Is FFXIV up against the clock?

[Alexis_Arteme]

Dev: "XIV is performing under expectations."
Prez: "Unfortunate. Think you can have it fixed by Christmas 2011 if we put a new team in there?"
Dev: "Yes."
Prez: "Alright. Keep it free, fix it, and we will have a "re-launch" in Fall 2011 to go along with XIII-2's release. We will re-assess the situation in Q1 2012 if there are still issues."
Dev: "Very good. We will orchestrate a way to "restart" the characters at that time to make this "free" period into a "pseudo-beta".

This is how it went down, in my speculation. The audience does not matter until the PS3 version is released. We're all beta testers, still. That's why we don't have to pay.

[Youngblood]

The biggest thing that is hurting this game right now besides a terrible release is that while they been doing good with updates lately, the new content is not keeping up with the old veteran players and some of the content like sidequest stuff is mediocre. New players for sure will have their hands full for sure but how many people are signing up to play really after all the bad hype the game has gotten. Somehow they gonna have to step up their game yet again to release content even faster and find a way to make the game more appealing to veteran and new players alike.

[Yucie]

LOL DIABLO 3

[Tombah]

This is not the real question. People will play when it's good enough. The question is when.
I don't want them to release stuff faster, or perfect new content. I just want the fixes and new content to be free of error, at the very least, because frankly there's hardly any room for trial and error with the game in its current state. What is this game going to be if so many new problems and issues are introduced with every new patch? I still support the game, I really respect those who still play and give constructive feedback, but I can't help feeling that we have been treading water this whole time. But then again one of the dev just said that they are reworking the game data structure from the ground up, we'll see.

[Xakery]

I'm confused. Which game is bringing the downfall of XIV this week? So far, since release, it's been WoW:Cataclysm, Rift, TERA, Diablo III, GW2, and SW:ToR. Cataclysm came out, XIV is still here. Rift came out, XIV is still here. Can you haters make up your mind, so we all know what to tag threads with?

Haters can always suck a pickle. I don't feel like investing any more money on a game, and I don't want to start over a third time! I'm with this till Jesus comes back or I lose internet / electric.

[Jennestia]

Kind of a weak argument compared to XIV lol.

TERA only lost 50% of its subs in KOR. XIV lost half a million worldwide. XIV is a worldwide embarrassment and failure. TERA is still surviving with 100k active and its PAY 2 PLAY lol. Not to mention now out in Japan.

Also you're wrong about the D3, I play XIV now and then, just waiting for it to become a good game so I only play now on updates, but come D3 (or any other mmo) I will be forgetting about XIV for a long time (probably continue playing on updates only). So it is not just those who have already quit.

Viion, when will you just accept that TERA is constantly on the route to failing? BHS even admits that Tera is doing horribly and it continues to go down hill which is why the next major update they're hoping it rekindles interest.

(Yeah, there's actually others here who play TERA.)

Tera is falling off fast, (a lot faster than you want to admit.)

[Ichi]

Dev: "XIV is performing under expectations."
Prez: "Unfortunate. Think you can have it fixed by Christmas 2011 if we put a new team in there?"
Dev: "Yes."
Prez: "Alright. Keep it free, fix it, and we will have a "re-launch" in Fall 2011 to go along with XIII-2's release. We will re-assess the situation in Q1 2012 if there are still issues."
Dev: "Very good. We will orchestrate a way to "restart" the characters at that time to make this "free" period into a "pseudo-beta".

This is how it went down, in my speculation. The audience does not matter until the PS3 version is released. We're all beta testers, still. That's why we don't have to pay.

wrong no character wipes, you're wrong.

[Burn]

Diablo 3 is going to hurt WoW, its also going to cause 1000's of people to be fired from their jobs. I can def see it making a big impact on XIV for the short term after release but fortunately about D3 is people will only last a few months before getting bored of it.

[Akira-Niji]

Dev: "XIV is performing under expectations."
Prez: "Unfortunate. Think you can have it fixed by Christmas 2011 if we put a new team in there?"
Dev: "Yes."
Prez: "Alright. Keep it free, fix it, and we will have a "re-launch" in Fall 2011 to go along with XIII-2's release. We will re-assess the situation in Q1 2012 if there are still issues."
Dev: "Very good. We will orchestrate a way to "restart" the characters at that time to make this "free" period into a "pseudo-beta".

This is how it went down, in my speculation. The audience does not matter until the PS3 version is released. We're all beta testers, still. That's why we don't have to pay.

As someone who works in the industry, I wanted to point out the speculation of the whole pres/dev dynamic was absolutely flawless.

[Darkshade]

Oh boy I can't wait to pay Bobby Kotick my real life money so I can buy virtual Stone of Jordans' in Diablo III's AH.