japanese before the dinner party

@seiverdamross

24 күн бұрын

Yoship knows English he is just not confident in it

@StormierNik

24 күн бұрын

@@seiverdamross I need more yoshi p broken english

@LoreleiMocote

23 күн бұрын

@@seiverdamrossFoxclonn does exceptionally well in what English he provides

@xalmor6044

22 күн бұрын

koenichiwaa hesushiboori dontno joshib-sama 😂

@Plasmacat1

15 күн бұрын

His transformation is not a weeb will be complete

Lol when the Chatbouble Video is longer then the Mediatour Video 😆

@Daccura

25 күн бұрын

more important obviously

Yoshi-P for PreachCon 2024 confirmed EZ

I am a wow Andy for gameplay, but am intrigued by what FF14 is as an RPG and how this game can impact my own. Thank you YohsiP for your time and Mike for the good conversation.

@itsspookie

25 күн бұрын

XIV ain't affecting WoW. Blizzard would need to listen first 😂

@yannobzh

25 күн бұрын

@@itsspookie Lets have both games do what they want and then enjoy 2 mmos

@Sas-ym4gg

25 күн бұрын

In my experience from playing both this is spot on. I play wow when I want some good mmo gameplay and/or am watching tv. I play ffxiv when I’m in the mood for more focused story while questing or just goofing around with other players in the world/housing/gold saucer, etc. it would be cool to see both continue to improve the areas the other excels at but I also enjoy just being able to decide which one to play based on my mood and what I’m after at the time

@ArchieGamez

25 күн бұрын

Wish i have the time to play more than 1 MMO, its great both games exist for everyone!

@Reldan

25 күн бұрын

I think more than just MMOs but a lot of RPGs could stand to learn what FFXIV does to make the story and characters so compelling. I do not cry for video games, but o have been brought to tears multiple times by this one. Evoking such strong emotion is what any media wants to achieve.

Fascinating that they prioritize the time it takes to complete a dungeon rather than the content in itself. Which probably is why I never feel too taxed to complete one in a roulette. That said, with how simple the dungeons can be, they are seeking other ways to give more complicated, longer dungeons via the other systems, I wonder what they will come up with

@billy65bob

23 күн бұрын

Also interesting that they target 30 minutes. Which is about how long it takes to do with Duty Support. Explains a lot tbh...

@Hawkenwhacker

18 күн бұрын

"Mechanics are for cars." Despite it being a meme, it can be said it's helped form the way people approach the game. I've been in groups where people completely ignore them, and then we wipe and the group doesn't know how or doesn't care to learn from it. The player base is just as responsible. It's a symbiotic relationship after all.

very cool leaving both translators in; massive w for accessibility 🔥

CHAT BUBBLES LET'S GOOOOO!!!

The only thing keeping Preach from totally chillin with his bff is learning Japanese

Great Interview, really great questions and really great and direct answers! I'm so relieved to see a developer whose answers are not only "We will see" or "We dont know yet" without any other perspective given. Yoshi-P is just one of THE greats in the MMO industry and with every each interview, rightfully so! :)

@TheSilverwing999

25 күн бұрын

All mmos give their perspective and reasoning btw. Maybe it's just not what you want to hear

@MysticTheLxrd

24 күн бұрын

Wow, tak tebe jsem tady nečekal tyjo :D Mám radost, že máš zájem o FF14, ačkoli 95% času trávíš ve WOWku :D

@Honzaj

24 күн бұрын

@@MysticTheLxrd já právě hraju WoWko jen na streamech, jinak hraju FFko :D

@MysticTheLxrd

24 күн бұрын

@@Honzaj Tyjo fakt joo? Tak to jsem vůbec nevěděl! Jsem si to myslel na základě youtube žejo :D Hraješ na Chaosu? :) btw, na chaosu jsem díky tvému videu, protože jsi říkal, že tam hraje nejvíc čechů :D

Mike/Preach, your hard work and dedication made this interview happen. Thank you man!

Congrats to the team! THIS is the content I love to see and I am excited to see how far you can go! Chat bubbles confirmed!!

So glad you got to go to the media tour and had such elite access to Joshi-P. :) You're insight is always appreciated, so happy to see these videos!

I would love to see a Boss Rush dungeon or trial/raid. No trash inbetween, just one boss after another. Not Ultimate level difficulty, but you know, one normal version and one extreme. That'd be interesting.

@Hawkbreath36

25 күн бұрын

You'd like Bozja

@crimsonpotemkin

25 күн бұрын

@@Hawkbreath36 I've already 100%-ed Bozja

@aikoaiko035

25 күн бұрын

Reminds me of A6s

@Kanarichan245

24 күн бұрын

So like Cuff of the Son Alexander raid? That's just 4 lil boss fights back to back with no trash in between- the normal version has some trash at the very start but that's the only trash mobs- savage doesn't have any of the trash mobs I believe. Would be interesting to see more non-ultimate fights be structured like that again but I think the durability of the average player wouldn't be as agreeable haha.

@StormierNik

24 күн бұрын

Then we need dungeons where it's largely JUST trash but the trash is more impactful, similar to criterion but not to the same degree. I'd love to see just vast variety of how different dungeons COULD work.

Man, I would've loved for you two to talk longer. Someday it will happen. Maybe even out of media tour season and you can have each other for the whole day.

as soon as I heard Yoshi P say "world of warcraft" I knew shit was about to go hard, and he really did know Preach. This interview is FIRE. Blizz could frankly never lmao. Well done Preach!

@therabbits69

25 күн бұрын

Yoshi P has always and I mean always loved World of Warcraft.

@fynale2049

25 күн бұрын

@@therabbits69 hell yoship has always stated that wow and ff14 are both equally good games. The tribalism that has seperated the ex wow ff14 players is so stupid, both do different things better or worse but both are made better by the other existing and pushing new ideas, both teams talk to each and play each others game and strive the best mmos they can.

@BLKM4NTI5

23 күн бұрын

@@fynale2049 It's the same sort of tribalism that goes into the Apple vs Android debate. I love both games equally, for myriad reasons.

Yoshi-P drip unreal as always

Love interviews like this. They're always so different and interesting from the usual developer interviews that people usually have. I loved both this one and the Blzzard one you did previously. Keep it up.

Best Yoshida interview I seen by far in all these years. I hope you guys get to chat eventually more in depth.

Thank you! Brought a huge smile to my face! I just finished base Endwalker and saw this notification... perfection..

I am smiling so much. I am soooo glad you got into the game and subsequently into the media tour preach! I know you had a hard year and I did as well. So seeing this whole video so far during my work, I am smiling so hard. Big ❤ from me Mike. May the rat bless us all. Best, Molotov

@Zeroslayer

25 күн бұрын

ratJAM

So cool you got to interview Preach. I have really enjoyed your XIV content along with all the other FFs. You deserve it.

Fantastic interview Preach, glad that you and your team are a part of this community 👍

Preach: [gets really cool interview with Yoshi P] Most Viewers: ... The Interview: [Chat Bubbles Confirm] Most Viewers: **REAL SHIT.**

i am another person who has been waiting for Preach to get to speak with Yoshi P since he started his FF journey too! Love the interview!

That’s awesome! Happy you got to interview him.

Amazing interview! I love your interviews and it's great to see such an interesting conversation.

Yaaaay! I'm so happy you got to sit down, legend to legend! Can't wait for chat bubbles, and I hope one day to be there in "person" for one of chats amazing plays!

Great interview and wonderfully insightful questions! Thanks for sticking with FFXIV!!

For anyone like me that doesn't want to see gameplay for Dawntrail to go in as blind as possible, go audio only at 13:04 - 18:04 and 33:56 - 37:13! Great interview though, also you're looking very good Preach! If you've been looking after your health lately it shows. :D

@xbree_

25 күн бұрын

Ty!!

Great work Preach! Love these interviews you get to do. 👍

Time and resource management is Yoshi's real skillset

wow damn, thank you for this

@TheSilverwing999

25 күн бұрын

Yeah it was great

I am so glad you guys got the invite, great great video. keep itup!

Awesome interview! Thanks for sharing this with us.(:

This was a wonderful interview, really looking forward to all ff14 content you will continue to put up for sure!

I'm glad that you left it edited like this because this felt more like an actual conversation than simply a straightforward question and answer segment. I'm sure other people will whittle this down to simply the questions and answers for brevity but for me part of the joy and entertainment of seeing content like this is the actual conversation itself as you get to see how people accept the information being presented to them in real time along with whatever emotions come along with it.

Really amazing interview! Thank you for this ^^

Thanks so much for leaving both translators in! I actually liked that a lot!

This is supper exciting to see happen... I love all your talks with all different developers you have a very unique and way of asking question that I find very entertaining to watch keep up the great work Preach.

@jrey8722

25 күн бұрын

Just finished the video YESSSS!!!!! CHAT BUBBLES ARE A REAL THING THAT IS HAPPENING

I'm just so happy for you right now

This was awesome, thanks!

Thanks for the great questions and drawing out some interesting insights from him! Also thanks for chat bubbles 👍

So happy for you Preach! This was a great interview 🎉 yay for chat bubbles!! 🥂

Amazing interview, you both got along really well and 100% take him up on the offer for dinner, wine and chatting more about FFXIV! Well done!

What a genuine and beautiful interview, thank you to both of you for making this happen :D

Props to the team and to the translator. Great interview

thank you so much for this

Great stuff!

The only thing bad with FF 14 is the frustration of trying to get your friends to experience it, against their unfair beliefs about the game and somewhat slow start.

@tetraspirit13

25 күн бұрын

I had two friends that got through Stormblood and quit right before Shadowbringers and I wanted to scream 😂😂😂

@pharaohthutmosis7803

25 күн бұрын

@@tetraspirit13 it hurts my man

@MysticTheLxrd

24 күн бұрын

bro, this cant be more truth :( Everyone in my group plays WoW, im the only one on FF.. so sad that i cant share the experience with them.

Great interview, thanks for being awesome Mr.Preach!

Thanks for a great interview and always a pleasure to see Yoshi-P discussing philosophy and approach rather than just specific details (which while great, but are easily found through playing/live letters/resources)

Great interview!

This was a great interview. The chemistry was great. The questions that were asked were well thought out and delivered nicely and the part where you got Yoshi P to laugh at the "lala's being used as a raid marker" really brought it home for me. It was obvious that there was mutual respect. Great interview.

Incredible interview!

Hell yeah I love hearing both sides with their own voice + translation makes it feel more real and personal

YAY subtitles work!

Preach omg!!! This is so cool!!! I’m so excited for you!

Juuust finished watching Jesse Cox and JP speak with Yoshi P for EW then refreshed yt to this vid!

Really happy you got to Media Tour Preach. Congrats man!

Preach asking the perfect questions. Incredible work

Dude, this was great!!

so happy to see this, i love the PG journalism and i was saddened to not get it but i am glad it happened

This is such a wonderful interview, just an honest conversation about video games and the people who play them. These two men are international treasures.

That was so cool! I can't believe you got a one on one with Yoshi P, great video!

This is so incredible \i/

So glad you got the opportunity! Looking forward to listening :)

Such a fantastic interview!! I'm so thankful that you decided to try 14, otherwise we'd have never gotten to see this! Also I would take a punch to the head to protect Yoshi P. What a beacon of light in the gaming community, love that dude!

Congrats Mike! I hope you get to have dinner with him sometime, hanging with the staff

Thanks!

12:57 In another interview I saw, he spoke about how when he first started working on FFXIV back in 1.0, there was a case where White Mage could cast Cure 3 basically as much as they wanted without fear of running out of MP. Of course, this meant that all the other healing spells were rendered moot and there was never a reason to cast anything else. It was just bad game balance, so he implemented changes to make it so they would run out of MP if they just spammed their most powerful healing ability. However, this led to backlash from the players who now felt stressed, because now they had to actually consider their resources and what spells to use when. He said it was something that surprised him, but it was also a valuable learning experience. From then on, whenever they make a mistake, they always try to correct it ASAP and give an explanation to the players *why* the change is necessary, so that people don't get accustomed to a broken mechanic. But he also believes that small adjustments on a larger scale will allow people to enjoy the game and slowly be ushered towards a new direction, rather than suddenly changing direction all at once, which can be disorienting and lead to people not enjoying the game. It's a very interesting design philosophy. Of course, if the adjustments are too small, it can make people feel like the game is stagnating or not really going anywhere, so it's a balancing act.

I love this. The man who got to have my most favorite interviews with Ion Hazzikostas also scored an interview with the great Yoshi-P himself? Hot. Damn.

OH man this is so cool!!!

Great interview

Yessss!

Mike I am THRILLED that you had this opportunity and even more so that you chose to share it with all of us. I had goosebumps from excitement from start to finish. Thank you for all that you and your team do to connect with us! Cheers!

This was amazing.

A preach interview?!? Love this.

Aaaaaaaaaaaa this is HUGE thank you 🎉🎉🎉

Amazing ❤

Bro got a dinner invitation from Yoshi P to discuss more game stuff sometime. That's amazing! You know he really values Preach's input on things, and it's easy to see why. Keep up the good work bro. This was a great interview with some great insights.

I really hope they stick to that ideal of not abandoning mechanic ideas in favor of safer ones (limit cut, buddy stacks, etc). Nothing drags at this game quite like playing tier after tier that makes me wonder why we haven't had any more fights as compelling to progress as Titan Savage was. I love cool shit like Uplift and I really don't want them to abandon them just because people get upset at losing uptime or the boss going invincible or whatever else. There's cool ideas that deserve to see more play in this game so the raids are fresh, not just difficult.

Im so happy this happened. Im really glad preach is appreciated by the ff devs too.

21:35 I love the look Yoshi-P is giving Preach as his words were being translated. I can't imagine who he was referring to with this comment haha. This was a great interview, and I think Preach going from "stupid weeb gane" (unironically) to "stupid weeb game" (after Seto scene) to this interview has been an awesome journey!

such an amazing interview all the questions where really good ones along with the responses i think everyone of every skill or type of content enjoyer can really enjoy this vod and imo i think preach should go into being a XD tv host of preach n friends

Someone said once, Yoshi-P's superpower is, he's a God-tier manager. His take on why they stick with the 3 boss/random trash blueprint from a managerial pov was interesting. I hadn't considered how much it helps on the development side to keep the blueprint so tight. On one hand, we don't get as many unique dungeons like we did in ARR & the hard modes, but on the other hand it allows the dungeon design team to be better able to push out content at a brisker pace. Seriously, one of my good friends who plays GW2 said, "you--meaning FFXIV--guys are spoiled with how much dungeon content you get." There are, iirc, 8 dungeons in all of GW2; Endwalker, by itself, had 13 dungeons. I loved some of the quirkier ARR dungeons and hard modes, but honestly, I'll take 13 dungeons. Yoshi-P has his team running like a well-oiled machine.