About ARR release.

[Montijin]

The people who have been playing this game now are not as important for the success of this game as the potential players who don't have a tolerance for another botched release. The longer the alpha/beta is the better this game will be for us in the long run too; because a better game = more subscribers which will in turn give SE the assets they need to provide consistent high quality content. If this game need another 6-8 months before it goes retail, then so be it.

[Imoen]

Honestly even though I think it could be March... I wouldn't do march if I were them.... this went out at my work today for games releasing around FEB-March (I haven't confirmed all the titles in the list, and some of them might move etc..) I understand they are not all RPGs but that's quite a few big hitters in there.

GTA5
Starcraft: Heart of Swarm
Tomb Raider
Splinter Cell Blacklist
Bioshock Infinite
Dead Space 3
Army of Two 3
Fuse
Metro Last Light
God of War Ascension
Gears of War Judgement
MGS: Revengence
Company of Heroes 2
Alien Colonial Marines
Crysis 3
Lost Planet 3
Monster Hunter 3
Last of Us
Sim City
Injustice: Gods among us

[Warlock]

Well i just wanted to see what people think about this.
They said Beta was gonna come end of January early Febuary
which i'm thinking means (correct me if i'm wrong) that ARR will come around summer
somewhere in June.
Won't people loose all interrest in the game or go to other games
if ARR comes in like 5~6 months from now???
I'm just saying, 5~6 months is just too much with such a big
MMORPG market out there.

All i wanna say is you ain't getting your fix any time soon

[Totorixiii]

Don't know about you guys but when I'm logging in FFXI during the time my interest in that game was still high, I don't play any other games. Same applies to FFXIV 1.0.

For some reason I just don't care for any other games because I have FF mmo to play.

Once I'm logged on to FF online, no other games has a chance to even get my attention :P

[Imoen]

Don't know about you guys but when I'm logging in FFXI during the time my interest in that game was still high, I don't play any other games. Same applies to FFXIV 1.0.

For some reason I just don't care for any other games because I have FF mmo to play.

Once I'm logged on to FF online, no other games has a chance to even get my attention :P

I don't think marketing is going to look at it like that. They will be trying to target new players.

[shanvhere]

I rather wait 10 months fir years of great game play.

[namasy]

relax guys new road map is coming in a few weeks time....

[radhaz]

FFXI, and after that FFXIV was my evening entertainment. I'm not a game hopper. I like the online FF series, and will wait for the release of 2.0, and hopefully get into the alpha and beta tests.
I provided feedback in alpha and beta on how I thought the game performed in 1.0. Performance was bad. Jerky, stalling and just plain hard to play. That was the old management. The current team will not let us down this time.

So many "debates" on whether people will come back to play the game if it takes longer than Feb/March release; it shows passion for this game, which is great. But the more important question is: "Will you be back". From the sample size of people in this forum, who clearly are people who stayed in the game till the end, the answer is an overwhelmingly "yes". That's good enough for now.

[YuriSan]

All i wanna say is you ain't getting your fix any time soon

I cry everyday thinking about this fact while restoring my 1978 racing bicycle...

[Diyne]

I'll be happy if I get into Beta and can help make the game better when it is finally released. In the mean time, I have school to worry about, movies to watch, books to read, and other games I can play with my Ls mates that don't require as much time investment. A few extra months will go by fast.