Lifetime Subscription

[Zehira]

No I'm not a tester, and frankly, the stuff that I've heard about the Alpha forums mentioned here kinda makes me glad I'm not >.>

You are lucky, I wish I wasn't a tester because it can give us stress too much. o.o

[Wyyote]

Lifetime sub hardcore mode. $150 for a character lifetime membership. Would make those dungeon runs and primal fights so much more interesting! You die, and you have to pay to reanimate your character.

*Note... This was sarcasm. Please don't kill me.

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

FF14: A Realm Reborn I feel would be lasting for more than two years, and by the obvious portrayal of how much money SE has dumped into this project of reforming the game. A lifetime sub isn't justified at all... $150~$300 isn't even enough, that's too little. Sure you would be benefiting as the player, but as the company they would be losing income after two years of your lifetime subscription, and remember it probably wouldn't be a small amount of players taking on the lifetime sub option, it probably would be many diehard, loyal FF fans who kept with FF14 since day one...

IMO just seems like a disaster to have lifetime subs, it just doesn't work, especially for this company. Remember they have to keep on pushing content, maintenance of servers, paying staff, etc. x~x Do people think money come out of no where?

[Alhanelem]

IMO just seems like a disaster to have lifetime subs, it just doesn't work, especially for this company. Remember they have to keep on pushing content, maintenance of servers, paying staff, etc. x~x Do people think money come out of no where?

It's really not possible for it to be a "disaster," because the number of people that are likely candidates to buy them is not very high. Please don't exaggerate.

MMORPGs make massive amounts of money provided they don't fall flat on their behinds, so a few people getting a good deal on subs doesn't really hurt them at all.

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

It's really not possible for it to be a "disaster," because the number of people that are likely candidates to buy them is not very high. Please don't exaggerate.

MMORPGs make massive amounts of money provided they don't fall flat on their behinds, so a few people getting a good deal on subs doesn't really hurt them at all.

You are assuming that a great deal wouldn't. But I disagree. Also they would still be losing money by the few who have paid for lifetime subs and are dedicated players passed two years. Why would a company intentionally and deliberately put themselves into a position where they would be losing money in the long run? The extra months passed two years of gameplay of a lifetime sub adds up, especially with so many diehard ff fans, as seen with FF11, they can play an mmorpg for 7~8 years until they call it a day.

[Yrusama]

I can see yearly subs as a possibility down the road. Maybe even lifetime. Not saying they shouldn't, but screwing with their pricing seems very low on SE's To Do list. It's complicated enough with the forums bitching about Legacy. I don't think they ever once asked for our feedback on their prices.

[Zenaku]

I can see yearly subs as a possibility down the road. Maybe even lifetime. Not saying they shouldn't, but screwing with their pricing seems very low on SE's To Do list. It's complicated enough with the forums bitching about Legacy. I don't think they ever once asked for our feedback on their prices.

why would they need our feedback on there prices? 12.99 for 1 char per world that all you really need and for people who care 14.99 for for 8 and that still the same price as other games.

i for one am happy that lagacy only pay 9.99$ a month that a great gift for us paying i never stop paying sense the start to the end on two accounts and i even pay 90days for a 3rd account as a mule for me and my gf. I one for one feel that lifetime subs are for games being release and they know it going to fail just to get some more money at least for me.

[ZakarnRosewood]

Lifetime Discount = Legacy Status

Thought this was good enough. Like some people said they only offer it before the release of the game. I think Legacy will be the closest we will get to "lifetime sub's". I dont care how other companies do it or how easy it will be to put in or how many/few people want it, I just doubt they will do this. However if I am wrong, it wont affect me at all.

[Kiroh]

And no. No matter the quality. No game would be worth over 1000 bucks for a lifetime.

I suppose now would be a bad time to mention that over the 8 years I spent playing FFXI that I paid over $1200 in monthly fees...

[Felis]

The question is how many years worth this "lifetime" sub should be.
I would say 5 years worth + 28% discount (~500 €) can be called as "lifetime". It would be expensive enough that not everyone buy it and cheap enough if you plan to play 5 years and more.

FFXIV was voted least likely to go Free 2 play given FFXI never went free to play and Hiir thinks that game is um... like oatmeal, cold, no sugar. And FFXIV went Free to play and then stopped being free as soon as it could.

It was more "temporarily unlimited free month" ^^