Square Enix Revises Earnings Forecasts For Major Loss

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Actually to be honest the Posted losses are probably a result of PSN being down as SE has TONS of content on PSN that you can not use or download with PSN being down.

yeah.. i have the promotional codes of ffi and ii waiting to be used

[Synthesis]

To close FFXIV would be like to turn around a knife in the belly. It still may be = monthly fee +, but due PS3+Sony crisis and stuff with the hacking scum (I wonder why they need to destroy other corps). Ya, ya.. No one knows.

[Elexia]

Means nothing for FFXIV. With the combination of the earthquake/tsunami and PSN being down as well as the delays from said issues, it affects every JP dev studio and not just SE. Someone posted the first forecast they changed sometime last year and said XIV would be dead by January.

[Ostia]

i think it was (wow excluded) one of the most successful mmos out there, considering how long it is on the market and that for many years the subscriptions increased year by year. The only other mmo that managed to do so was/and is EVE online,
but most other games (wow excluded) didnt manage that. Im not sure how it is today, my numbers are from 2010 i think but that doesnt change the facts in that matter.

Eq/Eq2 said hi

[Cairdeas]

Eq/Eq2 said hi

EQ did not maintain a positive influx of new players as long as FFXI did.

[Akira_Tenshi]

They have also said they are cancelling some games but won't say what, now would be a good time to reassure people the PS3 FF XIV is still going to happen. They never talk about it.

[Anty]

Eq/Eq2 said hi

there was a reason for EQ to got he F2P + P2P way. And like Cairdeas said, the numbers were not half as constant as ffxi had.
I think they had a time outstanding the ffxi subscriptions but that dindt last very long. FFXI playerbase increased many years.

[Xenor]

The only thing that would kill FFXIV is a disastrous PS3 launch and I can't see that happening. With a large influx of players at PS3 launch I can see many PC players giving the game another try. If SE can push out an expansion at that time with Ishgard, a few more regions, new jobs, chocobos and airships that will get people excited even more. I wouldn't be surprised if the PS3 version is released by Christmas.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

The guy brought to light a very valid and concerning situation to this already belligerent game. He gets greeted by digital pitchforks and torches.

It's not a valid or legitimate concern unless people are trained in finance. If you have no financial background then you have no real insight into what a financial report actually says.

Let alone the fact that the article STATES as plain as day that the forecast had to be adjusted due to the earthquake means that the forecasted loss has little to do with SE's financial future and NOTHING directly to do with FFXIV at all.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

there was a reason for EQ to got he F2P + P2P way. And like Cairdeas said, the numbers were not half as constant as ffxi had.
I think they had a time outstanding the ffxi subscriptions but that dindt last very long. FFXI playerbase increased many years.

Yeah, because the game is so ancient that they aren't charging people for the old content as a way to garner more population and then charge them when they run out of stuff to do and have to get the newer content. Has nothing to do with the current or future model for MMO gaming.