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  1. 03-21-2011 06:58 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Byrth View Post
    Cost/benefit, I know, but I really wonder if it's worth it for SE to continue dumping money into the failure that is FFXIV when they could just drop PS2 support and massively upgrade FFXI.
    FFXIV was their original plan to answer FFXI's growing PS2 problem. I remember reading that they didn't expect FFXI to live this long. So maybe they still believe FFXI isn't going to last even if they drop PS2 support. Or maybe their sole focus is to get FFXIV running successfully and let FFXI kill itself slowly... that didn't sound right.
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  2. 03-21-2011 07:22 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by JagerForrester View Post
    FFXIV was their original plan to answer FFXI's growing PS2 problem. I remember reading that they didn't expect FFXI to live this long. So maybe they still believe FFXI isn't going to last even if they drop PS2 support. Or maybe their sole focus is to get FFXIV running successfully and let FFXI kill itself slowly... that didn't sound right.
    I don't think it's in their plans to let xi die if they can help it. When XIV is well enough to stand on it's own it's monthly fee will be very similar to XI, unless of course they change the amount it was originally set at. ($12.99) For a basic single account with one character. $3.00 per mule.
    http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...vi/envi04.html

    XI's being at $12.95. $1.00 per mule.
    http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/envi/charge.html

    It would be kinda foolish to try to kill off XI or even force a move to XIV since you would risk losing players for hardly any gain per month in subscription fees between the two. I think what they really want to do is to get players on both games if they can. As far as not getting much feedback on the ps2 topic, dispite it being a really heated debate back and forth on several different threads, tells me that they are either:

    1) Thinking about it. Trying to nudge players to switch by not offering the ps2 disks off their site and a general lack of hardware support.
    2) Not mentioning that they absolutely will not drop the ps2, because in doing so this would discourage alot of players who are hoping for some major changes in the way of new content.

    We'll just have to wait and see what happens when XIV is fixed enough for them to start charging. I'm hoping they don't let XI die due to becoming stale.
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  3. 03-21-2011 07:48 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrystalWeapon View Post
    We'll just have to wait and see what happens when XIV is fixed enough for them to start charging. I'm hoping they don't let XI die due to becoming stale.
    I fully agree. SE has always been secretive in what they are planning. Waiting and hoping for things to be fixed is the best solution as of right now for us as players. I'm happy there's someone out there I don't need to debate my strong points to.
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  4. 03-21-2011 07:49 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by JagerForrester View Post
    I fully agree. SE has always been secretive in what they are planning. Waiting and hoping for things to be fixed is the best solution as of right now for us as players. I'm happy there's someone out there I don't need to debate my strong points to.
    They're not making promises that they can't back up in layman's terms.
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