Free-to-play?

[Aramina]

To be young and naive, can you tell where the link or the date of the broadcast for that?

https://gamerescape.com/2017/10/03/y...del-for-ffxiv/

[Ageofwar]

Yoshi said that "if players want the game to go F2P, he would think about it" because some dude asked that question. That doesn't mean the game is going F2P nor that the players have been requesting it. Yet people doesn't seem to understand and spread that shit all over Internet. It's not even a possibility. Stop spreading that BS already pls

I beileve a more closer quote would be "if 80 to 90% of the player base asked for FFXIV to go F2P, he would think about it" feel free to tell me i'm wrong but at least 80% of the player base are saying "NO NO NO, HELL NO" to FFXIV going F2P

[Seig345]

I cant link it either but I've seen references to that interview before. I would only worry if he mentions it in a live letter. Keep in mind they were very luke warm on jump potions and saying that ultimately the decision was his and if he decided to add them that it probably wouldnt be until 5.0, then boom, 4.0 jump potions.

If he comes out on a live letter very luke warm on F2P and saying it would take most of the playerbase asking for it, then prepare yourself...

(Keep in mind their metric for "asking for it" is less likely going to be forum posts from the vocal minority, and more the number of people who are unsubscribing)

[dinnertime]

The only time FFXIV went F2P was because of 1.0, and that's because there were a lot of things wrong with the game.
I doubt they'll do it again now.

[popotaro]

I beileve a more closer quote would be "if 80 to 90% of the player base asked for FFXIV to go F2P, he would think about it" feel free to tell me i'm wrong but at least 80% of the player base are saying "NO NO NO, HELL NO" to FFXIV going F2P

Thank you I was about to quote that phrase. Where does it say that FFXIV is going F2P? smdh

[FoxyAreku]

I really don't get why this topic keeps coming back. It will never happen, and thank god for it too. Let it go.

[Ilan]

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?

It will never be even close to catch WoW in terms of most players, the numbers that are always used here are not the actuall paying players. But no FFXIV will, hopefully, never be f2p.

[SenorPatty]

I beileve a more closer quote would be "if 80 to 90% of the player base asked for FFXIV to go F2P, he would think about it" feel free to tell me i'm wrong but at least 80% of the player base are saying "NO NO NO, HELL NO" to FFXIV going F2P

This right here is pretty much anyone needs to remind themselves when they see or hear rumors of ff14 going f2p

[ManuelBravo]

Here's a link for you.

https://gamerescape.com/2017/10/03/y...del-for-ffxiv/

https://gamerescape.com/2017/10/03/y...del-for-ffxiv/

Thank you had not seen this one. Hmmmm 80-90% percent want it F2P hmmm wow well other regions based on what they pay monthly would explain that. Then again it's gamersescape I'm not too fond of their articles.

[Rinuko]

Here's a link for you.

https://gamerescape.com/2017/10/03/y...del-for-ffxiv/

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.