Why is the game not OUT there in the media/mmo sites?? Devs/Yoshi gotta get on this!

[Sevro]

So I go to the website today to see what's up and I happily see the brand new website, new trailer, it all looks so awesome. I am so happy this has happened and 2.0 is looking to be just awesome but where is the coverage? i don't see mention of 2.0 anywhere outside of SE! Nobody other than all of us and the people we preach ffxiv to know about it! Yoshi and devs.. cmon get on it! get your hard work out there and show the mmo community whats up because as of right now not a lot of the gamers really know the magnitude of 2.0, it is indeed a new game and needs to be marketed as such.

I see other threads similar to this, we realize it, Yoshi you gotta realize it too! it really deserves the attention, we need NEW REVIEWS by IGN, new PREVIEWS by mmorpg.com, coverage in the official playstation magazine and the PS3 magazine, we need coverage by PC Gamer.

Devs/forum moderators/yoshi check this out and get whoever needs to be ontop of it ontop of it.. fast! so that everyone knows what we know and that is how awesome the new ffxiv is gonna be

[Neomarl]

Because this game is dead and will stay dead even after 2.0.

[Antanias]

I don't think pushing ARR in media outlets with 1.0 running would be a wise decision.

[Sevro]

then do it when they bring the servers down for beta

[Sevro]

Because this game is dead and will stay dead even after 2.0.

you are lame

[Hycinthus]

then do it when they bring the servers down for beta

Well I agree that when they bring down the servers, they should pull all the stops in advertisings. Like I want to wake up and have FFXIV 2.0 shoved in my face, like shove it in my face, seriously. If not I will be angry.

[TimonLoon]

They should market this game like they've been marketing Sleeping Dogs.

[Sephrick]

SE is trying a brand new tactic where they don't advertise the game at all ever.

Who needs market saturation and positive brand recognition in today's gaming industry?

[REDace0]

Actually many outlets covered the release of the ARR teaser on the day it released. I recall Gamespy specifically. Since then some sites have even been keeping up with other news, such as the discontinued achievements post on the Lodestone.

I have a subsection of news.google.com for the keyword 'FFXIV', and I find this coverage through that.

Examples

Escapist Magazine covers trailer

MTV covers trailer

Gamespy covers discontinued content announcement (I don't think they would've mentioned it, but the trailer got them interested in FFXIV again it seems)

The Verge covers gameplay announcement (this was after they covered the trailer and discontinued stuff)

Siliconera covers gameplay announcement (btw, it sounds like FFXIV: ARR is the headliner for Square-Enix at Gamescom, so it's finally getting the spotlight.)

[Sevro]

I have never heard of the verge, siliconera, or the escapist, not to rain on your parade or anything. people shouldnt have to google ffxiv to discover it, they should have to do no more than visit mainstream community sites like the ones i mentioned and have it in front of their face. furthermore i have never gone to MTV for gaming news, people go there for jersey shore and the real life. gamespy covering discontinued content doesn't shout "new game! new game!". the fact it was framed in that context is exactly what i mean. the title saying "FFXIV Content Going Obsolete" rather than "Re-release on the way" or whatever does two very different things to an audience.

IGN, PC gamer, PS3 mag coverage is what's going to help get the game out there