Final Fantasy X|V

[Fear]

No, its XIV still, what do u think the line down the middle is for?

[Zottan]

Isnt XIV nor XV its X|V that can be interpreted as a "transition" visual

[Sephrick]

No, its XIV still, what do u think the line down the middle is for?

Well, it's curious nonetheless. Obviously we get it, but why not just use XIV to avoid confusing those not following the game's transformation?

For the general public, | isn't the same as I. It looks like a style choice rather than a numeral.

[Denmo]

OH MY GOD.

WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING 2.0

WE'RE GETTING FF15

OP YOU ARE BRILLIANT.

[Lux_Rayna]

For the general public, | isn't the same as I. It looks like a style choice rather than a numeral.

Right observation, but probably incorrect on the conclusion. I don't think its a style choice so much as a marketing choice. We all know XIV has a very very very bad stigma attached to it. If anyone sees XIV on the box it will conjure up images of fail. They don't want to rename it to XV for obvious reasons...the biggest one is you can't simply abandon a project after all that campaigning. So the compromise was simple: keep the name, but make it look like something else. To the general public, X|V is XV. We do not interpret an line as an I, because it just doesn't look anything like that in english. Technically it is an I, but it will be perceived as a border between X and V. In short, the game retains its name but will always be seen as XV on the cover. When ppl are shopping around, they will assume it is a brand new game..and not a 2.0 version of XIV. Brilliant if you ask me, bloody brilliant.

EDIT: I was a noob and forgot there was an actual line key bahaha