{"id":17265,"date":"2022-12-15T17:01:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17265"},"modified":"2022-12-15T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:01:33","slug":"20221215-17265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20221215-17265\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier developers explain what they learned from the project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Ateam has released a Q&amp;A summary of their first-quarter results briefing for the fiscal year ending on July 31, 2023, on the company\u2019s IR website. In this summary, the company touches on some of the issues that faced <em>Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier<\/em>, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/361359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gamebiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier<\/strong><\/em> is a battle royale game where players aim to survive by making use of various materia and abilities. The game is set in <em>Final Fantasy VII<\/em>\u2019s Midgar, where 30 years before the story of the original game, the Shinra Company is looking to grow their military might by launching SOLDIER Project: Project 0 and building a unit of elite soldiers. This game depicts the formation and battles of that first SOLDIER unit.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FINAL FANTASY VII THE FIRST SOLDIER | Opening Movie\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JREGqy0HOzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>FF7FS<\/em> was developed by Ateam in partnership with Square Enix. While the game launched for mobile devices in November of 2021, a notice has already been released notifying players that the game will be shutting down on January 11, 2023. As for the reason, Square Enix states, \u201cDespite all our efforts to bring you regular updates with fresh and exciting content, we haven\u2019t been able to deliver the experience that we were hoping to, and that you all deserve, so we have made the extremely tough decision to end service for The Final Fantasy VII The First Solider.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[End of Service Notice]<br><br>We are regretful to announce that we will be ending service for FINAL FANTASY VII THE FIRST SOLDIER at 07:00 UTC on January 11, 2023.<br><br>We would like to thank you all for all your support over the past year.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XvNOVv2EVs\">https:\/\/t.co\/XvNOVv2EVs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FF7FS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FF7FS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aNVI4iHle4\">pic.twitter.com\/aNVI4iHle4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FINAL FANTASY VII THE FIRST SOLDIER_EN\uff5cFF7FS (@FFVII_FS_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FFVII_FS_EN\/status\/1580083345534222336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the management at Ateam had the following to say regarding the problems with <em>FF7FS<\/em> and what they learned from the experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\">\u201cWe consider there to have been several factors, including the game being unavailable on PC despite the battle royale market moving in this direction and a high crash rate on release. In addition, the monetization model was minimalist and allowed users to purchase items for their avatars, but considering the fanbase of \u2018FINAL FANTASY VII,\u2019 we should have considered other models for higher ARPU.<br><br>As for know-how that we acquired, we successfully released a high-quality game using the Unreal Engine and we experienced the creation of systems that match many users and allow them to play in real time at once. We believe that we can utilize this knowledge for the future development of game titles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the game\u2019s launch, creative director Tetsuya Nomura said that while the game is in development for mobile devices, they assumed that players would also want the game on PC and consoles and are keeping other platforms in mind as they continue development (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211004-177897\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a> in Japanese). But those plans never came to be. Based on Ateam\u2019s comments, we can see that they were also cognizant of PC and console gamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of Ateam, the company has released a number of mobile titles such as <em>Unison League<\/em> and <em>Valkyrie Connect<\/em>. As for plans regarding developing their game business going forward, the company had the following to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\">\u201cConsidering recent changes in the global game market environment, user needs, and technological advances, the Entertainment Business has decided to focus not only on smartphone games but on global digital game distribution in general, including mobile devices, PC, and home digital distribution. We aim for long-term future growth by collaborating with popular global IPs while also incorporating multi-platform deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe they\u2019ll be able to leverage the experience they gained working on <em>FF7FS<\/em> in their plans going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Q&amp;A summary can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl4.eir-parts.net\/doc\/3662\/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym9\/128748\/00.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20221215-230727\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-12-15 11:53 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier developers explain the issues that faced the game and what they learned from the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36,17],"class_list":["post-17265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-final-fantasy","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier developers explain what they learned from the project - 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