Having Matsuda of a financial-business background over a more video game development background definitely could cause tension in the company. However, he does have a point that video games are one of the most rapidly growing entertainment industries now and that they need to be on top of things. What I see is that these mobile and online gaming values might bleed into future big-title games such as Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III. This may also provide some localization issues, because such a market is not as popular in the West. I think their DLC frenzy trend will definitely continue under this reform, again through these projects. With already Final Fantasy XV anticipating sequels and the Kingdom Hearts series going beyond III, it kind of fits into what Matsuda intends.
Get ready for micro transactions. Speeding up their development will be good (FFXV is such a joke not just because of the time it's spent in development, but the money they've sunk in in all that time). Square really needs to become relevant in today's market and I don't think the EA route is the way to go.
Dear God, don't even joke about that, I saw my childhood flash before my eyes due to that. Here's the thing about Square, and I say this a lot. There's a lot of games right now going through "development hell" right now with Square. Final Fantasy XV, KHIII, and yes, they were announced at E3, but hell, I was still WORKING here when the announcement came out for vs. It's been that long, but they keep on giving us filler games between times every year. I do like KH, and Final Fantasy I honestly say I used to like until XIII, but now there's about three, four games of KH that aren't numbered? About one every year? And I have heard mixed reviews on that. XIII has had several continuations in itself. I call it once a year syndrome, just that they're not doing it with the main series. They're making it a policy to make a game once a year to keep the fans satisfied, sometimes they're good, sometimes they're bad. Is it dragging out development for the other games? Most likely. Are they milking a cash cow, probably. They need to focus on the big titles and maybe do what they're doing with 1.5 FM, make it a combo of games instead of games already made before. That's my two cents.
