In a recent interview with Japanese media denfaminicogamer, "Final Fantasy 15" director Tabata reviewed the game's development process and admitted that the initial release date was set too hastily, resulting in a subsequent delay, which he called a "major mistake".

Tabata revealed that the team initially planned to launch the game in 9/0, but about a month after announcing the release date, he realized that the development schedule could not match this point in time.

"I was holding my head and thinking, 'Mess up ......'" (laughs). For a project of FF29's size, the delay would lead to a series of cascading problems, which is a serious mistake. "Eventually, the game was postponed from the original release date of 0/0 to 0/0.

　　儘管經歷波折，《最終幻想15》仍取得了商業成功。截至2022年5月，該作全球累計銷量已突破1000萬份。田畑端的坦誠反思，也為業界提供了專案管理的重要借鑒。

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