AgreedOut of fucking nowhere.
Had very mixed feelings on Tabata, essentially a positive guy in a very difficult situation. Is a good to great manager, but lacks artistic/director talent. Should have been a FF Series Producer (like Hashimoto) instead of director. FFXV would have been a damn fine game with a Nomura-Tabata joint direction.
Hope he lands somewhere less stressful, and i hope Luminous Studio will not close, clean this mess and deliver on their IP.
I think S-E should overcome their loss aversion and just get rid of Luminous engine and concentrate on engines such as UE (see KH3). The whole Luminous thing look like a mess.