Final Fantasy XIV: Seventh Umbral Era

[sirdayne]

This is a radical idea. Some people may not agree. We, the community, are being asked if the current version of FFXIV should stay online.

Content from Seventh Umbral era is set to disappear... Ifrit Battle, Good King Moggle Mog, Garuda, etc.

Unless these battles and content were transferred to the new version, would it not make more sense to keep the current version online to allow PS3 players to experience content before The Realm is Reborn(TM)?

Additionally, I propose the current version of FFXIV be made into a F2P title. Square-Enix obviously had some success when they made the game Buy2Play for the period of one year. I am confident that many more people were playing during that time.

The MMO landscape is changing. Square-Enix needs to embrace the Free2Play model. Star Wars the Old Republic could not stand on its own two feet without offering a Free2Play option. Potentially, this could generate interest in a Realm Reborn by opening the gates of the first game to the general audience and saying: "You can play this for free and we will give you the chance to do a paid character transfer FFXIV: Seventh Umbral Era to A Realm Reborn."

[Raldo]

They do not, and will not, have a PS3 compatible client for the old game.

So no. No, no, no, no, no, and no.

The 1.0 game is going away, and good riddance I say.

[Darkhaund]

Lol you sir are put of your mind

[Felis]

FF XIV 1.0 is PC only

[Chardrizard]

I dont even..

[Vydos]

Two things.

1) To your idea: No....Just no.... *shakes head*

2) There's another thread discussing about this here. No need to create a second one even if it is about something slightly different: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...cter-Data-Save

Edit: Also to elaborate why this is a terrible idea EVEN if it was on both platforms. The game was and still is considered a big failure to the outside world (meaning outside the current gamers and community). This is a stigma that the current version will unfortunately carry with it.

Making it free to play is also silly. Because those /supposed/ PS3 players that decide to give the game a second try would then end up playing the failed version of the game. Not the best way to fix a broken reputation and draw the crowd toward the game. They need to pull people in with FFXIV: ARR and not with the current game build.

[Teuciont]

Has anyone considered that Star Wars went f2p because it was a shitty game? The MMO landscape isn't "changing," people are still willing to pay a monthly fee for a good game.

[Felis]

Has anyone considered that Star Wars went f2p because it was a shitty game? The MMO landscape isn't "changing," people are still willing to pay a monthly fee for a good game.

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And F2P games have a bad reputation about quality and alternative pay methods

To make a P2P mmo in a F2P mmo is like to say: "Our game is no longer good enough for P2P standard"

[Orophin]

The Seventh Umbral Era content was designed to be experienced by the customers who wanted to continue paying to play this game, then it would go away with ARR. Letting people experience this after the fact seems to contradict their whole ideology. That and as someone above mentioned, 1.0 was not developed with PS3 in mind, nor can they realistically port it to PS3 in the time it's going to take for ARR to make it from beta to retail.