gamrTV Weekly - The Imminent Death of Final Fantasy XIV

[Joito]

No way!!! I dont want this to happen! What do u think?

http://gamrtv.vgchartz.com/video/248...l-fantasy-xiv/

[Nuru]

P-Shaw. Nothing is going to die here. :P

[Jennestia]

I honestly couldn't take this seriously, mainly the:

"Because of Star Wars: The Old Republic"

The only valid point he has, is F2P did change the face of MMOs.

[Charismatic]

Eh, he didn't really say much of anything. Ignore.

[Alerith]

P-Shaw. Nothing is going to die here. :P

Agreed.

Nobody is denying that we are going to lose some people, but they fall into one of three categories:

1) People who can't afford to pay due to reasons beyond their control
2) People who don't want to pay until the game is better
3) Nobody we're going to miss

For the most part, we aren't losing enough to make the game die, and while he brought up some good points, I think he underestimates the ability for SE to keep the game alive until the 2.0 release in which the REAL do or die moment will have come.

[Teakwood]

Oh boy, a bunch of people who don't know what they're talking about talking crap about a game they almost certainly haven't played based probably on information that's six months out of date!

...I don't think you have to worry about it. They wouldn't release a plan for the upgrade path to 2.0 unless it were more or less a fait accompli. Will SE probably lose "subscribers" to XIV in the year between 1.20 and 2.0 when it's pay to play? Yes. Will that actually hurt them? No, because current "subscribers" aren't contributing anything but (usually screechy and undeservedly negative and constantly-changing) criticism.

[Dragon]

Any tl;dw versions available? AKA a script?

[Nuru]

He is just like any other crying baby here that has to start asking their mommy to pay the monthly sub in a few months. Assuming he can't get his mom to do that, now he is trying to kill the game because he is raging on the inside.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

really?...... first thing he spouts out is "Starwars OR" and then he talks about a bunch of free MMOs (most of which are Karen clone rpgs) and then he goes back to Starwars..... -.- He honestly has no clue.

Any "reporter" that starts their sentence with "I think" I ignore right away.

[Jennestia]

tl;dr version:

Charging will kill the game.