What can SE do to make FFXIV "Noticed"?

[Priya]

This little market I go to near work loops the FFIX Coca Cola commercial on their computer screens all the time

There is no sound, but the fact it's there... even now... is sheer awesome sauce. I don't know why/how it's still there or how many other people get giddy in the check out lane when it comes on.

[Seif]

Simple make a good battle system and show it off.

How many years has it been since an FF game had combat that required player involvement?

Rebuilding the combat system will hopefully gain some attention but if it's just the same one then I dunno.

[Venat]

The game needs alot of content. I think its also lacking areas, sure rebuilding areas is kinda new but want to see new types of areas. Swamp, Snowfield, Mountain etc.

[strallaalaa]

yes content content content, anything graphical won't go far. lol let every ffxi player know there will be a couple sexxy full linkshell events coming on top of all the other content and i say most the old school ffxi players will come and stay. that's for starters. and of course keep up with tons and tons of 8man stuff, story missions and new zones. if you build it they will come. as for new mmo'ers that never played b4 i played ffxi as my first just out of it being a title ff game, hopefully gamestop and all the game stores will highlight this game, people will pick it up off the shelves. i'm wondering are prices of the game going back up to like 60bucks? sounds a bit off to do lol. but keeping price 20bucks will defenetly help them bring in more people. pay 60bucks for a game that already failed once might be too much for some people to mess with.

[Zumi]

SE should bring back their discount for playing FFXI and FFXIV because there is tons of FFXI players that quit FFXIV and didn't even give it a chance. If it was something like an extra $6 to play FFXIV a lot of people may give it another shot.

[PSxpert2011]

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[strallaalaa]

maybe there next offliner they can toss a free copy of the online version with a free month ...bet that will help gets people rolling in.

[Duelle]

There is so many WoW commercials on TV for Mists of Pandaria its ridiculous. Everyone knows WoW is making a kung fu panda type expansion and they don't know if they really would want to buy it.

SE needs to have actual commercials on TV when ARR is going to launch not just in Japan but every other region they are supporting.

Well, you have the commercials and the stuff using celebrities. I guess you could show gameplay as well, or do something memorable like the Office Space commercial a couple of years ago.

Magazine ads would be nice, and convincing Gamestop and their ilk to have ads in their stores would also help.

Too early for putting XIV artwork on the side of Mountain Dew bottles, but never too late to start telling people that 2.0 is-a-coming.

PS: Personally, the celebrity thing wouldn't work for XIV. It's not like that brilliant suggested commercial that had Betty White play a warlock and owning people in PvP. It just doesn't have *umph* needed.

[Ksenia]

FF14 has virtue. So often I see an MMO advertise on the things it doesn't have, trying to sex up what isn't there instead of just putting out what is. PvP for example. FF14 don't have it and shouldn't any more than EVE online should try and cater to PvE people or WoW would try and promote its graphics.

Look at what FF14 has and brand it. It has an integral crafting system, it has nice graphics, it could have summoning in 2.0 and has 15 games worth of lore. Sell that.

[Seif]

FF14 has virtue. So often I see an MMO advertise on the things it doesn't have, trying to sex up what isn't there instead of just putting out what is. PvP for example. FF14 don't have it and shouldn't any more than EVE online should try and cater to PvE people or WoW would try and promote its graphics.

Look at what FF14 has and brand it. It has an integral crafting system, it has nice graphics, it could have summoning in 2.0 and has 15 games worth of lore. Sell that.

I think that makes sense but let's face it; those systems need to be a lot better in Arr to be enough to sell a game.
Let's hope 2.0 addresses the main issues 1.0 has and that the location variety is just icing on the much tastier cake.