We are actually getting a Mobile FF14 ? WHAT!?

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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.