Free to play plans?

[sweetidealism]

You can already get cosmetic swag and furnishings as bonuses for buying things like soundtrack CD pre-orders.

I would think that they'd find more excuses to sell such things already if it were a viable income option for FFXI.

This is true, but I think the reason it hasn't been viable is because they were poorly advertised. If these things were offered directly through the game, then more people would be aware of them and, therefore, more likely to buy them.

[Winrie]

FFXI ftp is the worst idea anyone can come up with for this games advancement. I wouldnt pay a dime more than my subscription fee and cost of expansion to play a game this old and im quite sure many others would follow the train of leaving if we had to pay for every damn thing at a cost of no subscription. Screw that. If you dont like paying a measly 12 bucks a month then leave, instead of making boneheaded suggestions that are retarded in relation to today's XI.

[WolfMoonstrike]

FFXI ftp is the worst idea anyone can come up with for this games advancement. I wouldnt pay a dime more than my subscription fee and cost of expansion to play a game this old and im quite sure many others would follow the train of leaving if we had to pay for every damn thing at a cost of no subscription. Screw that. If you dont like paying a measly 12 bucks a month then leave, instead of making boneheaded suggestions that are retarded in relation to today's XI.

I agree with this in its entirety. I would absolutely leave if they decided to go FTP with a cash shop. Subscription games usually have more quality than FTP and I'm not into spending 100 or more a month to keep up with the "Hardcore" crowd.

[ManaKing]

The game makes money. If you're too cheap to pay a subscription, like the rest of us that still think it's worth playing, then I'm glad that SE filters you out of the game I play. Sorry supporting a company that makes things I like costs money. I can either pay for it, or watch what I like go away and get left with garbage like EA.

Funny thing about FFXIV, it might actually be worth play some day. I've never played a ftp game for more than a month. Why? You run out of things to do.

Pay for nice things, or don't have them.

[Alhanelem]

FFXI is old now and honestly the level and quality of the updates we get no longer mean it's worth the subscription fee, the game has also lost a lot of players.

Does Square have any plans to let FFXI go free to play with a cash shop anytime soon?

No and I would never play it again if they did.

Why? You run out of things to do.

Either that, or you end up paying more than a subscription would have cost to do the same amount of stuff. Free to play is a bad deal for anyone who might play a game more than a week or a month- which is about how long most free players last before they either stop because of what they would have to pay for or they just lose interest.

[Zumi]

I have seen some F2P games that have higher quality updates then what we been getting on FFXI. I think its just they have what few people they have working on the game doing the expansion, and the rest of them are working on the FFXIV reboot.

I would just unsub if you have little interest in playing, we all got to quit sometime.

[xbobx]

Is this game worth the 12.95, of course not. Look at what we got before compared to now. what we use to get in one update before is equivalent to a year or two of updates we get now. Anyone that thinks that 12.95 is still good value is just plain wrong. No one in their right mind would think so. But people will continue to play and considering Square Enix is one of if not the greediest game companies out there, I don't see it. SE is the one that charges $15-$20 for iOS and Android games when everything else is $5.

For those that say that the manpower is not there, well not our problem, if that is the case, drop the price accordingly. The expansion is being paid for by our monthly sub fees, it shouldn't be, that money is supposed to be for connection and regularly updates. The expansion should be paid for by the price of the actually expansion. Which of course they have overpriced.

[Edyth]

Is this game worth the 12.95, of course not. Look at what we got before compared to now. what we use to get in one update before is equivalent to a year or two of updates we get now. Anyone that thinks that 12.95 is still good value is just plain wrong. No one in their right mind would think so. But people will continue to play and considering Square Enix is one of if not the greediest game companies out there, I don't see it. SE is the one that charges $15-$20 for iOS and Android games when everything else is $5.

For those that say that the manpower is not there, well not our problem, if that is the case, drop the price accordingly. The expansion is being paid for by our monthly sub fees, it shouldn't be, that money is supposed to be for connection and regularly updates. The expansion should be paid for by the price of the actually expansion. Which of course they have overpriced.

In other words, what you're trying to say is:
"DUR DUR DUR I hate dis product an its to expnsive but ima buy it neway n complain DUR DUR DUR."

[sarcasm]You are obviously very intelligent when it comes to money, and SE should listen to you for financial advice.[/sarcasm]

[xbobx]

Well considering I run the finance department for a national company, I actually know what I am doing.

Archon.

seriously, what wrong with you? It doesn't matter if the article is from 2010, he wanted to know which mmos made more money going ftp.

Google if you want. Look up D&D and LOTR, find out I am right, and shut your mouth.

why is it so hard for people to believe a ftp model can make money, and more money than a sub plan. You think these people making the decisions don't know what they are doing? They make 7 figure salaries and did a ton of research on comparing the two different models. You think they sat down and said, hey, I don't feel like making money anymore, lets be kind and go ftp. But I guess some people here seem to think they obviously know more than those people, and have no education or experience to back it up. I make comments, because, I have 25 years of experience in business.

[Bizniztyme]

Well considering I run the finance department for a national company, I actually know what I am doing.

Archon.

seriously, what wrong with you? It doesn't matter if the article is from 2010, he wanted to know which mmos made more money going ftp.

Google if you want. Look up D&D and LOTR, find out I am right, and shut your mouth.

why is it so hard for people to believe a ftp model can make money, and more money than a sub plan. You think these people making the decisions don't know what they are doing? They make 7 figure salaries and did a ton of research on comparing the two different models. You think they sat down and said, hey, I don't feel like making money anymore, lets be kind and go ftp. But I guess some people here seem to think they obviously know more than those people, and have no education or experience to back it up. I make comments, because, I have 25 years of experience in business.

lol funny shit....LMAO...please.....keep on going