Make FFXI Free to play!

[nyheen]

whats with the people trying to get this free to play? seems to be doing fine with the monthly subs. why you think SE would want to drop it to F2P?

[Dazusu]

Get a job, $12 won't seem like so much then.

If the game was ever to go free to play, we wouldn't get monthly updates anymore - it would remain stagnant - much as GuildWars1 has.

[Tagihi]

free to play for this is a bad idea, drop the crap console revamp the games graphics and put everything out in a MASSIVE Update Package that costs $30 along with all the expansions and see how many people come to it.

hell some music and voice acting wouldnt hurt either.



what Im saying is there are a lot of problems with FFXI, but paying to PLAY isnt one of them.

Even it is bad idea but consider SE arent doing much for XI and they won't do any kind of update that change the graphics w/e we can dream off this game is out of date.

There will be 2 ways this game lose alot player base in the end they will shutt down the servers.

[Zemzerrett]

[Yinnyth]

Even it is bad idea but consider SE arent doing much for XI and they won't do any kind of update that change the graphics w/e we can dream off this game is out of date.

There will be 2 ways this game lose alot player base in the end they will shutt down the servers.

Whether you choose to believe it or not, there are still people who enjoy this game and are willing to pay for it. SE would sooner shut the whole game down than hemorrhage money by making it free to play.

[OmnysValefor]

Just imagine the recent weapon update release, but instead of the short-lived mystery of where the gear is obtained from, instead, it's got a "$9.99" or even "$1.99" on each of them.

That's what a lot of F2Ps look like, and why their called P2W by opponents.

{Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.}

[Rustic]

Killing S-E's more reliable revenue by suddenly going FTP?

A fantastic method of finishing the job FFXIV started and killing the company entirely, thereby taking FFXI with it.

[Kojo]

I came to say this is a horrible idea, and suggest OP be introduced to the guy that suggested paying $10 per update and merging servers.

[Afania]

Get a job, $12 won't seem like so much then.

If the game was ever to go free to play, we wouldn't get monthly updates anymore - it would remain stagnant - much as GuildWars1 has.

Or it's probably going to be something as crappy as SWTOR....you can only do dynamis/salvage/legion/delve once a week if you don't pay, your EXP/cruor/plasm/bayld gain per hour is reduced by 50% if you don't pay. And you can buy a R/E/M for just 20$ each!

FFXI game mechanic isn't build around a F2P model, it's about grinding and if it goes F2P we'd just pay for gears and quit.

[Glamdring]

way off base, SE would have to be paying ME to play 14 before I go back, on the other hand, 11 is the best multiplayer game I've ever been on. That being said, XI Redux would be nice-taking the game as-is and redoing the software to be compatible with multi-processor environments, compatible with direct X, etc. And while they are at it, a roll out compatible with handhelds that have internet access-after all, they are nowhere near the memory capacities of those devices.

I have almost quit several times (in fact, I was playing WoW 90% of my gaming time for 3 months), not because of how jobs, gear, etc are being handled-despite my gripes there-but because they refuse to make the game compatible with my computer-which is over 4 years old itself. It's time to pull the plug on obsolete tech-unless the tech world wants to get together and make a massive backwards compatibility effort (playing Oddworld, Soul Reaver, Grim Fandango again, woot!), but we know that isn't happening. That might go a long way to putting butts back in the seats so to speak.

Devs, in case your English is weak, this is what is referred to as a HINT.