Final Fantasy XV: Square Enix Hopes that DLC Episodes Will Raise Purchase Intent for the Game

Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda expresses the hope that Final Fantasy XV's DLC episode will extend the life cycle of the game.

[TricksterArrow]

This game already broke records. What they are doing is milking it and shaping it up to be better than it really was.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

This, they game did well enough, although I don't think it quite deserved all the accolades it got, the press never really gave what I would consider an objective review. After playing it, I know I defiantly don't want to spend my money on the DLC.

[TricksterArrow]

Yeah. I don't really understand the disagrees. The game sold incredibly well. Too bad it's "alrighty" at most. :T I hope all the DLCs add up to something special in the end, though I'm not particularly pumped... Unless the DLCs deal with Luna, Ardyn or the World of Ruin. Here's hoping?

[_-EDMIX-_]

I know that would be terrible for them to continue to support it and add content, I'd argue that was one of the worst things that happened to The Witcher 3 was getting more of that content /s

[dkp23]

This is trash. Worst ff ive played.

[KimikoGaming]

Not the worst, but definitely not the best

[pietro1212]

Sure,
If we pretend that FF5 and the FF XIII doesn't exist. FF15 wasn't that bad, but it did have some notable flaws.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

TBH, I like FF XIII more than I like XV, XV's pretty forgettable (both games are heavily flawed). That and XIII improved as each sequel came out, personally I would rather them focus on 16 instead of fixing 15's flaws.

[Nintendo4Lifex]

I will never buy another ff due to this game. Worse ff ever isn't even ff anymore.

[gamer7804]

Sorry. Just work on 16 and make it a good game and ill buy it this time. I don't much care for dude bro road trips in Audis.

[_-EDMIX-_]

How do you know that's not already being done?

[gamer7804]

hopefully it is, but i'd rather all resources just be put toward that and the ff7 remake.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@gamer- FFVII remake is already being worked on by another team.

This is why it helps to know how games are made bud.

The people that make DLC are not the whole team, ie the FFXV team could have been working on FFXVI since before FFXV release.

Consider the people that do voice overs, pre-production, writers, artist etc are already done with their parts maybe a year before FFXV is done, thus likely are working on FFXVI.

Mind you, we don't even know if that team is even making FFXVI, for all we know another team has been making FFXVI since before FFXV release.

Its why BF1 was able to be made while Battlefront 1 still got DLC.

Don't think of it like 1 team and don't think of it like DLC needs a WHOLE team.

Some DLC teams are literally made up of 20 people of like a 200 staff team lol

Its really not as much as you might think.

No worries

[Tankbusta40]

I bought it day one, beat it and sold it. Loved the game, but unless they package it together with the dlc for 29.99 or less I won't bother again.

[Tankbusta40]

Gotta love the downvotes anyone gets for saying they enjoyed FFXV, hardcore purists are like American Democrats, whine whine whine never let anything go!

[Eldyraen]

Haven't touched it in a while and dlc hasn't sold me on buying any of it yet. Love the game though, just a few mostly minor issues in it.

Still plan on playing it again sometime but too much on my plate ATM.

[Bahamut]

My sentiments exactly.

[Summons75]

Yeah, I'm waiting for more DLC to come out before thinking of buying any. Honestly, I'm done with the concept of DLC in general. The main game of 15 was really good and I've been thinking of replaying it recently but I'm not sure about starting from scratch on a new save or do new game plus or if I even want too since going to stories (games, movies, books) can be really difficult for me since I know what happens.

[Derceto]

SquareEnix should be more focused on making something in-house that is worth half a crap at the very least.

Being that XV is a pile dog s**t that will be long forgotten by this time next year, SE has absolutely ZERO in-house developed games that are worth a crap in the last 10 years.

Anything that carries their name that is any good was either from an acquired studio, or outsourced to a competent developer. I just feel bad for morons who convinced themselves that this thing is a good game. It's gonna suck for them, when they finally see it for what it is.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I'm also worried about their marketing team and how long it's taking to get games out, seriously guys, pace out your announcements, you can't maintain hype for 3, 4, 5, 10 years.

[SinkingSage]

This is the worst comment I've ever read on this website.
Absolutely nothing you wrote is true.
You're probably pissed because the new Deus Ex bombed and you think it's Final Fantasy's fault.

[FallenAngel1984]

I've never heard of DLC raising the sales of any particular game

[TXIDarkAvenger]

I feel like the DLC should have come sooner. I've moved on to other games and I don't see myself revisiting this game even though I really enjoyed FFXV.

[Chaosdreams]

I really enjoyed the game, though the plot is missing large chunks of story.

*Looks around, trips over a down vote*

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

This is my biggest issue with it, a bit of story at the beginning and end, nothing much in the middle.

[dissonanse]

How about that pc version you cancelled? I have a ps4 but not getting it until I get the pc version I was promised.

[lameguy]

The only game I've ever spent money on DLC for was Mass Effect 2. To get me to buy DLC, the formula is simple: Get me invested in the characters/universe/story so that I want to come back and extend it later. Sadly, FF XV just didn't hit those notes hard enough.

[TheGamez100]

Lol so many downvotes. This game was trash but its expected on how terrible the development was. Glad they finished it but they just keep updating the game and trying to release more content which shouldve been there day 1. Sure theres still the character episodes but that should be it. This isnt an MMO game, please just move on from this square and focus more on completing ff7r and kh3.