Scared about ARR

[Lirion]

I don't think you have anything to fear. Here is what Yoshi said about free to play for ARR.

The last thing is that our aim is to make an MMO and a lot of companies do their development for MMOs by getting money from investors. Then the investors want their money back, so if the game doesn’t make enough money or doesn’t have enough users, then what do we do? We’d have to pay our investors back, and free-to-play is an option to get that money back to investors quickly. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a product that is independent to Square-Enix. All of the money’s coming from us, so we had more time to put it into what we wanted to do. We’re not in a rush to pay anyone back.

http://www.examiner.com/article/squa...t-free-to-play

[Dannythm]

I don't think you have anything to fear. Here is what Yoshi said about free to play for ARR.



http://www.examiner.com/article/squa...t-free-to-play

Of all the articles and interviews with Yoshi about ARR I must have missed that one, but knowing there are no investors involved, I'm really feeling much more relaxed!

[Zehira]

I don't think you have anything to fear. Here is what Yoshi said about free to play for ARR.



http://www.examiner.com/article/squa...t-free-to-play

That was good to know until I read negative messages from Facebook people. >.<

Ugh, fk it I am gonna ignore all haters now.

[Yrusama]

Just read that Tera is going free to play in the US and EU, and people are commenting that they give ARR from 4 to 8 months after release to follow the same route as all the other MMO's the last years...

I fear for the mindset of the population, not about the quality of the game, that may force it's demise...

I completely agree. People on these forums should be willing to give constructive criticism without totally bashing the game. It's painful to watch, and I think if XIV fails at all it'll be their fault. We fans need to make sure that the outsiders stay informed, and let them know that XIV came a long way after launch.

[NintenPyjak64]

I completely agree. People on these forums should be willing to give constructive criticism without totally bashing the game. It's painful to watch, and I think if XIV fails at all it'll be their fault. We fans need to make sure that the outsiders stay informed, and let them know that XIV came a long way after launch.

I wish this was the case. But many people in 11 are highly critical of 14 ONLY WITH INITIAL RELEASE INFORMATION. Many people I've spoken to are incredibly closed minded, judging the game on the leveling system and crafting systems that have long since been changed. They are also under the assumption that, even after all the changes we say, 14 still tanked horribly just because the 1.0 servers went down. Me and one of my friends have tried to talk some sense into people like this, it's almost pointless and we just get written off as "fan boys."

[Orophin]

Me and one of my friends have tried to talk some sense into people like this, it's almost pointless and we just get written off as "fan boys."

Like the people that swear by FFXI and nothing else aren't?

[NintenPyjak64]

Like the people that swear by FFXI and nothing else aren't?

Exactly. It's kinda funny how hypocritical they're being with the subject.

[Cojika]

I wish this was the case. But many people in 11 are highly critical of 14 ONLY WITH INITIAL RELEASE INFORMATION. Many people I've spoken to are incredibly closed minded, judging the game on the leveling system and crafting systems that have long since been changed. They are also under the assumption that, even after all the changes we say, 14 still tanked horribly just because the 1.0 servers went down. Me and one of my friends have tried to talk some sense into people like this, it's almost pointless and we just get written off as "fan boys."

People outside of FFXI are just as ignorant/misinformed(which of the 2 categories they fall under varies per individual) about it. I had some dude trying to argue with me telling me that ff14 failed and that ARR and FF14 had nothing to do with each other. He constantly referenced the 2010 review as a defense for how he thought game STILL was when the final save took place, despite having never played the game once. Some people are just way too close minded and there's really nothing you can do besides laugh at them and leave them to their COD/LOL .

[Issachar]

SQEX is too closed-minded to go F2P. FFXI's still making money somehow. They think ARR will magically have a great playerbase (lol). Yet let's look at Sega and PSO2. F2P with cash services and it is making boatloads of cash.

[ShinigamiKayla]

SQEX is too closed-minded to go F2P. FFXI's still making money somehow. They think ARR will magically have a great playerbase (lol). Yet let's look at Sega and PSO2. F2P with cash services and it is making boatloads of cash.

so in your mind Blizzard is close minded too for having an F2P model~