Bad Press From Early Access Starting.

As much as I want this game to succeed, SE needs some bad publicity to help them get their crap together.

Kotaku Article

Doesn't really matter what you think of Kotaku, fact is lots of people read it and the bad publicity may help. Or, maybe I just don't know WTF I'm thinking, that's a possibility too.

Kotaku in general is bad press.

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Originally Posted by Roric

Kotaku in general is bad press.

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Pretty much. They have blatantly lied in their articles before just to get page views.

Kotaku is just as bad as the National Enquirer.

They also have a pretty huge track record for hating anything final fantasy, same goes with Sankaku complex.

Coincidentally, someone in the comments points out that the video in the article is a breech of the NDA.

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Originally Posted by Elaria

Kotaku is just as bad as the National Enquirer.

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Stephen Totilo is Bat Boy!

EDIT: Bored so I this

http://i.imgur.com/KwkHMgE.jpg

Here is one from Joystiq

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn struggles through early access weekend

They are right though, this is supposed to be the relaunch of an already tarnished game and things need to be going as smooth as possible. I do believe SE are doing everything they can to fix the problems we are experincing but none the less the problems still exist.

SE were foolish to only do a 4 day open beta test to iron these kinks out before EA and now they are paying the price.

Kotaku has a negative opinion about something? Shocking.

hahahaha, Kotaku.

Stopped myself from clicking the link the moment I saw Kotaku.

bad press is bad press

You all bash Kotaku, but it doesnt exempt the fact that there's been over 35,000 visitors to the page. Great job Square. Keep up the good work.

White Knights: Assemble!

reading Kotaku is like watching Fox News.

To be fair. The amount that I've played in the past 2 days (which has probably been about 10 hours give or take) I've had a lot of fun with the game. I mean, I've enjoyed this more than any other MMORPG that I've played so far.

I think what we need to do is agree that the game content is solid but server issues are blocking our sights to that. We all just have to come at this with cool heads and just relax a little bit. Once the server issues get resolved we'll all be happy to play a fairly solid game!

And also MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE we might possible get some compensation (though I expect none).

Firstly, Kotaku hates everything, likes nothing. So even the slightest issue with this game, would of had them badmouthing it regardless. And Joystiq, aka wowinsider, is one of the biggest blizzard fanbois on the internet, so they tend to be obligated to badmouth blizzard's competitors. So if that is really the extent of the bad publicity, then I think the game will be just fine. Honestly every MMO, WoW included, had some pretty rough launches. This game technically isn't out yet. It is just early access. And I am glad they are getting these issues worked on before launch day. They also seem to be working a lot faster than most MMO companies as well. Just need patience.

This is what scares me. I want this game to succeed so damn bad but these server issues(restricting logins because you don't have the hardware to support more players? Really SE? Really!?! Dumbest idea ever.) This news will spread to other game sites and FF14s already huge fail will scare away any potential buyers of this new and amazing version, all because they screwed up population anticipation (which they should know the exact number of btw by EA key claims but silly me. If this problem (hardware problems are huge) isn't fixed fast. I don't see a future for this game and that deeply saddens me.

Although it is Kotaku, they aren't wrong.

It was a huge mistake for them to only have a 3 day open beta period. They haven't seen this kind of server load before, so I'm sure this has been an eye-opening experience for them.

If they wanted to generate some good will, they'd give people a couple of free days to make up for the trouble and generate some good press by showing that they take care of their customers.

It doesn't matter if it is Kotaku hating on the game due to the issues or anything else. A lot of people will be looking for ARR to bomb and to bomb hard. The gaming press at large is going to jump on them for any issues they have, technical or otherwise. The problem is that this is the relaunch of a failed mmorpg that was universally panned on release.

I appreciate that they are working their butts off to fix it and that they've been doing such a good job keeping people up to date on the situation (Seriously, Kudos for this.. ), but I've been through so many mmo launches that I've learned that these kinds of things happen and the best thing I can do is be patient while they fix it. Unfortunately, there are many who don't share that outlook and these kinds of issues will only hurt the game in the eyes of those people.

Kotaku could be right. They could predict the next President and the end of the world. It doesn't matter. They're a laughing stock when it comes to game journalism. Yes, they are likely right in their assessment of the server issues (I still refuse to read it.). But being right here and there does not make them a good or reputable source of information.

Now, we all know the game is having issues, and once other gaming news outlets start reporting in on them, I'll take them seriously. As it stands, Kotaku is going to look even more like fools if this current maintenance fixes the issues.

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Originally Posted by Alerith

Kotaku could be right. They could predict the next President and the end of the world. It doesn't matter. They're a laughing stock when it comes to game journalism. Yes, they are likely right in their assessment of the server issues (I still refuse to read it.). But being right here and there does not make them a good or reputable source of information.

Now, we all know the game is having issues, and once other gaming news outlets start reporting in on them, I'll take them seriously. As it stands, Kotaku is going to look even more like fools if this current maintenance fixes the issues.

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I never thought I'd defend Kotaku, but it says a lot that you're having to attack the journalist rather than the content of their article.

Either way, if this maintenance works, we'll all be happy and laughing at Kotaku like always.

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Originally Posted by Mychael

I never thought I'd defend Kotaku, but it says a lot that you're having to attack the journalist rather than the content of their article.

Either way, if this maintenance works, we'll all be happy and laughing at Kotaku like always.

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I really hope this maintenance fixes the problems, but this being the 5th maintenance, I'm slowly losing hope.

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Originally Posted by Mychael

I never thought I'd defend Kotaku, but it says a lot that you're having to attack the journalist rather than the content of their article.

Either way, if this maintenance works, we'll all be happy and laughing at Kotaku like always.

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Indeed I am.

Just because a poor source of journalism happens to report one or two stories accurately from time to time does not suddenly make them a reputable source. It would be wrong of me to tear into Kotaku when they're wrong, then suddenly bow to them when they're right as if they never erred. They are still no better than they were before reporting on this article.

I acknowledge that the content of this article is likely accurate to some degree.
I do not acknowledge that Kotaku is suddenly a good example of gaming journalism.

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Originally Posted by Adohleas

I really hope this maintenance fixes the problems, but this being the 5th maintenance, I'm slowly losing hope.

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"Maintenance" is pretty much just restarting the servers so it boots everyone, especially all the afks taking up spots.

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Originally Posted by Kyzr

White Knights: Assemble!

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lol'd this pretty much.

let's not get too defensive people

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Originally Posted by Sav

Coincidentally, someone in the comments points out that the video in the article is a breech of the NDA.

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Knowing Kotaku, it's probably bait so when SE gets the video taken down they can say that SE is trying to cover it up or that SE took the video down in response to their article. Kotaku is an incredibly corrupt and unethical gaming gossip blog so they like to use tactics like that and making things up to get a lot of clicks. They're worse than Fox News.

I don't know how anyone can stand reading that horrible site.


Joystiq also reported on the problems, but almost everyone in the comments there is being rational about it since it's normal to have problems during an MMO launch.

EDIT: Massively put out an article on it and the community is acting like a bunch of spoiled, bratty, 13 year old's as usual, bashing the game and blaming Yoshida and SE for not having superpowers so they could have predicted launch problems.

shocking new lies or truth doesn't matter, the articles are still correct in this case.

Just canceled my credit card. Going to get my money back for 2 pre-orders. Woot!

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Here is one from Joystiq

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn struggles through early access weekend

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1up

Good. They don't deserve good press until they actually get a product that works. So far, they don't have that. Every single reviewer for this game is going to include how awful the servers are, and just imagine how much worse it will get on launch day, when everyone from 1.0 who DIDNT get legacy or DIDNT preorder can login...

You know the Japanese servers seem fine so that must mean there is an issue with the na/eu servers, and correct me if im wrong but SE did say they are working on it and apologized for the trouble so why not just wait. Kotaku has an article about how a guy stops his baby from crying, dont waste your time on that website, or whining on forums instead give us tricks and tips for game play if you have any.

It's not just Kotaku. Just drop "Final Fantasy 14 A Realm Reborn" on Google and all the gaming sites that are coming up aren't giving very nice review about it. Of course gaming media is interested on it because of the last fiasco and this really doesn't look good. I've had my share on EA, and had fun but damn SE, get your shit together.

By the way, SE made a new minigame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZF0cvJhQgA

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Originally Posted by Arrack

By the way, SE made a new minigame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZF0cvJhQgA

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Final Fantasy 14 hardest game ever. Its a challenge to just past the start screen. XD Priceless.

I know the white knights are aching to go out there and fight for FFXIV but this isn't our fault and just pointing out other mmos have had bad launches doesn't help, basically it's SE's fault for not handling this properly when problems were beginning to present themselves during open beta. 3102 happened and then it was over and we all just sat there hoping early access would have these magic fixes they said they would (haha).

They honestly deserve the bad press especially because of the way they handled the situation by capping servers and hardly giving any detailed information.

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Originally Posted by Pylfer

I think what we need to do is agree that the game content is solid but server issues are blocking our sights to that. We all just have to come at this with cool heads and just relax a little bit. Once the server issues get resolved we'll all be happy to play a fairly solid game!

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Server issues aside, the game runs surprisingly well on my PC. I can't enter the main city in Neverwinter (Protector's Enclave) without crashing. Loading screens in GW2 also tend to crash the game for me. The only "crashes" I've gotten in FFXIV so far is when the servers go down for maintenance and I lose connection. It's a stable game in general. I'm also finding it a lot more fun than version 1.0, and am quite pleased with the available content and features. If I could actually log in and play, I would be a very happy customer.

They deserve it.

So happy about this article xD

Less than 12 hours until IGN's livestream.

How do you think this will go down?

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Originally Posted by CrimzunAeoun

You know the Japanese servers seem fine so that must mean there is an issue with the na/eu servers, and correct me if im wrong but SE did say they are working on it and apologized for the trouble so why not just wait. Kotaku has an article about how a guy stops his baby from crying, dont waste your time on that website, or whining on forums instead give us tricks and tips for game play if you have any.

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Did you read the "apology"? They aren't fixing anything, they said limiting access to the servers IS THE SOLUTION. That means...no new servers...no better servers...IF they are planning on new/better servers...they need to tell us when and how long its gonna take. I haven't been able to log in for any of EA..and thats ok. But their big plan for release is..nothing. It won't get better, it will get worse. Want some tips and tricks? Play a game that lets you login, don't give your money to square..