Please make FFXI f2p!

[Castanica]

I think people are not taking something into account, all console versions of FFXI will cease to exist in November.

The mobile game is a totally separate entity too.

The mobile version looks horrible too

http://www.androidcentral.com/final-...bile-announced

[Isal]

I think people are not taking something into account, all console versions of FFXI will cease to exist in November.

The mobile game is a totally separate entity too.

The mobile version looks horrible too

http://www.androidcentral.com/final-...bile-announced

I only see the same news about the announcement, nothing showing the mobile client itself in order for it to "look horrible". If you're saying "looks horrible" just because Nexon is involved... I get that, but still too soon to judge until we actually see how it will look/work.

[Castanica]

I only see the same news about the announcement, nothing showing the mobile client itself in order for it to "look horrible". If you're saying "looks horrible" just because Nexon is involved... I get that, but still too soon to judge until we actually see how it will look/work.

It shows the races and characters that will be used on the android game in the logo.

[Isal]

It shows the races and characters that will be used on the android game in the logo.

The only logos I see there are for the Vana'diel Project, which encompasses Rhapsodies, the mobile client, and Grandmasters... They're the same character sprites you see in the banner on the top of these forums, hardly an indicator of anything related to the mobile client...

[Ageofwar]

from what I read in an interview (can't remember what interview to quote it) the issue isn't quite cut and dry as simply changing FFXI to F2P
the development tools that SE use to create content is unsupported (Sony PS2???) and i'm guessing will soon pull extended support for them (which i'm guessing is November).

Only way around this would be to do a ground up rebuild of FFXI which due to the decreasing playbase is pointless (yes I know SE have done this with FFXIV -> FFXIV:ARR) and would cost too much for the returns they will get.

SE will more likely shut down the servers when the time comes rather that make FFXI F2P

[Castanica]

from what I read in an interview (can't remember what interview to quote it) the issue isn't quite cut and dry as simply changing FFXI to F2P
the development tools that SE use to create content is unsupported (Sony PS2???) and i'm guessing will soon pull extended support for them (which i'm guessing is November).

Only way around this would be to do a ground up rebuild of FFXI which due to the decreasing playbase is pointless (yes I know SE have done this with FFXIV -> FFXIV:ARR) and would cost too much for the returns they will get.

SE will more likely shut down the servers when the time comes rather that make FFXI F2P

Well I think those of us that have played this game for a long while know that Square like to use easy excuses, ps2 limitations! So I wouldn't put too much weight behind that. If what they said was true they would be unable to do anything at all after November, which is not the case since they said they would still do balance changes etc.

[Ageofwar]

Well I think those of us that have played this game for a long while know that Square like to use easy excuses, ps2 limitations! So I wouldn't put too much weight behind that. If what they said was true they would be unable to do anything at all after November, which is not the case since they said they would still do balance changes etc.

I didn't say PS2 limitation, i said that the development tools are unsupported which would mean they will have a hard time generating new content

[Sapphire]

Well I think those of us that have played this game for a long while know that Square like to use easy excuses, ps2 limitations! So I wouldn't put too much weight behind that. If what they said was true they would be unable to do anything at all after November, which is not the case since they said they would still do balance changes etc.

My one point is going to be, there is a GIANT difference between "limited by what the PS2 can do" and "there are almost no PS2 dev kits left in the world, we bought as many as we can and when they die, they can't get repaired."

Sony is being amazingly NICE and keeping the DNS server they need up. the FFXI team is the only people who access it. And Sony has agreed to keep it up until FFXI actually goes away, even with PS2 support being pulled. Which is why they can still do tweeks after November. But those dev kits are basically ticking bombs. :P

[Castanica]

My one point is going to be, there is a GIANT difference between "limited by what the PS2 can do" and "there are almost no PS2 dev kits left in the world, we bought as many as we can and when they die, they can't get repaired."

Sony is being amazingly NICE and keeping the DNS server they need up. the FFXI team is the only people who access it. And Sony has agreed to keep it up until FFXI actually goes away, even with PS2 support being pulled. Which is why they can still do tweeks after November. But those dev kits are basically ticking bombs. :P

Well it's all down to if you buy that or not, I personally don't.

[Alhanelem]

I'm thinking SE believes at this point that they won't likely make more money with an F2P option. The fact that the only way they feel they can go that route is by going mobile speaks volumes towards this.