We are actually getting a Mobile FF14 ? WHAT!?

[ZavosEsperian]

Seems the Mobile version has released its job trailer. To me it appears they reworked the ARR era jobs to act more like their EW/DT counterparts, with some jobs having some abilities unique to mobile: https://youtu.be/5rMOSHAiFRE

It reinforces the idea that retail may be indeed designed in such a way as to be able to be ported over to mobile much more easily, especially if you consider the healer and SMN kits.

[Jeeqbit]

If the mobile game turns into positive competition in the sense that it'll lead to SE stepping up the development of their main game then I think this could actually be a good thing.

I agree. If anything, such as viera/hrothgar hats and housing are better in the mobile version (my gut feeling is there is a 100% chance they will be better), there will surely be a pressure to frantically catch up. And I just think it is certain development teams or structures that have this mindset that it's "difficult" to do.

The reason modders manage it is because it's not. It's a bit like Luke trying to lift the X-wing in Star Wars.

a successful mobile version could (very) slowly but steadily supersede the current main game and become the new "future-proof" main game. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic here but considering the amount of money mobile gaming makes...

I don't believe so. At least not while Yoshi-P or any of the original team are involved. Profit aside, they have an attachment to the game after over a decade developing it.

Yoshi-P clearly believes more in a game being a game than it endlessly chasing profit. He's said that many times but it's obvious just from the way the game sells (and the whole "take a break" thing). It doesn't do it the way most other MMORPGs do it now, and the mindset of just trying to make a good game instead of chasing profits is the one thing people recognize as the game doing right, even if they see numerous problems with the game still.

Square Enix supposedly believes this too from what I recall, despite all their failed cashgrabs, but it's rather more true with Yoshi-P since he didn't want to put the mog station UI anywhere but the Inn room and it was purely so people could try mog station gear on to see if they really will like it on their character.

[Loggos]

Isn’t the mobile game owned and developed by a third party company?

I’m as skeptical of this mobile game cash grab as anyone but even I don’t think they’d delete the main game and expect a FTP mobile game they didn’t even make to somehow exceed the profits they were gaining lol. I mean, you can’t charge FTP players £49.99 per expansion lol

I don't think they'd outright delete the game and I wouldn't expect FF14 mobile, if successful, to supersede classic FF14 in the forseeable future. But I can imagine a slow and steady transition if the mobile game survives and generates good profit, which could make the switch feel a lot more organic and natural because of its gradual nature (or you could say "boiling frog", if you want to be cynical, lol). So at some point, perhaps in 10ish years, this transition might be complete and FF14 mobile would take the place of the main game (esp. if we expect mobile gaming (tech) to become proportionally more advanced across this 10 year timespan, as well).

I don't believe so. At least not while Yoshi-P or any of the original team are involved. Profit aside, they have an attachment to the game after over a decade developing it.

Yoshi-P clearly believes more in a game being a game than it endlessly chasing profit.

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Square Enix supposedly believes this too from what I recall, despite all their failed cashgrabs, but it's rather more true with Yoshi-P since he didn't want to put the mog station UI anywhere but the Inn room and it was purely so people could try mog station gear on to see if they really will like it on their character.

I really hope so. That's what I'm trying to keep counting on since Yoshi-P, despite his board role, seems to be someone who also cherishes gaming on a personal level. But if it's true that he'll retire in about 10 years (more or less with the conclusion of FF14's next arc?) then I have less faith in SE regarding FF14's future after YP's retirement.

[Daralii]

It reinforces the idea that retail may be indeed designed in such a way as to be able to be ported over to mobile much more easily, especially if you consider the healer and SMN kits.

Didn't Yoshida say something along those lines in the announcement trailer?

[Hanayumi]

After looking through the information given so far, current monetization guess is something along Warframe... which i guess could work... something like leveling classes increases master rank...

[ZavosEsperian]

Didn't Yoshida say something along those lines in the announcement trailer?

He did say that. I know there were quite a few people here who disagreed with or were hesitant of the interpretation I took (which would be that retail is being directly affected as to make for porting to mobile easier) but with what is shown in that video, it makes it a lot harder to dispute what he meant when he said that.

[ZavosEsperian]

After looking through the information given so far, current monetization guess is something along Warframe... which i guess could work... something like leveling classes increases master rank...

I could see that. If you want my guess, I would say it would likely follow in step with its retail counterpart with a robust cash shop for outfits, emotes, mounts, etc since the items I just listed do make up a good chunk the FFXIV cash shop. Character services, such as Fantasias, will also be a likely item you will see in the shop.

[Connor]

He did say that. I know there were quite a few people here who disagreed with or were hesitant of the interpretation I took (which would be that retail is being directly affected as to make for porting to mobile easier) but with what is shown in that video, it makes it a lot harder to dispute what he meant when he said that.

I don’t understand this though because if that’s the case they’ve already failed miserably? The combat trailer shows they’re using animations, abilities and effects that don’t exist in the main game. I imagine rotations will be more simplified too, plus there’s the great big spammable auto attack button. So they’ve done all of these job changes to port the game to mobile, then made the mobile game different anyway?

It’s so unbelievably stupid that I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true lol