Final Fantasy Brand "Greatly Damaged" by Final Fantasy XIV

I don't have any personal experience with Final Fantasy XIV, but according to an Andriasang report linked to by Gamasutra, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada actually thinks that the MMORPG's persistent issues have "greatly damaged" the entire Final Fantasy brand.
"The Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged," he said. "We'll continue with our reform work, which basically amounts to fully redoing the game, and hope to revive the FFXIV that should have been released."

Released last September on PC, the MMORPG saw launch problems, thanks to stability and performance issues.

The PlayStation 3 version of the game was later delayed, as the development team attempted to improve certain elements of the game "to meet customer expectations."

And as the publisher chose to delay charging players any subscription fees to play the game, Square Enix reported declines in fiscal year sales and profits.
Ouch.