FFXIV Chinese Version Coming Soon

[Ilean]

Thanks!!!!

[bird]

Errr... sorry, for the first 2 quotes I meant translation for their respective answers... ^^U

10. blizzard's wow has an open user interface for players which allows them to customize their interface along with the possiblity of add-ons and mods. this permits players to to join the ranks of game developers, giving them a type of game experience that invites countless possibilities. will ffxiv have the same open interface as wow? or do you have some other ideas?

yoshi: we will import the concept of plug-ins after all aspects of the game are ready. (the following part is very hard to translate for me) we will redesign script production methods in order for players to find better choices.*

13. pvp is a topic of concern for chinese gamers. how much weight will pvp content have in the future of this game?

yoshi: currently we're planning to produce game content that has a "focused challenge" and attracts those who like battlefield/colosseum and pvp. so, we are not requiring every ffxiv player to engage in pvp. rather, like in wow, we want the players to easily and clearly find content that are suitable for them. i myself love pvp. so please stay tuned.

14. thank you for granting us an interview. do you have anything else you would like to say to the chinese gamers?

yoshi: perhaps a lot of people felt the impact after the worldwide release of game last september. perhaps they still feel uneasy about ffxiv after reading a lot of negative critiques. however, currently we are rapidly conducting patch updates to fix the game. moreover in the near future, the large scale changes of the party system** and battle system will bring bigger reforms. therefore, please continue to follow our progress as we move toward the future of ffxiv, without being weighed down by the past (i took a bit of personal freedom to translate this. then he talks about we need to unite and march forward together...please continue to support and anticipate new developments...sorry to rush the rest. it's lunch time.)

**this was translated as "raid" via the translator as I'm not terribly familiar with technical terms.

[Ilean]

Nice!

Why can't NA/EU interviewers shoot these kind of questions? They always go for those crappy, too-broad ones that are too easy to left half unanswered.

[Cairdeas]

Nice!

Why can't NA/EU interviewers shoot these kind of questions? They always go for those crappy, too-broad ones that are too easy to left half unanswered.

Eorzeapedia always asks pretty specific questions (Yasu even commented on that at E310) the problem is SE only gives generic emails when it was Tanaka. Hopefully once Yoshi-p starts giving out more interviews and can speak about upcoming changes without it being speculation we'll get more and more better interviews.

[Balbanes]

If Chinese RMT play on our servers, i'm quitting this game.

Seeing that Taru rapesquad in uldah is already annoying enough.

News of this came about around the time the game was released. IIRC, China will have their own servers. They will not be playing with JP/NA/EU.

[Peregrine]

Japanese players would have an aneurysmal fit if they let Chinese people on their servers.

[bird]

Japanese players would have an aneurysmal fit if they let Chinese people on their servers.

you just set back the sino-japanese relationship by about 50 years.

[KaedrianLiang]

China has the largest online gaming industry in the world. of the 12million WoW players around, 7 million of them are from China and WoW isnt even the #1 MMO in China to give you the general idea of how huge the gaming industry is over there.

If FFXIV becomes successful in China, theres enough online gamers to warrant a China only server, if not several.

Theres a lot to gain for SE to tap into this market.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

actually depending where you are, crysta can be bought via ultimate game card. similar to a time card.