Free-to-play?

[Rinuko]

Even FFXI isn't free to play, why the hell do you think FFXIV will go to be? I mean, the game is in this best moment, almost catching WOW and becoming the most playable MMO. Why ruin it all?

1 reason XIV could go F2P before XI. Cash shop.
XI are hardcoded into Playonline a service that no longer is supported.

[Seig345]

1 reason XIV could go F2P before XI. Cash shop.
XI are hardcoded into Playonline a service that no longer is supported.

Yep. This is why you can't point to FFXI as proof that XIV will never go f2p. They simply cannot practically introduce a cash shop to XI or extricate it from PlayOnline in order to facilitate a transition to F2P. At least, not without a cost far higher than they'd likely see on the return, given XI has been retired to maintenance mode with no new content being developed.

[Felis]

free2try is the nearest you can get as free2play

[Rhaja]

Two things to add, if anyone here is a Limit Break Radio listener they had an interesting point on last week episode - if Yoshi say this in a interview they already are considering it, they are talking about it! Other wise they would not casually say it to the public cause we will take their word for it. Just like with jump potion, Yoshi had stated it wouldn't happen until 5.0 but we all know what happend with that don't we.

Secondly, can we all stop calling it rumors and fake news? If our dear Yoshi said in a legit interview it a high possiblty it can happen, granted they get 80+ % of the base. Problem is in the bottomline money. Square Enix is a company (yeah i know shocker) and if they see a trend where they can make much more money on micro trans, then they obviously going to consider it more serious than making 10M USD (a number i've seen somewhere, maybe not accurate) every month on the concurrent subs they have now. No they don't have 10M active subs.

I was actually listening to the Podcast this morning. Was one of those moments where you don't want to admit it but there were some really good points made as a whole.

[Ayasaki128]

portuguese as well (just text, not voices)

If this game have portuguese text JUST in msq could be very nice. I dont need the whole game translated, just msq to understand more the story.

[Keicho]

do games in f2p will kill every game. more casual (easier raids so everyone can do it for more money)
less patches

idk why they should do a free to play. i see so many people every day over 200 or more. not worth^^
there is and was never a beter mmorpg outside than ffxiv. i played the most mmorpgs exist before, i was never hyped more. i would pay 20a month to avoid free to play.

[ElazulHP]

I'd probably quit the game if it ever went F2P tbh.

[Aylis]

I've heard about a possibility to make FF14 a free-to-play game. I wanted to say my opinion: "Stop. Making FF14 a f2p game is a terrible, terrible idea". I think it would bring less maintenance to the game and, eventually, it's end. And I don't want FF14 to close (or to end like FF11 did).

I'm kinda curious to where you got the assumption it would bring less maintenance to the game when the more well known and played FTP games do weekly maintenance to the games. Also more or less the reason why FFXI ended the way it did was as a game itself, its terribly outdated. It can't attract new players due to the sheer mountain that needs to be climbed to advance in the game, unless that player has established friends that play. Something FFXIV or any other modern FTP game where no matter who you are you can just jump right in and play and advance with no trouble has. That said do I think FFXIV will go FTP? Nah, it has enough fans and people that play it on name alone, it will survive.

[Leknaat]

Yep. This is why you can't point to FFXI as proof that XIV will never go f2p. They simply cannot practically introduce a cash shop to XI or extricate it from PlayOnline in order to facilitate a transition to F2P. At least, not without a cost far higher than they'd likely see on the return, given XI has been retired to maintenance mode with no new content being developed.

mog wardrobe 3 + 4 are basically cash shop / sorta like retainers. The fee is added to your monthy 11 sub.

[Berethos]

Hmmmm 80-90% percent want it F2P

No.

He said IF 80-90% want it F2P then they would consider it.

At no point did he ever say that that many actually want it to go F2P.