It's time to reevaluate the idea of adding a PLEX/Chronoscroll-like system to FFXIV

[MageBlack]

If SE will test out this style of payment, it will most likely be through FFXI first. If a game like FFXI, through the same company, has stuck with a strict P2P model (no PLEX system) for 10+ years, I highly doubt FFXIV will adopt it first. Just my own thought and opinion, to be taken with a grain of salt, I could be wrong.

[Giantbane]

If SE will test out this style of payment, it will most likely be through FFXI first. If a game like FFXI, through the same company, has stuck with a strict P2P model (no PLEX system) for 10+ years, I highly doubt FFXIV will adopt it first. Just my own thought and opinion, to be taken with a grain of salt, I could be wrong.

Oh, yea, if they were to re-evaluate PLEX, I could see them using FFXI as a guinea pig. Although that may be unnecessary, they can just watch what happens with WoW.

[QiLymePye]

You, in turn, suggest to your boss that you only work one 4 hour day, then have someone else work your other 12 hours for you... but that you still get the full $160 at the end of the week.

I hope you can see how your logic is so flawed, presented in that scenario - though I doubt you will.

Actually, just playing devils advocate again, your analogy is flawed because of the part that I'm quoting. From what I get from the idea of a plex system, person A doesn't have time to make gil. person B has a ton of gil. Person A pays for person B subscription in exchange for gil. Both "person's" win.

Now in your example, Person A works for person B, but only person B reaps the rewards. Why would person A work for person B but person B gets all the money? What does Person A get out of it in your example? Its a bad representation of what people are trying to explain about the plex system. Its just like solving a polynomial equation. What you do to one side of the equation, you must also do to other side.

[Skeith-Adeline]

No, it's fine as it is. End.

[MageBlack]

Square Enix announced that service for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 will conclude in March 2016.

Well, looks like SE would rather shut down service than go F2P or introduce alternate methods of account payment.

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[Kosmos992k]

Well, looks like SE would rather shut down service than go F2P or introduce alternate methods of account payment.

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Well, at least they gave it a good run and were honest about it, unlike say...D3, Level 5 and SCEA with White Knight Chronicles 2 which didn't even hit it's 2nd birthday before being unceremoniously yanked off line.

Perhaps SE will offer a special discount campaign to XI players who have yet to move over to XIV? It would be a nice way to reward their loyalty, similar to the way that they rewarded legacy players of XIV.

[Gramul]

Well, looks like SE would rather shut down service than go F2P or introduce alternate methods of account payment.

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I would have preferred a single player game set in Vana'diel.

On an actual system.

[Renik]

I would have preferred a single player game set in Vana'diel.

On an actual system.

Amen brother...

[axemtitanium]

Ummm... they're not ending subscription service for FFXI on PC. They're just ending PS2 and X360 client service. You'll still be able to pay monthly to play FFXI on PC. It remains to be seen if they'll consider/experiment with alternative payment methods for FFXI.

[Zumi]

They also getting a Korean company Nexon to make a cell phone version of FFXI. After November FFXI will stop getting updates. But Nexon is known for only f2p games so who knows what the future holds for FFXI after the updates stop.