No trailer at E3 LOL @ SE

[Onidemon]

I kept telling pple SE will disappoint at E3 this year but everyone was so pumped up thinking SE would blow the world away with their 2.0 trailer.... but no.


SE missed their biggest chance at saving XIV. Exactly when all of the gaming industry has their eyes set on E3 for the biggest news on the year... SE decided to skip by saying "the most effective way to introduce version 2.0 to the world would be with a flood of new material rather than just a trickle."

How giving to world less = a flood, is beyond me. I can bet anything that their trailer was pure old stuff mixed with 2.0 CGI and since they saw that almost everyone was expecting something big, they choked.

Anyone else disappointed by this? Most pple that were turned off by XIV because of it's poor launch, will not be looking up by themselves for 2.0 news, nor will they give a crap about a website. E3 and a new gameplay trailer would have been the best chance of showing these pple that XIV will change. Pple that never played, know by now the bad reputation the industry has given XIV and they missed their chance to bring in these pple too.

Good Job SE! They should get an award at E3 for management of the year.


EDIT: Seems like we are not the only one thinking this is a bad move.

http://kotaku.com/5913737/so-no-new-...ler-at-e3-yeah

Doing a quick google search with Final Fantsy XIV E3 for the past 24h and the news of the cancelled trailer is all over the web. Lots of sites have posted the big news and i can tell you that most comments are very harsh and the rest don't even give a damn at all about the game. SE missed out their chance on this one....

Also most gaming websites confirm that 2.0's presence at E3 will be only through interviews.


Reactions from the Japanese forums.

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[ViciousValentine]

White Knights incoming....

[KiriA500]

White Knights incoming....

[AdvancedWind]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...699#post704699

[viion]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...805-28-2012%29

Plenty of people disappointed. SE pulled a "SE" XD

Some people still expect footage and stuff, i just dont. I know there is interviews, but that i think will be it, with the 2.0 site being the "kickoff" launched after.

Sounds familiar but worse (xiv 2010 lol)

[Onidemon]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...805-28-2012%29

Plenty of people disappointed. SE pulled a "SE" XD

Some people still expect footage and stuff, i just dont. I know there is interviews, but that i think will be it, with the 2.0 site being the "kickoff" launched after.

Sounds familiar but worse (xiv 2010 lol)

Interviews and artwork we got from the 2.0 documents. Nothing else will be there at E3. Which means the 2.0 unveil is on par with the 1.0 launch. Gotta give it to SE for keeping up with the tradition.....

[Platinumstorm]

I'm not a WK, but they might simply get overshadowed at E3 if they push too much info out then. Pushing the date back for major coverage helps condense the viewing audience towards FFXIV.

I still expect information from E3, though, and video footage from the booth, just not a "trailer," which was probably cinematic anyhow.

They've obviously been working hard to get something ready for E3 and their website, since there has been no information for weeks on the Lodestone, there's a post E3 letter ready, and there hasn't been any discussion about 1.23.

[Ingolf]

I'm not a WK, but they might simply get overshadowed at E3 if they push too much info out then. Pushing the date back for major coverage helps condense the viewing audience towards FFXIV. GW2 is going to take the MMO coverage at E3 anyhow.

I still expect information from E3, though, and video footage from the booth, just not a "trailer," which was probably cinematic anyhow.

They've obviously been working hard to get something ready for E3 and their website, since there has been no information for weeks on the Lodestone, there's a post E3 letter ready, and there hasn't been any discussion about 1.23.

GW2 isn't at E3 this year.

[Starlord]

GW2 isn't at E3 this year.

GW2 ( not a game I particularly like) but alot of people do and its not at E3. I wonder if People are raging over that game not being at E3... :/.

[Platinumstorm]

GW2 isn't at E3 this year.

K, thanks for the info.