"If WOW ever goes completely free-to-play, maybe we will consider it." Naoki Yoshida

[lorel]

So there is a new interview with Naoki Yoshida and one of the things that is asked is how Final fantasy will compete with The Elder Scrolls Online.

Here is the full interview

http://www.pangamers.com/gaming/fina...g/#comment-594.

[Risvertasashi]

Just in case anyone reads the thread title and immediately assumes the worst... He laughed when he said that. He also talks about the benefits of having a subscription and notes that most of the XIV playerbase is supportive of the sub model.

[lorel]

Now this is the interesting part.

"PSLS: Have you taken, or are you going to take any steps to respond to some of the upcoming changes in the MMO market, such as with Elder Scrolls Online, which is now coming to consoles and moving to a free-to-play model?

NY: No, we do not feel that we are being influenced by that kind of model shift. Especially with an MMORPG, it is a kind of a game as a service, where we are kind of almost in the service industry."

Cont..

[lorel]

"Say you are in the restaurant business and you own a steakhouse, and you see another competitive steakhouse that a popular feature or some other element that draws people in, of course you would have to look at what they are doing and they are keeping their quality of meats, and what they do in terms of service. In that same respect, we do look at the other MMO titles that are out there and do some research on what they do and have, Elder Scrolls Online included. But, for FFXIV and the players that belong to the world of Eorzea, we feel that we don’t need to put things in that are not necessary for that game."

cont..

[Dervy]

Use the actual interview link here: http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/...ting/#/slide/1

Andd.... No, you're looking into it too much. The line before:

we don’t believe that FFXIV needs to shift in that direction and not everything that other competitors or titles do will necessarily apply to our title.

Also, I'm pretty sure YoshiP said that as a joke, as he laughed straight afterwards, hence the "(laughs)". A lot of people in the MMORPG community are known to compare FFXIV very strongly with WoW and the fact Yoshida himself has said he drew inspiration from great MMORPG titles (such as WoW) for ARR... Yeah. It's a joke.

[lorel]

"So, just because ESO moved into a free-to-play subscription model, it doesn’t necessarily mean for us to move into that direction as well. Also, for use we have taken player surveys and took a look at what our customer satisfaction level is and we actually garnered data that shows that over 80% of our players are satisfied with the subscription model and they feel very assured that it is a constant. You are safe to be in that environment, and you know that you can expect a decent amount of updates and content. So, we don’t believe that FFXIV needs to shift in that direction and not everything that other competitors or titles do will necessarily apply to our title.

If WOW ever goes completely free-to-play, maybe we will consider it. (Laughs)"

[FJerome]

Why is it always steak? I mean, really;

http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/20/807...eo-games-steak

(Also, OP, you can get around the character limit by editing your original response so you don't have to keep replying to yourself to say everything you want to say.)

[Ghishlain]

So, uh, can you make the title any more click-bait like? @.@

You know the interview he adds a laugh at the end of that, as well as discusses the benefits of F2P and subscription. I'm also pretty sure Yoshi-P is quite aware of the stigma that XIV copies WoW quite a lot.

Oh, wait, you just quoted that bit. Not sure what you're aiming for anymore @.@

[lorel]

Also off topic why is there such a small word posting limit on these forums.\

Having to make 4 different posts because of the word limit is a pain...

[lorel]

Why is it always steak? I mean, really;

http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/20/807...eo-games-steak

(Also, OP, you can get around the character limit by editing your original response so you don't have to keep replying to yourself to say everything you want to say.)

You can??

I wish I had know that before...