Square Enix CEO Says ‘Final Fantasy 14’ Damaged The Brand. Got One Part Right.

Square dominated my childhood. Obsession after obsession. Slowly starting in the early 2000s, the brand receeded, I cared less and less. By FF13, it seemed like I wasn’t alone. Now the Square Enix CEO is coming out and saying that their brand is fucked. Caveat? He thinks FF14 did it.

Joystiq:

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada stated at a recent press conference that the Final Fantasy brand had been “greatly damaged” by the launch of Final Fantasy 14.

“We’ll continue with our reform work, which basically amounts to fully redoing the game, and hope to revive the FF14 that should have been released,” said Wada, according to Andriasang (translating a report on Sponichi).

Thoughts?