I wish we had a shared subscription

[PMSJordan]

Hi everyone,

I really wished FFXIV and FFXI had a shared subscription in the way WoW Retail/Classic works. I play FFXIV a ton, but I always feel nostalgic for FFXI. The problem is I don't miss it enough to pay for a second subscription on top of mine for FFXIV.

What are your guys opinion on the matter? For it, against it or just don't care? Also, how likely or unlikely do you believe the chances are of this happening in the future?

Edit: Or as Skivvy suggested maybe even a combination deal on the subscription. Such as subscribing to both on one sub for an extra few dollars a month.

[Anya_Synia]

They are two different games, there is no chance at all of this happening.

[PMSJordan]

They are two different games, there is no chance at all of this happening.

I am aware they are two separate games. However, they are both under the same company and are the only FF MMO titles. I find it unlikely to happen, but I wouldn't rule it completely out.

[Skivvy]

I would love this. I do resub to XI every now and then, but I'd keep a far more active sub in XI if it were combined. My sub in XI is actually more than twice as much as I pay in XIV (I do add a couple of mules + storage options). They could suck some extra dollars from me with a combo deal :3

[Anya_Synia]

I am aware they are two separate games. However, they are both under the same company and are the only FF MMO titles. I find it unlikely to happen, but I wouldn't rule it completely out.

Final Fantasy is an extremely big brand though with many, many different games. not only that if they did shared subscription they would lose money. This is very different from WoW Retail/Classic since Classic is just a Vanilla version to Retail. FFXIV and FFXI are vastly different the only things that are the same is that they share characteristics of what all Final Fantasy games have to make it a Final Fantasy. There are players of FFXIV that are not interested in FFXI and vice versa. If there was a shared subscription I would feel forced to play FFXI just to get my money's worth since half of my sub is paying for that as well.

In the end Square won't do it it's much more profitable to have separate subs.

[Skivvy]

There are players of FFXIV that are not interested in FFXI and vice versa. If there was a shared subscription I would feel forced to play FFXI just to get my money's worth since half of my sub is paying for that as well.

I've never touched WoW, so maybe I'm missing something as to how they handle their combo pricing, but the above statement hit me a bit weird. In my mind, I'm assuming both games would keep their current pricing (I believe both are around $12/$13 for standard), and then they would offer a combo deal for like...$18 or something. Why would you feel the need to pay for the higher combo price when you have absolutely no interest in one of the games?

Again, maybe WoW does it totally different and that's the angle you're working with, but not sure :X

[Sotaris]

I would love that but after almost a decade of playing FF14 I don't see it happen.

We used to get a discount but that's it.
I would love to get back into FF11 periods of time but it's not enough to spend €12 a month for a game that I probably wouldn't be playing as much like FF14.

If they EVER found it to be profitable...yeah, there is. Hopefully though, it wouldn't as I thought 11 was terrible.

If FF11 is so terrible, why is it still a very profitable game for Square Enix?

[RitsukoSonoda]

Not likely to happen as ppl have said its 2 seperate games.

There was a promo thing back when FFXIV launched though where if you linked your PlayOnline Account with an FFXI sub and your SE account with an FFXIV sub you'd get sprint shoes in FFXIV. That's about as far as I recall the interaction going.

[Terin]

They are two different games, there is no chance at all of this happening.

Honestly, it's poor marketing on Square-Enix's part NOT to have some kind of bundle. I doubt there's any risk of one cannibalizing the other's market, but I'm sure a lot of players would be pretty happy to pay for both at some kind of discount.

That said, I think they would probably need to get FF11 on modern consoles to make much of a splash. And that might mean having to invest in a higher-resolution UI, at the very least.

Still, having just bought FF11 recently, it's such a wildly different game than FF14, it winds up making me appreciate both more. And if the recent exodus from WoW has shown us anything, one of the big selling-points of FFXIV is that for newcomers, there are YEARS worth of content to work your way through! By making FF11 relevant again, and with a compelling enough savings (or trial period), I could see FF11 getting an influx of players too, whenever people are waiting between FF14's content.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

I would try ff 11 if it was. But I am also not really fussed either way.