Please Advertise the PS3 Version Effectively

[Seif]

I so agree. Also it might be a good idea to make the game worth advertising so new players will actually stay for subs.

[Griss]

Remember the tf2 "Meet the" videos. Man those were great, Not suggesting that they bite vavle's style. but there is a lot to be learned from them and there impact.

[Defmetal]

Should consider the PS3 version as an expansion to give it a true relaunch.

Game needs to be on the PSN too so you don't need a boxed copy - the hardest part with the PS2 unit is finding the CDs now.

Eventually the game should be ported to Mac OSX too, since the Mac Gaming side is really taking off, and with mac app store and Steam (for mac), it'd be stupid not to consider a mac version. (If it led to another 50,000-100,000 players paying $12 a month wouldn't it be worth it?)

[Blackdomina]

I think it should have a free week trial to get people in the game.

[H-P]

Seriously make a damn epic commercial.... it won't kill you SE will it?! You do it for Kingdom Heart's show your mmorpg's more love!!!!!!!! where is the love ? where is the heart?

[H-P]

Do you not think mmorpg players watch television? hooollly crap watching t.v. while I play is the ONLY way I can get through crafting!

[H-P]

Think final fantasy X-2 commercial... make final fantasy less frowned upon *turn that frown upside down*

[Joeking]

Seriously make a damn epic commercial.... it won't kill you SE will it?! You do it for Kingdom Heart's show your mmorpg's more love!!!!!!!! where is the love ? where is the heart?

Probably wasn't Square but Disney, all hail Disney.

Do you not think mmorpg players watch television? hooollly crap watching t.v. while I play is the ONLY way I can get through crafting!

I did see a FFXIII commercial on the discovery channel during Man vs Wild, though it seemed out of place...

Think final fantasy X-2 commercial... make final fantasy less frowned upon *turn that frown upside down*

FFX-2 had exploitable female characters wearing skimpy outfits with sailor moon transformation scenes, it also had music with lyrics with the Japanese version being sung by Koda Kumi XIV has none of that.

[Aveline]

Not only advertise through social media and television, but definitely bank on your word-of-mouth from those of us who have been playing. At PS3 launch, the existing playerbase will want to show off how much better the game is (hopefully!) to their friends as much as the dev team will. Get them out there! Allow them to pass out free trials to friends, and if they get three or four people to buy the game, give the existing player a unique in-game item that they can share with their friend (sort of like how the golden buddy pass worked in XI, but more immediate).

Get players talking about the game to their friends, give new players and returning, highly skeptical players a reason to try it out. Throw a big party in-game to celebrate the PS3 launch, with fireworks, special NPCs, and moogles galore. Get a buzz going about this game once it is ready! I want to see commercials, ad-wrappers on ZAM, tweets, press reviews and previews (and not just fan-translated from Japanese magazines, either!), junk-food tie ins at the grocery store, everything!

[Griss]

I wonder what kind of awesome would be produced if square hired the guys at Rooster Teeth to do some promo spots.