No trailer at E3 LOL @ SE

[Gukie]

it's how Cheap owner's run the show!! advertisement are for losers

[Jocko]

People are saying Square decided not to show anything because it would be 'overshadowed' by other games/consoles, and that they instead found it better to open a site down the road

My question is...why not do both? What harm could come from getting the info out to the large amount of people watching the conference, and then following through with a new site? I see no downside, other than perhaps taking up to much time at their show, in which case it leads me to believe that Square themselves somehow view XIV as less important or even poor compared to whatever else they have.

All that delaying the info has done in my eyes is instill the worry that 2.0 isn't quite as grand as everyone is hoping

[Murugan]

lol what?

E3 isn't big for "PC gaming"?

That is why FFXIV was originally promoted at.. E3, and many other MMO announcements are done at E3.

People who follow MMO's follow E3 for MMO's, so no it isn't "overshadowed" except for people who aren't interested in MMO's. Just like I'm not interested in Wii-U bowling so I probably won't read about it there.

Saying it isn't the end of the world is one thing, but saying it is "smart" because it would only get overshadowed is silly. So they should unveil it at something low key like penny arcade expo? Big game reveals are traditionally done at E3, and that is where most people look for them. I wish they had shown something to generate hype at E3.

Obviously they just didn't have anything to show that would accomplish that yet. That is a shame.

[Quatre]

They had to make sure they finished the the brand new end-game feature "Hecking the beds" Yoshi P decided since it became such a craze with the NA population they would have to re-do the entire trailer to highlight it.

[Answa]

They had to make sure they finished the the brand new end-game feature "Hecking the beds" Yoshi P decided since it became such a craze with the NA population they would have to re-do the entire trailer to highlight it.

You guys used to be so much more funny.

[Laraul]

They already announced this game ONCE at E3. Why would they announce it again? You really think that people are going to look at screens of a game that was universally panned when it originally launched and expect that sticking a "2.0" after it is going to fix everything? No. You aren't going to convince anyone that anything has changed until after the rebirth has launched.

[Jocko]

They already announced this game ONCE at E3. Why would they announce it again? You really think that people are going to look at screens of a game that was universally panned when it originally launched and expect that sticking a "2.0" after it is going to fix everything? No. You aren't going to convince anyone that anything has changed until after the rebirth has launched.

...But why not show it anyway? What harm would it do? It's the biggest gaming event of the year.

[Laraul]

...But why not show it anyway? What harm would it do? It's the biggest gaming event of the year.

Well, the target of any footage shown would be the current community. And the current community would probably see things they did not understand or like and start wailing that the game will be ruined. And then there will be a big community brawl and the developers will go back a scrap everything and start on 3.0.

[KoujiGeki]

idk. being the pessimist i am, i feel like if this Trailer or whatever they choose to release in august doesnt wow the Ps3 ppl i fear the game is dead. Cause yoshi said it that he wants to impress people with a flood of info, which could mean that the trailer was not a flood of info at all.

[Alerith]

...But why not show it anyway? What harm would it do? It's the biggest gaming event of the year.

FFXIV isn't the only thing Square-Enix has been working on, I'm sure. Given that E3 is, in fact, NOT the biggest gaming event of the year, and given the fact it's already been announced at a previous E3, why "waste" the timeslot on XIV when the event doesn't cater to it, there is a better event to unveil the trailer at, and when you could unveil some of the OTHER things your company has been working on since last year?

I know FFXIV is important and all, but it's not the top most priority for every single person.