Single Player Future

[madmartin]

I wouldnt want a single player version of ffxi, that would be really boring, ffxi has always been more fun with other players, even today. Plus i dont think it's possible as most of the code outside of assets is server side so converting that to single player would be pretty tough and offer little return for se.

The monthly sub is continuing as reducing it will not bring in enough players to gain more money for se, and the game isn't really set up for things like micro transactions and that will provbably lose them more players at this point when the focus is keeping the old player base.

In a perfect world when FFXI dies they will release the code or at least make some kind of toolkit to allow people to make there own servers but i don't see how se would make money off that so realistically it wont happen.

What is the most likely scenario is the mobile version will get released at some point, and SE will hope everyone will go play that and eventually release the mobile version on other platforms like the Switch, at that point the original ffxi shuts down and SE still has a numbered ff title still around. But that's a way off, FFXI in it's current form has at least another 5 years left i would say.

[Nyarlko]

I wouldnt want a single player version of ffxi, that would be really boring, ffxi has always been more fun with other players, even today. Plus i dont think it's possible as most of the code outside of assets is server side so converting that to single player would be pretty tough and offer little return for se.

The monthly sub is continuing as reducing it will not bring in enough players to gain more money for se, and the game isn't really set up for things like micro transactions and that will provbably lose them more players at this point when the focus is keeping the old player base.

In a perfect world when FFXI dies they will release the code or at least make some kind of toolkit to allow people to make there own servers but i don't see how se would make money off that so realistically it wont happen.

What is the most likely scenario is the mobile version will get released at some point, and SE will hope everyone will go play that and eventually release the mobile version on other platforms like the Switch, at that point the original ffxi shuts down and SE still has a numbered ff title still around. But that's a way off, FFXI in it's current form has at least another 5 years left i would say.

Last I heard, SE itself has no involvement with development of FFXI Mobile, which was supposed to be for Android/iOS, which wouldn't necessarily port well to something like the Switch. We'd be better off looking for a way to run the current client thru Android than waiting for that thing to get released given the absolute utter lack of info since it was announced and way past initial launch date. FFXIV:ARR is a numbered online title and is also doing better than XI financially, so that's not likely anything that matters either.

They'll keep FFXI servers up as long as it is not impossible to do so financially or technologically due to customer loyalty still carrying meaning for SE as a company.

[madmartin]

Last I heard, SE itself has no involvement with development of FFXI Mobile, which was supposed to be for Android/iOS, which wouldn't necessarily port well to something like the Switch. We'd be better off looking for a way to run the current client thru Android than waiting for that thing to get released given the absolute utter lack of info since it was announced and way past initial launch date. FFXIV:ARR is a numbered online title and is also doing better than XI financially, so that's not likely anything that matters either.

They'll keep FFXI servers up as long as it is not impossible to do so financially or technologically due to customer loyalty still carrying meaning for SE as a company.

They will have some involvement, it would be rediculouse not too as its se's property.

There was an update late last year from Naoki Yoshida in some interview, saying something along the lines of them refining the battle system and they will soon be ready for an official announcement.

It would likely be ported quite easily to the switch as it uses a Nvidia tegra arm chipset used in android devices.

As for the numbered ff thing, i meant I've read it's a big deal to SE not to lose a numbered Final fantasy game so they will not shut ffxi down without some kind of remake hence the mobile version.

Also yeah i agree customer loyalty also means a lot to SE which is a big reason FFXI is still going. At least they didn't do what ncsoft did with city of heroes!