SE making NEW MMO

[Zenaku]

To be fair, it was only a couple years after Xi's release when they started working on XIV (codename Rapture), as that teaser video was released in 05 if my memory serves me correctly.

Either way, what I am curious about is if they continue this trend then once the next MMO comes out a year later they will begin yet another MMO, since they stated they want only 3 MMOs up at a time due to manpower then is that the final days of FFXI?

Finally, I personally would love an MMO set in a more futuristic setting, or a steam punk one.

they said they want ffxi to last too 11years which pretty much mean 2years from now they may shut it down or the price lower down to 6$ then it be shut down at some point.

i don't see ffxi lasting very long if they don't shut down the ps2 version.

[Belisaire]

they said they want ffxi to last too 11years which pretty much mean 2years from now they may shut it down or the price lower down to 6$ then it be shut down at some point.

i don't see ffxi lasting very long if they don't shut down the ps2 version.

Well, not quite. What they actually said was that they would at least like to see XI last as long as its number, which would be 11 years. That and at this point it would be an absolutely stupid move for them to shutdown XI as it has moved into a pretty lax development cycle and the monthly fees they obtain from end up being almost entirely all profit. The game *only* makes money for them at this point, and to be honest, when Yoshi-P talks about how FFXIV doesn't have to worry about where they get their finances from, I'm almost positive that this is because it seems most likely that all of FFXI's profit is being put into FFXIV development. Of the two, XI is by a long shot the more commerically successful product especially since its development cost was paid for years ago. That and, people who play XI really do love the game, and if SE tried to make some attempt to shut it down to push us onto their next games, there would be so many subscription fees cancelled that I can't imagine any of their games really staying afloat.

With regards to the ps2 issue, people have sung for *years* about how the end of XI is nigh, and it hasn't come. If anything, Abyssea has completely rejuvenated interest in the game, with a lot of players coming back and rerolling, as well as some new faces. I don't think they'd be all that thrilled if the game they invested so much time in suddenly turned off.

But yeah, I am slightly irked at Wada's wording saying that they plan to simultaneously operate two to three MMOs. They are doing Wakfu, XI, and XIV at the moment, with Wakfu still in beta... but if they take any of my numbered FF games off the market I'm not coming back to their MMO service lol. That and, like its been mentioned before, XIV really needs their undivided attention right now... things are starting to look good for the game, really good, and this is the first time I've been optimistic for it, but its going to take a big financial effort and push to turn back the scathing reviews and image the game has now.

[Zenaku]

Well, not quite. What they actually said was that they would at least like to see XI last as long as its number, which would be 11 years. That and at this point it would be an absolutely stupid move for them to shutdown XI as it has moved into a pretty lax development cycle and the monthly fees they obtain from end up being almost entirely all profit. The game *only* makes money for them at this point, and to be honest, when Yoshi-P talks about how FFXIV doesn't have to worry about where they get their finances from, I'm almost positive that this is because it seems most likely that all of FFXI's profit is being put into FFXIV development. Of the two, XI is by a long shot the more commerically successful product especially since its development cost was paid for years ago. That and, people who play XI really do love the game, and if SE tried to make some attempt to shut it down to push us onto their next games, there would be so many subscription fees cancelled that I can't imagine any of their games really staying afloat.

With regards to the ps2 issue, people have sung for *years* about how the end of XI is nigh, and it hasn't come. If anything, Abyssea has completely rejuvenated interest in the game, with a lot of players coming back and rerolling, as well as some new faces. I don't think they'd be all that thrilled if the game they invested so much time in suddenly turned off.

But yeah, I am slightly irked at Wada's wording saying that they plan to simultaneously operate two to three MMOs. They are doing Wakfu, XI, and XIV at the moment, with Wakfu still in beta... but if they take any of my numbered FF games off the market I'm not coming back to their MMO service lol. That and, like its been mentioned before, XIV really needs their undivided attention right now... things are starting to look good for the game, really good, and this is the first time I've been optimistic for it, but its going to take a big financial effort and push to turn back the scathing reviews and image the game has now.

The problem with the ps2 is the 40GB wont last very long they having issue with that right now.

[Belisaire]

The problem with the ps2 is the 40GB wont last very long they having issue with that right now.

Well they just said that following the completion of the current roadmap for XI 2011-12, they would like to look into designing some new zones for the game, and there's even concept art they released in that same announcement that showed new areas...

So I dunno, apparently they are finding a way to work around it. They were able to fix the PS2 hard drive issue that you were referring to. The game has been bloated for years and there really isn't 40GB of content there, there is a lot of space to be retrieved by simply handling things more efficiently.