How pysched are you about ARR?

[Mikita]

I am very much looking forward to ARR and I think it will be a success but I guess it depends on one's interpretation of success.

I think that FFXIV ARR is going to be a huge hit...on the PS3 (esp. in Japan) and I believe that is SE's target audience and has been all along.

I'm a little more tempered in my expectations (I would say "cautiously hopeful") but otherwise agree with your thoughts on SE's target audience.

The number of online games available to the average non-English-speaking Japanese player is much more limited. This could be the market they are aiming to satisfy first and foremost.

Of course they would like to attract as much of the international player base as they can (especially with all the MMO-standard changes that seems to be taking place), but they also probably know that a large chunk of their long-term customer base are Japanese fans of the series.