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okay, so i know through interviews that sony has stated that you will now have to pay for online multiplayer. that being said i've also seen them state in articles that certain games will bypass this and it is ultimately up to the game developers. now what my question here is will this game be locked behind a ps4 paywall since i more than likely will subscribe to this game. will i be forced to pay two subscriptions or merely one for this game?

i have not done any research on whether or not SE will do this or not just wondering about this and figured this would be a legitimate place to pose this question.

thank you for reading and possibly answering i hope you have a good day.

The only games that you don't need ps plus for, are f2p games like DCUniverseOnline. That said yes you will likely need ps plus for FF14. As it is in no way f2p game. Dcuo, planet side and the other actually f2p games have been the only ones Sony said will not need it.

thanks Rocco, im hoping this isnt the case because that would be kinda underhanded to force two subs in my opinion.

I seriously doubt you'll have to pay twice.

After all the 360 had paid multiplayer but you didnt need it for FFXI. I played on the 360 for years and never had a gold membership.

Is it up to the devs an publishers if they want to make it a req to have ps plus in order to play. So we shall see soon I guess.

And you can move over to ps4 for free. But yeah, I don't think you'll have to pay twice but if you're playing other games you may be paying for ps+ anyways.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/09/fi...beta-for-free/

It's been confirmed by Sony that PS+ isn't going to be forced on developers like Live service is with Microsoft. Further, I believe Yoshida said something about not requiring it, either.

thank you all for your replies and i hope that this may be addressed once the ps4 is out in november if i happen to come across any info on this subject i will surely post it for those who may be interested.

You're welcome, and to some of the others. Making it a choice? How does that make sense in any way? Would you give a choice if running a service, to others wether you make money or not? I highly doubt Sony is gonna let the people who are already making money, by creating the game ,decide wether Sony gets paid for people using Sony's services to play said games online.

Would SE see any money from the PS+ subs if that ended up being required? $$$ would be the deciding factor in SE's decision making, unfortunately.

You don't need PS+ to use subscription services like Netflix, Crunchyroll, and free to play games etc.
Its all up to Square Enix, devs, an publishers to talk to Sony about having it required or not.

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Would SE see any money from the PS+ subs if that ended up being required? $$$ would be the deciding factor in SE's decision making, unfortunately.

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requiring a ps+ sub for the game would not put any money in SE's pocket unless they offered free content through that subscription

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You're welcome, and to some of the others. Making it a choice? How does that make sense in any way? Would you give a choice if running a service, to others wether you make money or not? I highly doubt Sony is gonna let the people who are already making money, by creating the game ,decide wether Sony gets paid for people using Sony's services to play said games online.

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You clearly did not see sonys e3 press conference an many interviews with the pres..it's a choice. The devs say yes or no its not required. That would be stupid if we have to pay $50 a year with a $13 sub a month..nobody would play.

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Would SE see any money from the PS+ subs if that ended up being required? $$$ would be the deciding factor in SE's decision making, unfortunately.

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Obviously they were not thinking about money when they reboot FFXIV and porting over to PS4 is free. Plus they have been holding hands with Sony for quite some time they will work it out.