Please no F2P for FFXIV...why? Read on...

[odette]

So I've played many MMOs and these days people are yelling subscription based P2P (Paid to Play) MMOs are no good and dead and everyone should go F2P (Free to Play).

Well if you just want more people to play your game F2P is the way to go...but you sacrifice the quality of players when you do so.

Also, contrary to popular belief a F2P game isn't free. In fact, the average person who invests into a F2P actually pays more...much more then a P2P game.

There's a certain game out there, I won't mention the name. In order to fully gear out your character to the max, assuming you chose your final set of gear and maxed out... the extra bonuses require spending lots of money in the cash shop...in fact it was calculated out to be some $6000+ USD. And once you set this if you they added new gear and you wanted to change your character gear you'd have to pay a load more again...MONEY PIT

If you take that $6000 and let's say FFXIV costs P2P $11 a month...you could play and max out and change your character to your content for the next 45 years. Which game would you choose?

Don't wish for F2P for FFXIV...it'll be a better quality game subscription based and the content will be available to all players. The quality of game will be based on content and player achievement rather then who is rich and who is poor.

you guys need considered that P2P model need miminum of subscriber if this mmo want to survive, we need 500 000 subs for this game

[Eekiki]

you guys need considered that P2P model need miminum of subscriber if this mmo want to survive, we need 500 000 subs for this game

How do you figure? I'm certain FFXI doesn't have half that number (even though I can't prove it), and it's doing just fine.

[XxOstiaxX]

How do you figure? I'm certain FFXI doesn't have half that number (even though I can't prove it), and it's doing just fine.

FFXI Capped at 600k users for a long term of years, they more than made their money of that game.

[Fear]

How do you figure? I'm certain FFXI doesn't have half that number (even though I can't prove it), and it's doing just fine.

FFXI has about 150k subs atm, it peaked at around 500k i belive. Aslong as they game has at least 150-200k in the future it'll make a profit