Final Fantasy Needs Younger Developers, Says Veteran Producer

Naoki Yoshida suggests the franchise should challenge the status quo and embrace new directions with the help of a younger generation of developers.

Final Fantasy series veteran, Naoki Yoshida, suggests that the franchise needs newer, younger developers to lead future games.
Yoshida believes that younger developers with 'youthful sensibilities' would create a new mainline installment that suits today's world.
Yoshida's statement reflects an industry-wide issue of bringing on new talent, particularly in times of frequent layoffs.
Yoshida suggests that the future of the series could take any direction, from real-time action to returning to its fully turn-based, pixel art roots.
Yoshida emphasizes that Final Fantasy is about challenging what's been done before, and this should be the guiding principle for the next generation of developers.