Free-to-play?

[Rinuko]

If the game would go FTP i would probably still play since I enjoy aspects of the game still. But I wouldn't be surprised we got lesser patches, like every 6 months.

[Seig345]

mog wardrobe 3 + 4 are basically cash shop / sorta like retainers. The fee is added to your monthy 11 sub.

Continuing this would still require further development of content, albeit cosmetic, for a game they supposedly cannot continue to develop new content for due to the foundation of the game being based on PlayStation 2 devkits (the number of which were dwindling even after they went out of their way to buy up as much stock as they could to continue developing as far as they had). Even overlooking that I can only imagine the mess it would be turning a page of the Square Enix Online Store into an expansive, F2P/B2P level cash shop for one game, seeing as this method basically would require registering a code to your FFXI service for every individual item purchased, and Bahamut help you on any expendable items.

[Mature]

Should NEVER be free to play.... How do you keep the Devs interested in making something for free?

Please no thanks.

[Altena]

I thought retainer boosts were already a thing?

[Rinuko]

I thought retainer boosts were already a thing?

It is since 4.1

[Derio]

Game should never go f2p especially considering it at the highest amount of players it has ever been. I can see the game only getting better with the new game modes they are adding in.

[Maero]

I will repeat what i had said in a similar post, our sub money funds SE other game projects so very doubtful it would ever go F2P.
And Yoshi may have made a statement but i also find it hard to believe that the majority of players would want it F2P

[MistakeNot]

I will repeat what i had said in a similar post, our sub money funds SE other game projects so very doubtful it would ever go F2P.
And Yoshi may have made a statement but i also find it hard to believe that the majority of players would want it F2P

Games go F2P when the company making the game thinks doing so would bring in MORE money than having the game sub-only.
So FFXIV being used to fund other game projects is not by itself a reason not to go f2p.

[Rinuko]

I will repeat what i had said in a similar post, our sub money funds SE other game projects so very doubtful it would ever go F2P.
And Yoshi may have made a statement but i also find it hard to believe that the majority of players would want it F2P

Think abou this way, if SE makes say 10M a month on our subs but can make 30K per hour with micro trans, which option looks more appealing from a business POV?

[Khemorex]

Think abou this way, if SE makes say 10M a month on our subs but can make 30K per hour with micro trans, which option looks more appealing from a business POV?

they "could" make 30k per hour or they "could" make only 10k per hour , its very speculative ^^, while with subs u know what u get at end of the month.