Quote Originally Posted by Ageofwar View Post
from what I read in an interview (can't remember what interview to quote it) the issue isn't quite cut and dry as simply changing FFXI to F2P
the development tools that SE use to create content is unsupported (Sony PS2???) and i'm guessing will soon pull extended support for them (which i'm guessing is November).

Only way around this would be to do a ground up rebuild of FFXI which due to the decreasing playbase is pointless (yes I know SE have done this with FFXIV -> FFXIV:ARR) and would cost too much for the returns they will get.

SE will more likely shut down the servers when the time comes rather that make FFXI F2P
Well I think those of us that have played this game for a long while know that Square like to use easy excuses, ps2 limitations! So I wouldn't put too much weight behind that. If what they said was true they would be unable to do anything at all after November, which is not the case since they said they would still do balance changes etc.