Square Enix and Crypto

[Razkine_Blazehawk]

Square-Enix still owns FF, doesn't that mean that XIV is tied entirely to lining S-E's pockets and supporting company decisions like this?

Yoshi-P has full control over FFXIV, so it's very unlikely NFTs will come

[Puksi]

Yoshi-P has full control over FFXIV, so it's very unlikely NFTs will come

Yoshi-P does not own the Final Fantasy franchise, and to be honest just the sheer size of the Mogstation alone tells me the bottom line is a pretty major influence on XIV.

[Risvertasashi]

Yoshi-P does not own the Final Fantasy franchise, and to be honest just the sheer size of the Mogstation alone tells me the bottom line is a pretty major influence on XIV.

On the flipside, including NFTs in FFXIV would get the game kicked off Steam. SE has bottom-line motivation to not include them.

But careful reading of the SE president's letter suggests they're looking into using them for new games. Though that doesn't give me any more respect for the decision, it does at least suggest it's not coming to FF14 or other existing games. I wouldn't be surprised if they're targeting mobile, even, considering Samsung already keeps trying to get me to turn on crypto mining through their official software.

[Razkine_Blazehawk]

Yoshi-P does not own the Final Fantasy franchise, and to be honest just the sheer size of the Mogstation alone tells me the bottom line is a pretty major influence on XIV.

That is correct. But SE has still given Yoshi-P full control over the game (except for the ffxiv store) He has said this himself multiple times, he has in fact also said he never would do something that could make the players mad

[technole]

They gotta recuperate those inflated costs they are paying for new servers somehow.

[silentwindfr]

They gotta recuperate those inflated costs they are paying for new servers somehow.

you know that ff14 did create tons of benefit, they don't need this for pay for the new server... they need to stop spending cash stupidly... or have bad commercial decision. example: exclusive launch on EGS, have a part of the content exclusive to some plateform (yes i talk of the debacle of marvel avenger). they need to stop to look at short term gain...

[technole]

you know that ff14 did create tons of benefit, they don't need this for pay for the new server... they need to stop spending cash stupidly... or have bad commercial decision. example: exclusive launch on EGS, have a part of the content exclusive to some plateform (yes i talk of the debacle of marvel avenger). they need to stop to look at short term gain...

FF7R and KH3 are Unreal engine games.

Unreal Engine is 5% base royalty if you sell outside of Epic Store, whereas it's already included in the 12% Epic store cut, and they probably got a sweeter deal from Epic by going exclusive. That's a lot of revenue for a AAA game vs Steam.

Your personal feelings don't matter, making money matters, and it's selling hot.

[silentwindfr]

FF7R and KH3 are Unreal engine games.

Unreal Engine is 5% base royalty if you sell outside of Epic Store, whereas it's already included in the 12% Epic store cut, and they probably got a sweeter deal from Epic by going exclusive. That's a lot of revenue for a AAA game vs Steam.

Your personal feelings don't matter, making money matters, and it's selling hot.

we are digressing at this point, but just a food for your thought... EGS barely have 200-250 million account, most of them is fortnite by the way. when steam is pass the 1.000 million... 5% is nothing compared to the market lost by exclusivity... by the way, if that was selling this much, they will not plan to sell it on steam too... from the get go it's short terms gain... by selling on both shop from the get go they will have touched more people. the reason behind exclusivity is because egs give cash that all not a story of cut on ue or this mythical 12%

[CaptainLagbeard]

My biggest questions on this is for Square would be if the stuff gets added into FFXIV, how will it affect gameplay and the in-game economy.

[Shibi]

My biggest questions on this is for Square would be if the stuff gets added into FFXIV, how will it affect gameplay and the in-game economy.

NFT trading of Sparkle-Ponies, housing plots, and maybe raid weapons - with all the associated RMT.

Imagine a limited edition Meister statue of Lyse that comes with a NFT Raubahn mount code. That mount can be traded - this is the raison d'être of NFTs after all - how can RMT not be involved if someone wants that code?