Unofficial poll predicts 47% will leave when fee is implemented

[Wynn]

Yep, people here are playing the laughing stock of the gaming industry simply because it is free and there are no other free to play games as awesome as ffxiv.

Then please enlighten us as to why you play this "laughing stock" of a game that is so absolutely terrible you just rage thinking about paying 13 bucks a month to log in? Either you like being miserable or you are playing because it is free.

[JackDaniels]

Then please enlighten us as to why you play this "laughing stock" of a game that is so absolutely terrible you just rage thinking about paying 13 bucks a month to log in? Either you like being miserable or you are playing because it is free.

It certainly wasn't because I'm an avid ff fan who only plays the game because it has the words final and fantasy in the title. Or.. maybe it was.. Or maybe it could have been because I bought a PS3 which I don't use, an HDTV (which I do use but could have gone without) and a comphy fricken chair all to enjoy this lovely piece of awesomeness.

I want to see the game succeed. I don't think we as players should have to pick up the tab for SE's major screw up. It's not like they are going to go bankrupt any time soon. They have a lot of money. A looot of money.

[Wynn]

It certainly wasn't because I'm an avid ff fan who only plays the game because it has the words final and fantasy in the title. Or.. maybe it was.. Or maybe it could have been because I bought a PS3 which I don't use, an HDTV (which I do use but could have gone without) and a comphy fricken chair all to enjoy this lovely piece of awesomeness.

I want to see the game succeed. I don't think we as players should have to pick up the tab for SE's major screw up. It's not like they are going to go bankrupt any time soon. They have a lot of money. A looot of money.

If you want the game to succeed then you will pay because, guess what? If we don't start paying for this game, there won't be a reboot. It'll be a pulled plug.

[JackDaniels]

If you want the game to succeed then you will pay because, guess what? If we don't start paying for this game, there won't be a reboot. It'll be a pulled plug.

There's just no compromise here. The other day Yoshida was buttering us up, telling us that the game is @ 50% complete. Today, we now know we have to pay full subscription price. Why pay 100% subscription for half a game?

EDIT: Don't tell me that SE can't afford to do this. SE has more than enough money to drag this out for a long time. It's a matter of how much growth the company is losing out on, not how much they can't afford to feed their employees.

[Jennestia]

EDIT: Don't tell me that SE can't afford to do this. SE has more than enough money to drag this out for a long time. It's a matter of how much growth the company is losing out on, not how much they can't afford to feed their employees.

SE has a lot of money, yes but projects are generally allocated a certain amount and they can't go over without getting kicked in the ass in short.

1 year with almost no income and only costs? Think about that for a second.

[trinta]

Then please enlighten us as to why you play this "laughing stock" of a game that is so absolutely terrible you just rage thinking about paying 13 bucks a month to log in? Either you like being miserable or you are playing because it is free.

Are people actually raging? I don't pretend to read every thread on this forum, and I certainly haven't touched even half of them today, but what I have seen has been low on rage, and high on "Nah, not worth paying."

The ones that have been high on rage have also been high on criticism for the planned content, not the fee.