Free-to-play?

[Rinuko]

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.

Yes i agree. My main point is if they see they can make more money by micro trans then they will look into F2P business model for FFXIV.
Please note, i'm not supporting a F2P model but i work with business developments and I can see why they might want to go with a different model if they can make more money cause in the end it's all about revenue

[AzraelX]

people don't realize that FF14 going F2P will not be free or less expensive for the same experience- players will end up playing MORE to get SAME or LESS level of access and content

[OwlBlackX]

No.
I hope FFxiv never be F2P.

WoW is 12 year old don't be F2P

[Rinuko]

people don't realize that FF14 going F2P will not be free or less expensive for the same experience- players will end up playing MORE to get SAME or LESS level of access and content

Most likely. We probably have to pay for extra job slots, inventory, retainers, relics etc

[Felis]

Games go F2P when the company making the game thinks doing so would bring in MORE FASTER 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.

In the long run a sub bring more money and a stable income. Games who started with a sub only went f2p because the sponsors wanted their money now.

sub = stable income = easier to calculate with it for other games over some years
f2p = many up and downs in the income = harder to calculate with it

[Kewitt]

F2P if 80% of the player base want it.
I currently thing yes. if it went F2P it would be 80% of the player base. But not 80% of the current player base as a large amount of the current player base LOVE the SUB MODEL That is why they are here and likely came from FFXI or WOW.
Yes they would get a few whales. But over all happiness of the game current player base would go down.
I have played F2P games in the past, in ALL F2P I've played I've spent $4.99, And that game me an extra 2 weeks of enjoyment out of the game. I would move on to NON mmos. If FFXIV one of the last good MMOs went F2P.
So rather then SE getting $150 a year from me, they may not get any or very little. As Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider 2. I got on Steam sales for under $30 total.

[Seoulstar]

Let's just get rid of that idea. It won't happen and also due to the fact that as someone who has played many F2P games..the communities in those games are generally horrid. It is terrible to see a person PK someone over and over again while screaming racial slurs at them.

[Vahlnir]

In the long run a sub bring more money and a stable income. Games who started with a sub only went f2p because the sponsors wanted their money now.

sub = stable income = easier to calculate with it for other games over some years
f2p = many up and downs in the income = harder to calculate with it

SE generally prefers predictability, so yeah, I don't see f2p happening anytime in the near or distant future.

[LastFireAce]

Rather no go F2P... Wasn't 1.0 F2P? really bad?
Before I get eaten I'm no Legacy player so I don't know how it work back then.

[Drudwyn]

Rather no go F2P... Wasn't 1.0 F2P? really bad?
Before I get eaten I'm no Legacy player so I don't know how it work back then.

It was free to play because it was so bad. Watch the Fall and Rise of FFXIV by Speakers of Hydaelyn for more information.