Free-to-play?

[Magic-Mal]

Brand new interview. No plans for F2P:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...hida_naoki_pd/

Q: Is F2P something you have not considered yet?

Y: Absolutely not. It’s a business after all and we look at profits through games. However, we consider the close trust between developers and players than simply trying to maximize the profit in short period of time.

Games like Dragon Quest Builder recently released in Korea and FFXIV are in similar in that sense--It’s all about that “if these guys made this game, it’s a safe bet to pay and likely to enjoy it myself.” It’s much beneficial for us in the long run.

In the developer’s perspective, we think that quick profit is not the right way. Even if FFXIV is making sizable profit surprisingly well, we do not want to push players to reach further in their wallet. Instead, it would be better to encourage at least 2 to 3 times the population with lowered spending per individual, establishing healthy continuation of 3 to 10 years in sight. Hence we have no plan for F2P at all.

In addition, this “Social game” market in Japan is in rough condition . Many games do not last past 2 months and the way I see it is the broken trust between the developers and the players by looking at the profit than anything else. Only thing left out after all the games born and dead were Characters and IPs...

[Vahlnir]

Brand new interview. No plans for F2P:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...hida_naoki_pd/

It's funny he says all of that, yet we are nickeled and dimed from retainers to expensive glamours. But it's nice that he's not looking at the f2p model, so I guess I have to give credit where it's due.

Can I ask why people are so against having a "f2P" label, when right now, we have "f2p" model gated behind a sub?

Because if people think there's a drop in quality/quantity right now, it could (and probably would) get so much worse. The only game that I feel does f2p right is Warframe, in that they allow people to buy weapons, warframes and various crafting mats. There's also a bunch of cosmetic items. But pretty much all of them (cosmetics aside) are obtainable through in-game means. Not very difficult either for the most part. Basically, the game is perfectly playable without spending a dime on their premium currency, but money can speed some things up. There's some time gating, but that's nothing new for MMOs in general. Their premium currency is also earnable by playing the game by selling things to other players, so you don't necessarily need to spend any money there either. But all of that said, I simply wouldn't trust SE in the f2p market. They're greedy enough as it is.