Why is FFXIV Mobile getting better cosmetics than PC?

[IttyBittyShark]

I watched the trailer, and it looks way better than the pc version. Also why is it free to play but pc version has a monthly subscription?

many asian games, notably korean and chinese, are funded through cash shop purchases. doubly so for mobile games. i'm sure there are some caveats that make the game feel more "mobile" as well if you catch my drift.

[StormChase]

Different budgets. Also FFXIV Mobile isn't using PS3-era code, which lets them make other changes too.

[yesnt]

Different budgets. Also FFXIV Mobile isn't using PS3-era code, which lets them make other changes too.

? FFXIV desktop has not enough budget for hairstyles ?
? PS3 era code is the reason why we can't have better hairstyles ?

Explain it to me like I am a toddler.

[Hycinthus]

We better be prepared to keep getting disappointed.

Chinese Audience + Mobile + New developers = there's no way the PC version's gonna win the battle from what the Mobile's gonna be pushing out in terms of cosmetics and aesthetics.

[StormChase]

It's too hard to gasp for someone pretending they need new haircut while they purposely dress uninspired with their character

aka :

Okay that's just mean.

[Hanayumi]

For folks that dont understand, mobile version uses new engine and coded from basically from scratch. Was shown and pitched to Yoshi-P and SE higher ups, were very impressed, OK'd it and allowed mobile team to use FFXIV assets. So yeah its basically an entirely new game, using FFXIV world, story, and assets.

[Khryseis_Astra]

Oh don't worry, it gets better when you find out there are variants too


I doubt it was the intention, but the mobile game really is just completely embarrassing SE and the main game over here. Don't forget they got garlean armors immediately, and we're 10 years deep with nary a word about it

So the text says there’s 12 different hairstyles total… the model on the right looks like it’s using the hairstyle in second (dark pink) box down in the left. But it’s flipped!

DO THEY HAVE A TOGGLE TO FLIP THE HAIRSTYLES?! *cries*

[Kohashi]

The funny thing is, both games function on the same engine but different iterations. My prediction is that SE will slowly transition to the newer version as part of their overall slow update. It looks like they can import assets from FF14, but not yet the other way around.

I personally wish they did the way Blade and Soul did, going from UE3 to UE4. Which means almost everything gets upgraded visually while keeping the core game and how things function as it was before.

I am not sure what importing capability Luminous Engine has, but hopefully it's the same.

[SyferU]

I still think when the mobile version catches up they just gonna use it as the main game and discontinue the original 14.

[Sunhwapark]

So the text says there’s 12 different hairstyles total… the model on the right looks like it’s using the hairstyle in second (dark pink) box down in the left. But it’s flipped!

DO THEY HAVE A TOGGLE TO FLIP THE HAIRSTYLES?! *cries*

Could be that or it could mean that the hairstyle is obtained via some lootbox/gacha cosmetics package... that would be unfortunate, haha.