We are actually getting a Mobile FF14 ? WHAT!?

[Noox-115]

Apparently from what I heard they made an april fool joke about that but its apparently really happening an official trailer droped I am flabbergasted-

https://youtu.be/gjXZncJpRyc?si=3aKKCc9fhg1TRX2f

[SillyCrow]

Lightspeed is making it.

Seems to be 2.x with recent improvements (added Golden Saucer minigames over the years, flying mounts).

No details about monetization.

[Ritsugamesh]

Is this where our sub money has gone? To remake the game on mobile starting from ARR again?

Maybe they've realised they've ran out of road with how garbage Dawntrail is and they just want to try and milk the original decade all over again. I'm joking but... Also... Am I?

[Doragan]

There's 0 way this will be subscription based on mobile, so you can expect 100% expect aggressive, Genshin lootboxes in that one.

Very curious about the housing implementation though, ngl.

[iVolke]

Playerbase: "can we have content pls"

SE: "You guys HAVE phones, right??"

[CaptainLagbeard]

I highly doubt it's going to be the same version of the game as on PC and Consoles... Even if they've been simplifying the game, it's still probably a little too complex for a phone UI.

[GoatOfWar]

Man that's weird. I am genuinely curious as to how they'll monetise this.

[Arzalis]

It's a totally different game made by Tencent using FFXIV's assets. It'll just be another SE cash grab.

[CVXIV]

I wonder if they will tie this in to the game somehow, like with the companion app giving the tomestone emote
Either way it's still a weird choice, I have no clue what they intend on doing with this but I don't really play a lot of mobile games

[Sinstrel]

I thought this was a joke or Ai generated video but the channel the video is on is IGN. Well... there's no doubt that Yoshi P is making SE a lot of money. They seem to be very happy with his decision-making and the massive fortune they will recieve through microtransactions of the masses.

Please look forward to it!

On the optimistic side, maybe the mobile game will be the new cash cow that funds other games content (FFXIV mainline title)?

On the pessimistic side, XIV's patch content and feedback will continue to be implemented as little crumbs here and there.