Umetsu admits that without Sakaguchi, Square collapsed
>“To put it simply – he is the big boss. Always has been and always will be.”

>“Maybe Sakaguchi isn’t aware of this, but the situation at Square was awful after he quit. He left and the organization suddenly collapsed. I thought to myself – Oh no, I should get away from here.”

>He says Sakaguchi has the natural qualities of a leader that drew people to him, but also commends Square Enix on getting back on their feet after all the trouble they’d faced.

I always thought that Square has went immediately to shit when they got rid of Sakaguchi, and even genius composer Umetsu thought the same thing.