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[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Yoshi's stated he'd rather shut the game down entirely than let it go f2p, so regardless of the cash shop and any impact it has now or may have in the future, the game is very unlikely to be anything but pay to play.

[Celef]

Yoshi's stated he'd rather shut the game down entirely than let it go f2p, so regardless of the cash shop and any impact it has now or may have in the future, the game is very unlikely to be anything but pay to play.

That's....weird no ?
I mean, if it goes F2P at some point (if one day there is not enougth regular incomes) they could always make a little money out of a F2P FF14, why would they close it ? oO
Plus, not sure Yoshida's boss would ask his permission to make it F2P (I suppose he has a boss even as producer or at least investors he has to cop with ? )

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

That's....weird no ?
I mean, if it goes F2P at some point (if one day there is not enougth regular incomes) they could always make a little money out of a F2P FF14, why would they close it ? oO
Plus, not sure Yoshida's boss would ask his permission to make it F2P (I suppose he has a boss even as producer or at least investors he has to cop with ? )

I can't find or remember when/what interview he said it in, but it was a good while ago (over a year or two? Not sure). I think it was based on the usual issues that come up for f2p games (lack of content, toxic atmosphere, lower quality of game design in general), but I can't recall Yoshi's exact words. Just that he basically did say "I'd rather shut the game down than let it go f2p".

Frankly, I'm in agreement with his stance. F2p games are kinda trash - if not immediately, then a year down the road. (Saying this as someone who used to be solely a f2p player who then came to this game as my first subscription MMO >>)

Also, doubt we'd ever go f2p just because even as old as it is and how few people play it any longer, FF11 is still a sub-based game despite the fact it's been put into perma-maint mode. So -shrug-