Servers Back online March 25th at 2000 JST

[Elkwood]

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Restoration of Game Services (Mar. 22)

As part of power conservation measures enacted following the Tohoku earthquake, our game servers were shut down on Mar. 13, 2011 3:00 (PDT) and services for FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline (hereafter referred to as "these services") were temporarily suspended. We have determined a date for the restoration of these services, and would like to share this information with you.

Operating the servers for these services makes up 11.6% of the total power consumed by our Tokyo office (based on February 2011 records). We have shut down our air conditioning system (8.8%) and enacted other power conservation measures, such as reducing lighting in our offices, to achieve over 10% in energy usage reductions. With these energy saving measures in place, we will be able to bring our servers back online and restore service to FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline on Mar. 25, 2011 4:00 (PDT). All other services, such as those offered on the PlayOnline website, that were temporarily suspended will also be restored at the same time. Please be aware, however, that we may once again be required to suspend services in the event that the power situation worsens.

We offer our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of these services, and thank you for your understanding. As noted in our original notice regarding the suspension of these services, customers will not be charged any monthly fees for FINAL FANTASY XI throughout the April billing cycle.

We at the Square Enix group are trying to act in a proactive manner in order to provide support towards the relief and restoration efforts in the face of this unprecedented disaster while providing reliable service to our customers, and we thank you for your understanding and support.

[Elaguila]

First! Was also gonna post this, but you beat me to it. This is awesome.

EDIT:

Wow, just read the whole post...

They are turning off their A/C and keeping lights shut off, just so that we can play XIV for free... I am seriously touched. SE, you rock.

[Elkwood]

believe it or not someone beat me to it in another thread and i did not see it until after i posted this, and it was only posted a few minutes ago

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Alright, now to start complaining when the next patch is going to come.

[Abraxai]

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

[Elaguila]

Alright, now to start complaining when the next patch is going to come.

Yes, exactly. lol

[Seirra_Lanzce]

waiting for the translated version <3

[Ceska_Zbrojovka]

Inb4
"But that's 3 days away"

[Betelgeuzah]

They are turning off their A/C and keeping lights shut off, just so that we can play XIV for free... I am seriously touched. SE, you rock.

Why would you be touched? This is business, and they need to do this before the downtime starts affecting their businesses negatively.

[Myri]

Outstanding. This is why I love SE. They're willing to cut back on a few creature comforts to try to get things online and us back in game as soon as possible. Seriously, there aren't words to describe how hard SE rocks.