It's really ironic given Lightning Returns has the most misogynistic rewrite of Lightning as a character extensively for the male gaze.

Interesting data but also I wonder what application does it actually serve in practice? Even despite FFXV's position there (where it's above FFIV, FFVI and would be above III and XVI), and it being THE bros on the road FF, it in actuality has the highest female playerbase out of any Final Fantasy

Nomura's doing the thing again

Even the Kingsglaive uniform looks based on marching band uniforms, which itself originate from military uniforms

This dev image shows it is UE4, and also recruitment pages requesting people with experience with UE4.

Source: this dev image literally showing them using UE4.

Also you clearly have never worked with Unreal Engine before because realistic asset packs are all paid packs on the storefront the same as any asset pack usable for any modern engine, default stuff is just empty blank rectangles and squares.

Yes it is.

Also other famous "generic Unreal Engine" look games like Dragon Ball Fighterz, Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth, Octopath Travellers, Dragon Quest XI, etc.

There is no one "Unreal Engine" look, games visual styles are dictated by art directors.

Also, turn based vs real time fake war aside, funnily enough the director of Expedition 33 literally said FFXV was a huge influence on the game just two weeks ago
www.vice.com/en/article/c...

Posts like that guys are insane to read when nobody even said they don't want TB FF's, (also only 4 mainline FF games are even actually turn based, he should be saying command based)

But even that aside, Tabata said SE higher ups told him they didn't think XV would sell because it was Action based

I'm so tired

After I heard him say the survey sample size was only 2.5k people I knew then this isn't a serious video reflective of anything.
I've seen random ass gamefaqs polls with more respondents than that.

XV has sold over 10m since then which is another milestone it hit faster than any other FF.
Again FF14 does not actually sell, it's money is primarily from the cash shop, the less than 1 million active subs and from charging for things like basic customisation.

This is as of 2024 for revenue in US.

Apparently Suzuki only ever worked on Nero combat on DMC4/5, not even on Dante or Vergil stuff, and he left Capcom before DMC5 Vergil stuff began.

Not to discredit his work or anything but he was like the 2nd lowest ranked guy on the game design team, not "THE" DMC5 guy like FF16 fans kept claiming

Arguable since NPD says 15 is the highest in revenue in the US, 14s biggest market

People mistake 14 being a baseline revenue stream with it being a big revenue maker

Compare launches

ARR sold 1.45m in 1 month, active subs hit 600k which dipped to 300k-600k~ pre SB

FF15 sold 6 million in 1 month