We are actually getting a Mobile FF14 ? WHAT!?

[Rehayem]

Could be a possibility that SE might see the mobile success as enormous in China (or Asia in general) since it's gonna be F2P and then start changing the PC/console to become F2P with cash shop to boost up their earnings.

[Loggos]

FF14 battle pass here we come.

[Connor]

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

[Daralii]

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

Developed by a Tencent subsidiary but Yoshida apparently has been spending a lot of time overseeing it. If it doesn't flop, I wouldn't be surprised if SE's stupid enough to further downsize XIV's dev team(fired or reassigned) and just try to coast on whatever cut they're getting.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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...