Letter to Yoichi Wada, President of Square Enix Co., Ltd

[Darkshade]

AoC started very bad, and when they got every thing fixed people didnt give them a 2nd chance, and now its F2P.

will FFXIV face the same thing?

AoC didn't have the same brand name and huge cult console following though.

[Teknoman]

AoC didn't have the same brand name and huge cult console following though.

Exactly. XIV has brand recognition, then there is also the power of word of mouth, and the fact that its the only MMO on the market (aside from XI) that offers a coherent story with cutscenes. The current engine works just fine too, as it's seen some lighting improvements with the last update, and they are continuing these improvements.

They've stuck it out this far, and switched up dev teams, they arent pulling the plug on XIV any time soon...especially since its still a mainline FF title.

[XxOstiaxX]

AoC didn't have the same brand name and huge cult console following though.

Because every FF fan bough FFXIV on release right ?

[Winterclaw]

Because every FF fan bough FFXIV on release right ?

Not the ones that played in beta... some of us were smart enough to wait for a discount because we saw the writing on the wall.

[Darkshade]

Because every FF fan bough FFXIV on release right ?

I was referring to when the console release happens. Word of mouth, early reviews, beta impressions along with the fact that many PC titles not doing so hot in comparison to their console version it's a surprise the PC version sold the 600K+ copies it did world wide. - and it probably did on the brand name alone.

[Myrrdraal]

I was referring to when the console release happens. Word of mouth, early reviews, beta impressions along with the fact that many PC titles not doing so hot in comparison to their console version it's a surprise the PC version sold the 600K+ copies it did world wide. - and it probably did on the brand name alone.

This. I doubt any other MMO would have been able to sell that much given the poor beta phase and the terrible reviews it got.

[XxOstiaxX]

I was referring to when the console release happens. Word of mouth, early reviews, beta impressions along with the fact that many PC titles not doing so hot in comparison to their console version it's a surprise the PC version sold the 600K+ copies it did world wide. - and it probably did on the brand name alone.

Doubt it was only on name brand alone, sure there are many FF fans that got the game because it was FF, but a MMORPG is a different beast, take XI for example at its peak it had 500-600k players, and FFVII alone sold 10million, hell even FFXIII sold 6-8millions, yet both MMORPGS of the FF franchise, have never even sold 1million, let alone hold more than half that number in subs(And thats XI)