December 2011 is the end

[captainpicard]

Even if most people leave, it's quite obvious by now that SE isn't going to let this game fail. After their horrid release, do you really think they will just let the game "die" a second death? They would have to be completely insane to let themselves get THAT much bad rep.

Even if NOBODY stayed, they would still release 2.0.

Mark my words.

I don't disagree. I expect they will release v2.0 regardless of subs between now and then.

That overlooks the bigger picture of what I was opining. I don't see a multiplayer game that has 100 people left playing at any given time on a server as value add. The game ceases to exist, in its current form, if the player base drops below a certain point, because content (dungeons for example) become impossible to complete or so time consuming to find the people to run them with that it simply is not worth it.

Tacking a subscription on to the existing game is going to decimate the current player numbers. Who wants to play a multi-player game alone?

[Starlord]

I don't disagree. I expect they will release v2.0 regardless of subs between now and then.

That overlooks the bigger picture of what I was opining. I don't see a multiplayer game that has 100 people left playing at any given time on a server as value add. The game ceases to exist, in its current form, if the player base drops below a certain point, because content (dungeons for example) become impossible to complete or so time consuming to find the people to run them with that it simply is not worth it.

Tacking a subscription on to the existing game is going to decimate the current player numbers. Who wants to play a multi-player game alone?

For one what would it matter?

A)because either way V2.0 will be made by the timeline.

B) The more Revenue they have.. the more Resource will become Available to them.

C)I did a Shout in Besaid and Alot of people are going to pay Im not sure about other servers but my Server is Just that.

D) Even if it Got below a Certain point, even if there was only 100 in the Server everyone will still be in Ul'dah and everyone can still have fun together.

E) If you feel like this is going to be the outcome of the game, why are you even playing? They made their Decision and they said once they have a clear plan and mapped out on the Future of FFXIV thats when the Subs will start.

Well, Its that time Sir.

[Platinumstorm]

Even if most people leave, it's quite obvious by now that SE isn't going to let this game fail. After their horrid release, do you really think they will just let the game "die" a second death? They would have to be completely insane to let themselves get THAT much bad rep.

Even if NOBODY stayed, they would still release 2.0.

Mark my words.

I don't think they were going to let the game fail from the beginning, the question is how well are they going to utilize what exists now in the community towards 2.0, and I don't think they're going to do a very good job of that.

Also, for Gath, I went over to your site yesterday to calmly discuss opinions on the subscription, and you're over here trolling? Maybe I went to the wrong place for a calm discussion.

[captainpicard]

E) If you feel like this is going to be the outcome of the game, why are you even playing?

I am not. I am simply reflecting on the next turn in SE's seemingly endless road of poor decisions.

I was always a proponent of taking this game offline completely after release and taking it to v2.0, rather than letting it limp along like this.

[Xatsh]

85% of the 66% quitting log on once a month anyways.

[Judah]

What's sad is that 90% of the ppl who defend S-E and say they will pay are max lvl 20-30. They haven't even experienced the majority of the "new content" that they preach time and again. It's the same people who have their wives and parents playing too, causing any potential raid to take 90 times longer than it should due to carrying bads.

This is just going to be another case of corporate greed vs artistic integrity. Don't understand? Take a look at the signature.

[faris]

It's not the end. Even if things dip and the playerbase goes to hell, they'll have a contract up with Sony for the PS3 release now it's been announced.

[Murugan]

You know what I can't wait for?

December 2011, Final Fantasy XIV Forums 2.0 Death of the trolls. (well at least the poor/frugal trolls)

[Celia]

You know what I can't wait for?

December 2011, Final Fantasy XIV Forums 2.0 Death of the trolls. (well at least the poor/frugal trolls)

That will be the best thing about 2.0, I find most of the users on the forums positively atrocious.

[Quesse]

The 'Like' poll is stupid because people could have clicked both.