Final Fantasy XV
He became the director of "Final Fantasy XV", taking over from Tetsuya Nomura in December 2013, a change that was announced in September 2014. He used to be co-director on the project. During his work on "Final Fantasy XV", Tabata joked about his busy schedule, mentioning he regularly got only three hours sleep. Tabata, whose previous experience was with portable gaming devices, stated he is excited to work on console systems and "help players dive even deeper into their experiences".