FFXIV A Realm Reborn

[Vil]

FFXIV: A realm stillborn.

I'll be happy to see it flop and they will be forced to re-invest into FFXI.

Keep dreaming. If it dies, XI dies too, and so does the entire company.

Haters gonna hate '-'

[Zhronne]

FFXIV: A realm stillborn.

I'll be happy to see it flop and they will be forced to re-invest into FFXI.

As much as I would welcome a "FFXI: A Realm Reborn" it's not gonna happen.
If FFXIV ARR fails, likely all of SE is gonna go down, so logically FFXI would too...

Well, not like FFXI isn't going down already lol xD

[Demon6324236]

FFXIV: A realm stillborn.

I'll be happy to see it flop and they will be forced to re-invest into FFXI.

The naivety of this post... is astounding. Do you really think with all of the problems this company has been having with Final Fantasy in general as of late that they would put more money into this sinking ship once they lose an enormous investment of money on not just 1 FFXIV, but a second reborn version?! That is flat out hilarious that you believe they would do something so idiotic.

[Vil]

If anything, you should be praying XIV does well >.> more revenue means more bankroll for more devs and more devs can mean a possible overhaul...shoot we might even get them to drop the ps2! /miraclesdohappen

[Runespider]

Not at all, the better XIV does the more FFXI will be left to die. Not that I actually think XIV ARR will be a success, playing it has shown me of that.

When XIV flops and gets player numbers like XIV V1 did XI will dwarf it in profits again, that's the point you make sure the money keeps flowing in and where you really look after what you have that makes money. XIV flopping won't do anything but embarass the company and put lots of effort back into XI, it won't cripple them. It just isn't that important.

The single best thing that can happen to XI is XIV failing again, anything else is the nail in the coffin of this game. XIV will smother the life out of XI very quickly if it does well.

No matter how you want to slice it, these 2 games are direct competition for each other. Nothing good can come from XIV doing well for this game or its community. Competition for FF players, syphoning off of development staff and money. The only people that say otherwise are the XIV players here preaching it about their competing game. XIV is as direct competition and as dangerous to XI as World of warcraft was, it shoudl be treated as such.

[Vizzer]

Not at all, the better XIV does the more FFXI will be left to die. Not that I actually think XIV ARR will be a success, playing it has shown me of that.

When XIV flops and gets player numbers like XIV V1 did XI will dwarf it in profits again, that's the point you make sure the money keeps flowing in and where you really look after what you have that makes money. XIV flopping won't do anything but embarass the company and put lots of effort back into XI, it won't cripple them. It just isn't that important.

The single best thing that can happen to XI is XIV failing again, anything else is the nail in the coffin of this game. XIV will smother the life out of XI very quickly if it does well.

No matter how you want to slice it, these 2 games are direct competition for each other. Nothing good can come from XIV doing well for this game or its community. Competition for FF players, syphoning off of development staff and money. The only people that say otherwise are the XIV players here preaching it about their competing game. XIV is as direct competition and as dangerous to XI as World of warcraft was, it shoudl be treated as such.

New CEO of SE said the profitable games/projects will get money, why does XI have less devs now, because they reduced the number of people they had to pay to make it still bring in money with their declining subscriptions. XIV failing, which I doubt it will, wouldn't do XI any good, unless XI got a large influx of people from XIV, and that's not going to happen. The numbers for XI were falling before the beta for XIV. XI will loose some for the launch of XIV, which will mean less subs for XI, so less resources for XI. If XIV fails, not all of those people that left XI for XIV will go back, they left because they were looking for something else to begin with, but XI will get some back, so they may get an increase in resources, but not enough to bring it back to where it is now. The current community right now is the biggest hope XI has, if they keep on putting new players down, and not accepting the fact that their game needs to change to bring in more numbers, they will just keep driving people away, until the game shuts down, thus upsetting the developers working on the game, so they will quit, and move onto Hello Kitty Online, infusing it with all of the ideas the short sighted community of XI refused to accept, making it a global juggernaut.

[Jaall]

Wow, some people are so closed minded. FFXIV is already a huge success, and it's in beta, just wait till the release. If you feel this is a WoW clone there is no helping you, and people shouldn't even bother. NEWS FLASH - I'm pretty sure Yoshi himself stated that the failure of ARR is to the point of "company breaking". There is nowhere else for XI to turn, they lost a lot of their playerbase and weren't getting enough new players anyway due to the fact that it's not easy for new players to join the game. The only way up for XI would be to recreate the grind game you all expect, and trust me that really is not going to happen, so keep dreaming.

Runespider you come across as incredibly angry about XIV doing well. I actually feel sorry for you, genuinely, because XIV will inevitably do well. Have you played the game? Have you viewed the forums? It's already a success and the plans they have mentioned sound 100x better than any generic MMO on the market today. Of course content may vary but I have no doubts that SE will deliver, and it will go far. If you hold onto XI you're going to be disappointed either way. If FFXIV fails, XI will die a lot faster than if it succeeds.

SE own FFXI and XIV, so the 2 competing is not even worth worrying about because no matter what happens, they get the money. They knew XI was losing players and was getting old with the PS2 system limitations from 10 years ago so created a replacement that they could keep upgrading by developing it for PC. The overall MMO community however has also moved on with technology and there are certain aspects that have to stay if they are to bring in new players. If they recreate an exact carbon copy of XI, the only players they will get are veteran XI players and that certainly isn't enough for them to make their money back.

By using aspects from other successful MMO's that are easy to navigate and figure out due to their popular nature (UI/Questing system) they can attract players that have never before played an MMO, more so than any computer based MMO due to the release on consoles and Japanese player base. This will undoubtedly bring in a lot more players than just releasing XI-2. They've also kept so much from the Final Fantasy series, and bits and pieces from almost every single Final Fantasy game. Somebody mentioned on the beta forums that they also had plans to add famous bosses from all over the series. Demon Wall, Omega, Gilgamesh are all confirmed with others mentioned later on in the game.

To say this is not a Final Fantasy because it has a similar UI to other MMO's is ridiculous, honestly. If you do not want to play because it is not your precious XI then that's fine, but you are seriously missing out on what could potentially be one of the best new MMO's in a very long time. Your close-minded nature will let you down I can assure you that.

[Runespider]

Looking forward to XIV sinking and XI getting the money and devs it deserves is all. This is a post about a competing MMO on the XI forum, I don't have to be polite about a game I dislike and is competition for mine. Go post on your own game forum and if you thought it was going to do so well you wouldn't be trying to convert XI players with all the XIV love posts or defending it at the speed of light would you?

[Sparthos]

Looking forward to XIV sinking and XI getting the money and devs it deserves is all. This is a post about a competing MMO on the XI forum, I don't have to be polite about a game I dislike and is competition for mine. Go post on your own game forum and if you thought it was going to do so well you wouldn't be trying to convert XI players with all the XIV love posts or defending it at the speed of light would you?

XI is finished either way, you might as well just enjoy what little fun it still has yet to give you. All the hope for XIVs success or failure doesn't change the fact XI is on the decline both in players and resources.

If XIV fails its more likely XI could further suffer from cost cutting measures as SE attempts to reel from a double whammy of losses. I highly doubt they'd pull this game as it's a cash cow but the cow would definitely go on a bare bones plan if it already isn't. Really, you should look to XIVs success as the game carries on the spirit of FFXI to a new generation of customers and players.

The FFXI of 2013 isn't the FFXI of 2005 anyway.

[Jaall]

I don't need to convert people and am only defending it against your stupidity, but in reality it doesn't need defending it's doing well enough on its own. The last I'm going to say to you and the only thing I need to say to you is wait and see. You're inevitably going to be disappointed.