10 billion yen? 20 billion yen?

[NefarioCall]

I'm not one to usually make topics, however...

i am very impressed with the amount of resource that has been committed to this game. if there is any precedent at all, it would evidence that FFXIV's fail at launch would be irreversible. SE, already looking at heavy losses could have packed their bags on the project, but that is another argument.

What i am looking at here, is the brain exploding size of the commitment they have put forth. Over 250 employees paid a full years wages, and an entire overhaul of the in game engines etc etc...

SE has already stuffed well over 100 million dollars US into this game after launch.
i feel nervous about the billing cycle beginning so soon, but the realist in me knows the money tree does not last forever.

all of this without the promise of any real significant returns.
i suppose i never really had a concept in my head that they were spending THIS much money on the game post launch.

[leomike35]

To me this kinda explains it all. We as players figured they were only hard at work doing these patches and hotfixes and wondered why we have to wait 2-3 months between patches. It now amazes me that they did these patches while working in secret making an entirely new game complete with new engine. Kudos for them baby sitting and letting us play for free while they are making the "real game" without shutting down the servers. It is to be commended and I will gladly pay my 12-15 bucks to that end. Honestly if you are gonna whine about 12-15 bucks a month you really have deeper financial problems than to be playing a game anyway. Most ppl waste that kind of money on things they dont use at all like gym memberships and the like lol. So yeah I will pay gladly.

[Jocko]

They're doing this not just as a means to make money of XIV, but also as a way to save face. XIV has been one of the worst received MMO's of all time, and that's pretty big coming from a company like Square. Even if they dropped XIV altogether to save losses, the name would be stuck with them forever. Doing this may not make a large/any return, but if it ends up going well, at least they save face