Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida addresses verbal abuse from players

Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has spoken out about verbal abuse against the developers of the game.

Featuring on the Square Enix Radio Mog Station, translated on reddit, Yoshida requested fans consider their language when offering feedback on the game.

Fan criticism was particularly high following the delay to latest expansion Endwalker and subsequent queue times, despite regular, apologetic messaging from the development team.

“After 11 years of journey with players up to this point it does make me feel that the language used ended up a little overboard there,” said Yoshida.

“I mean, I can take it, even though it doesn’t make it less bad, but staff members will feel really down after getting those words when they gave their absolute best into trying to create something where everyone can enjoy, and this may end up making them no longer create things that are fun from there on.