So it looks like we're getting a new expansion or addon (pics. inside)

[Arcon]

Anyway, I'm just saying that writing the expansion isn't free (costs man-hours on top of normal server maintenance), and that $1 million may not be enough to justify the expense.

Ultimately, the main motivation for a new expansion would be to get people to resubscribe (which I assure you would most definitely happen, as you can see in this thread alone). The profits would not be just from expansion sales, but mostly from monthly subscriptions. Even if it was very short-lived and would only keep people playing another 6 months, that's ten times more than what they'd make from the actual purchase of the expansion. And 100k is a low estimate in this regard (FFXIAH is currently tracking ~260k active characters and in times where multiboxing is becoming more and more common, the demand for same-account mules is going down, especially active ones). Server maintenance is a constant cost (they'd have to pay it with or without a new expansion), so after the initial release it wouldn't cost them anything extra.

I'm reasonably certain it would actually net them a good $10M if it didn't completely suck.

[Hercule]

And about this old rumor of FFXI on PSvita?

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/12...a-but-not-ps3/

http://youtu.be/eMvYRtF8SAk

http://deltagamer.com/9268/ffxi-on-p...-coming-to-ps3

Etc...

This could made the best MMORPG ever on a portable, and made me buy a PSvita lol

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

I note all your links are about a year old.

[Hercule]

Yeah its not new, but it take time i think to convert FFXI for PSvita + SE prolly would like launch the game with a new expention pack (like XBOX 360 with TOAU)

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Yeah its not new, but it take time i think to convert FFXI for PSvita

A year with no news usually means a project has been dropped. Otherwise, there'd be screenshots (if not a call for beta testers) by now.

[Hercule]

A year with no news usually means a project has been dropped. Otherwise, there'd be screenshots (if not a call for beta testers) by now.

Oh yeah, you mean like FF14 on PS3?

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Oh yeah, you mean like FF14 on PS3?

Final Fantasy XIV roadmap: http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf
Note the presence of the PS3 client in late fall. The outline itself has PS3 beta slated about four months from now. There has also been repeated news, from a tentative release date to the pushing back of that release date.

Final Fantasy XI roadmap:
http://dl.square-enix.co.jp/ffxi/US/2012roadmap.jpg
Note the complete lack of any mention of the Vita, or any other mention of XI on the Vita, in any media channel, since that one off-the-cuff remark back in July '11.

We'll likely see Battletoads on Wii before FFXI gets published for a new platform.

[Hercule]

maybe it could be a special surprise for the 10 years anniversary (there is nothing wrong with dreaming)

anyway, only 2-3 days to wait for the reply

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

maybe it could be a special surprise for the 10 years anniversary

Vana'fest 2010 overview: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/eve...010/index.html

Keep your ears perked for an extra-special announcement!

Vana'fest 2012 overview: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/event/vanafest2012/
No "announcements," "extra-special" or otherwise mentioned. Not even a "much much more."

There. Will. Be. No. Surprises. If there were to be one, marketing would be hyping it.

(there is nothing wrong with dreaming)

There's dreaming, and then there's wild speculation and rumor-mongering.

Just to repeat: if you go into this weekend expecting more than music, cosplay, and self-congratulatory anniversary statements, you will be bitterly disappointed.

[Hercule]

PS: i still believe in Shenmue 3