Question: Buying the game...

[ChiKittie]

Hi! So I want to buy the game within the next week once my 14 day trial is up and I am playing using my PS3. My questions are can I buy the game via the PlayStation network or do I buy the game on the SquareEnix site? Also once the game is purchased then do I buy the subscription fee next? Where do I go to buy that?

A list of what to do and where in order would be great. Thanks for your help.
- CHi

[Niwashi]

can I buy the game via the PlayStation network or do I buy the game on the SquareEnix site?

Either one. (You can also buy from third party retailers. I bought it from Amazon, and a friend got it at GameStop. Check around to see if someplace has it at a discount.) If you buy from SE or a third party, it will come with a registration code that you'll need to enter at the PlayStation Store on your PS3. (If you buy it from the PlayStation Store this part is automatic.)

Also once the game is purchased then do I buy the subscription fee next? Where do I go to buy that?

You do that at SE's MogStation:
https://secure.square-enix.com/accun...svc/mogstation
Purchase of the game comes with the first 30 days of access, so you'll have 30 days in which to go to the MogStation and set up your subscription if you want to keep continuous access.

During that 30 days, you might also want to get a code from the Recruit A Friend program. It will reward you with a pretty hairpiece that boosts your XP during the early levels of any class. If you have a friend who plays, get the code from them, as they'll also get a reward if you subscribe, or you can use one of the codes people are offering in the Friend Recruitment Code thread. (These codes are also registered at the MogStation, but can only be registered before adding subscription time, so during that first 30 days if you sub once your initial time is up.)

[ChiKittie]

Thank you so much for your help. I will be sure to come back here to refer to this info when I buy the game.

[Riepah]

If you get it on PS3, keep in mind they're going to drop PS3 support at some point.

[Niwashi]

If you get it on PS3, keep in mind they're going to drop PS3 support at some point.

Well, that would be at least several years down the road if it does happen. And no word yet that it ever will.

[ChiKittie]

Well, that would be at least several years down the road if it does happen. And no word yet that it ever will.

Like the game won't work on PS3 anymore? Why would they do that ever if the game is for sale on PS3?

[Niwashi]

Like the game won't work on PS3 anymore? Why would they do that ever if the game is for sale on PS3?

More likely, it would just mean that they may only release the first few expansions on PS3, but at some point down the road, there may be additional expansions that don't get a PS3 version if the PS3 can't support whatever new features SE wants to add to them at that point. ARR, Heavensward, and likely the next expansion or two after that —anything that gets an initial release on PS3— would continue to work on PS3.

Similarly, Final Fantasy XI and most of its expansions came out on PS2, but the final expansion, Seekers of Adoulin, which came out in 2013, did not. (At least the North American market didn't get it for PS2. Japan did.) That was more than a decade after XI released, though. I think we have quite a while yet before PS3 is as outdated as PS2 was in 2013.

[ChiKittie]

Similarly, Final Fantasy XI and most of its expansions came out on PS2, but the final expansion, Seekers of Adoulin, which came out in 2013, did not. (At least the North American market didn't get it for PS2. Japan did.) That was more than a decade after XI released, though. I think we have quite a while yet before PS3 is as outdated as PS2 was in 2013.

Makes sense. I am only playing on my PS3 because my laptop didn't work with the game. Although my sister has the same one and her's works fine. So when the new expansions come out I have to buy those as well?

[h0tNstilettos]

Like the game won't work on PS3 anymore? Why would they do that ever if the game is for sale on PS3?

Yoshi had said they will be dropping PS3 support for the game at some point because it is holding the game back. He said there were many things they would like to do, but can't until PS3 support is dropped. I use to play on PS3 before upgrading to PS4 version, and the PS3 version was horrendous. It struggles to run the game in some areas, especially in areas with higher player populations. They were originally going to support PS3 up to the first expansion, but have since extended PS3 support through Heavensward expansion. My guess is they'll drop it for the expansion after Heavensward. Keep in mind that if ever upgrade to PS4 version you will need to buy the game again as December 2014 is when they ended the free upgrade from PS3 to PS4 version, unless they extended it and I'm unaware of it.

Basically, you could be buying a game you'd have to buy again later. Then again, I would think once SE does drop PS3 support, that they would allow PS3 players to upgrade to PS4 for free, otherwise that would be a crappy move on SE's part.