Fanfest In Game outfits question

[Killtastic]

Good Morning,

Will the Abes and High Summoner outfits be gender locked?

Thanks

[tipsey1]

I'm going to assume they will be gender locked, like the butler/maid and lightning/snow sets are.

[Bayohne]

Yes, the Abes attire is for male characters and the High Summoner attire is for female characters.

As an FYI, we've posted additional details on the recent Developers' Blog ("Delivering the Festival Straight to the Fans").

[VraeliaValkyria]

I think this is highly unfair though. For this Fan Fest to be only bought.
"Is there a free version of the stream to watch?
No, the only way to enjoy the Fan Festival live stream will be to purchase it."

I was looking forward to watching this Fan Fest for months now. And I can't without paying. And I can't be there to actually experience it due to real life. <.< Thanks, SE.

[TheCurls]

I think this is highly unfair though. For this Fan Fest to be only bought.
"Is there a free version of the stream to watch?
No, the only way to enjoy the Fan Festival live stream will be to purchase it."

I was looking forward to watching this Fan Fest for months now. And I can't without paying. And I can't be there to actually experience it due to real life. <.< Thanks, SE.

The Live Letter should be free to watch. /shrug

[Avenger]

I think this is highly unfair though. For this Fan Fest to be only bought.
"Is there a free version of the stream to watch?
No, the only way to enjoy the Fan Festival live stream will be to purchase it."

I was looking forward to watching this Fan Fest for months now. And I can't without paying. And I can't be there to actually experience it due to real life. <.< Thanks, SE.

Although I'm in favor of SE making money on the game so that it can continue to operate, I don't see an overall benefit to paywalling the stream.

I expect they could have made a deal with Twitch/YouTube/NicoNico/etc. to stream the whole thing for "free." This would have been a nice thank you to all the players, and a nice promotion for the game, much as the 14-hour anniversary broadcast was. One particularly nice thing (for those who don't speak Japanese at least) is that the NA Fanfest presentations were in English (with live translation as necessary!) As such, it would have been a nice outreach to many English-speaking players and people who were interested in the game. The stream could also have included live podcasts and reports from the show floor during the gaps between the main stage panels.

I'm pretty OK with making the "exclusive" in-game items available for purchase (though that makes them less "exclusive") at some point for people who can't attend in person, and even charging for archived footage if the streaming provider won't do it for free. Though as an in-person attendee I do appreciate having some special things that you can *only* get or experience by being there in person! Even a timed exclusive is nice and doesn't unfairly penalize completionists.

I do wish that the stream archives had been included for in-person attendees because I missed most of the Nakagawa "Mr. Ozma" dev panel as I couldn't see or hear it from where I was standing in the hours-long merch line.

[StarDrake]

The live letter will be free, and there will be tons of news sites posting anything interesting as it happens. You won't miss out on information.

[Lexia]

Any mention if it multiple pieces or one piece outfit?

[NorthernLadMSP]

Sweet, it states anyone is able to purchase any of the streams. I will be waiting and getting the one that has Lulu's outfit (if I remember, it's the Japan version).

[Lissandra]

Sweet, it states anyone is able to purchase any of the streams. I will be waiting and getting the one that has Lulu's outfit (if I remember, it's the Japan version).

If I am understanding you correctly, you think you will get Lulu's outfit if you buy the JP stream? If so, that is incorrect. The only outfits we are going to get (gender-locked), is either Tidus or Yuna's.