your thoughts on the future of ffxi

[Camiie]

I think you mean the far east, who cares about Mithra! I wanna see Phoenix and Tenzen.

While a Far East expansion would be cool, I don't see the appeal of Tenzen at all. Every time I fight him I'm highly disappointed that he doesn't actually die.

[Decarboxylate]

The game has another expansion coming, just watch.

I really hope you are right. ^^

[DarkStoneDragon]

I haven't been able to pay sub due to lack of paypal. My sub is out. I have called SE I get a rep. that says "They don't know until it's posted on the forums or site" according to them they are as much in the dark as we are, so just like 14 my Wife and I had to quit 11 as well. Good luck.

[d3afn3ss1337]

The game has another expansion coming, just watch.

It would be nice, but we are aware of that Abyssea killed FFXI and lost thousands of players, SoA barely revived FFXI a very little bit, but it didn't get all players back to FFXI as we kinda expected. I'd be overjoyed if they recreated FFXI (and kept it classy such as the battle system and others.) This will get many returning players back (and get more new players too.)


EDIT: My girlfriend and I were having a little chit-chat about remaking FFXI, and I want to show y'all one of her texts:

"yeah we tend to buy remake games rather than next generation games like pokemon remake omega and alpha. I really love those games. A lot of good memories."

Like SE did it to FFXIV and pulled millions of players into the game, so why not for FFXI? SE likes money, right? RIGHT?

[Pixela]

It would be nice, but we are aware of that Abyssea killed FFXI and lost thousands of players, SoA barely revived FFXI a very little bit, but it didn't get all players back to FFXI as we kinda expected. I'd be overjoyed if they recreated FFXI (and kept it classy such as the battle system and others.) This will get many returning players back (and get more new players too.)


EDIT: My girlfriend and I were having a little chit-chat about remaking FFXI, and I want to show y'all one of her texts:

"yeah we tend to buy remake games rather than next generation games like pokemon remake omega and alpha. I really love those games. A lot of good memories."

Like SE did it to FFXIV and pulled millions of players into the game, so why not for FFXI? SE likes money, right? RIGHT?

FFXIV doesn't have millions of players.

Also the problem with remaking FFXI is that you could damage the thing you're trying to make better, the niche FFXI has is that it plays on almost anything and people are highly attached to the look of the game. It's incredibly difficult to update graphics without losing the appearl of what you already have, at least form a character perspective.

[d3afn3ss1337]

FFXIV doesn't have millions of players.

Also the problem with remaking FFXI is that you could damage the thing you're trying to make better, the niche FFXI has is that it plays on almost anything and people are highly attached to the look of the game. It's incredibly difficult to update graphics without losing the appearl of what you already have, at least form a character perspective.

"Speaking of "people," if you speak of the players who still play, I doubt that ALL of them will lose their interest if there are new graphics, but don't forget about new players it could pull.

I worry more about the beloved gameplay rather than the graphics. Like I said, if they keep it classy.

Speaking of new graphics, they don't have to be like FFXIV, specifically. Maybe more like FF12, but with HD textures which would be very nice.

PS: I didn't mean millions of players as subscribers.

[Vivivivi]

1. Yes absolutely. Just look at the new social features that were added.
2. Would love it, no idea how plausible it is.

[Fiko]

FFXIV doesn't have millions of players.

Also the problem with remaking FFXI is that you could damage the thing you're trying to make better, the niche FFXI has is that it plays on almost anything and people are highly attached to the look of the game. It's incredibly difficult to update graphics without losing the appearl of what you already have, at least form a character perspective.

It has over 2 million as of April of this year, and is well on its way to hit 3 million pretty soon.

That said, I don't foresee any sort of an FFXI remaster for reasons everyone has stated. I also don't see it dying anytime soon.

[Afania]

It has over 2 million as of April of this year, and is well on its way to hit 3 million pretty soon.

That said, I don't foresee any sort of an FFXI remaster for reasons everyone has stated. I also don't see it dying anytime soon.

If I remember correctly, 2M isn't active subscription, it's registered account.

[Pixela]

It has over 2 million as of April of this year, and is well on its way to hit 3 million pretty soon.

That said, I don't foresee any sort of an FFXI remaster for reasons everyone has stated. I also don't see it dying anytime soon.

As Afania said that's not players, if I had to guess I would say FFXIV at this point probably has around 200k subscribers since the producer said they had 600k subs and lost around 40% within the first 4 months, probably a lot less now actually since the new wow expansion came out and they try to compete directly with wow. Still good numbers but not given how long the game has been out and how much money they sank into it.

Of which is more profitable right now FFXI will be, which is why they will keep pumping out expansions for it.

I don't think people actually realise how profitable old mmo titles are and how a dedicated invested playerbase coupled with easy and cheap to make updates are more profitable than costly and volatile titles.

NCSoft recently put out their financial reports, this is the company that runs Aion, Guild wars 2, Wildstar, blade and soul, Lineage 1 and 2 etc. Guess which game made them the most profit? Lineage 1 (an MMO that people would say is dying/dead since it's nearly 17 years old now), an mmo that came out in 1998 made more profits for the company than wildstar, GW2, blade and soul all put together.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...-Earnings.html