Are people recognizing ARR?

[Kirito]

The only thing I could find on sony's japanese playstation website was http://commu.jp.playstation.com/blog...ml?c=0&t=0&s=0
and the game descrpition of ffxiv
http://www.jp.playstation.com/softwa...antasyxiv.html
while the only thing I could find on the us playstation website was the game description
http://us.playstation.com/games-and-...y-xiv-ps3.html

[hrdndv]

The only thing I could find on sony's japanese playstation website was http://commu.jp.playstation.com/blog...ml?c=0&t=0&s=0
and the game descrpition of ffxiv
http://www.jp.playstation.com/softwa...antasyxiv.html
while the only thing I could find on the us playstation website was the game description
http://us.playstation.com/games-and-...y-xiv-ps3.html

That is weird.... at the end of the second intro it says "Coming 2010" then after a pause it says "Beta Test starting soon"

[Mamba]

I hope they do advertise this game more...
Like...
I don't remember seeing much advertising for FFXIV 1.0 actually
And I definately didn't see ANY advertising for FFXI and didn't even know about the game until I moved to UK where it was more popular (than Finland where I am from).

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

I hope they do advertise this game more...
Like...
I don't remember seeing much advertising for FFXIV 1.0 actually
And I definately didn't see ANY advertising for FFXI and didn't even know about the game until I moved to UK where it was more popular (than Finland where I am from).

There was good reason for this. Final Fantasy 1.0 had investors and those investors had eyes.

If anyone can remember, sometime a little before---Or maybe it was after?---an investor pulled a lot of money out of the company in general solely based on the state of FFXIV. This can really hurt the game's advertising, but investors really come at a cost more than money and that is in opinion of the product that they are supporting. I don't blame investors what-so-ever for FFXIV 1.0's failure, but it is completely plausible that they were rushing to see a return on their investment making it more desperate for them to launch something.

The beauty of FFXIV:ARR is that it has zero investors. That means they can have creative freedom. FULL creative freedom and no one telling them how they spend the money. Or that, "We need a hot chick in it. Our polls show that hot chicks who sound dumb bring in oodles of cash." This also applies to their advertising campaign. Of course, they are on a budget in developmental costs, but I have WAY more faith in them running a good advertisement campaign at the right moment than I would if investor's hands were in the pot. I don't think people realize how much investors can muck up a game in situations like these.

EDIT: Also, nothing annoys me more than having someone whose job it isn't to be creative to tell others what is or is not creative, but since they have deposited some cash to help develop it, feel like it's their job anyway.

[Seraphe]

Yea, something like that or print a code on a coca cola bottle for a special in-game item (would've been available world-wide). Well I guess most of you think it's too early to start a big campaign but i guess we all agree that advertising needs to be BIG this time! I remember seeing this while watching Southpark ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1T3MNnml80 ). But that's nothing compared to the coca cola TV commercial

[Felis]

More commercials ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7zuhEO1Lg

[Pwnagraphic]

It was best in show at Gamescom.. not sure what else it was going against in the MMO market, but it was asked and Yoshi-P said they knew they needed to market the game better than SE normally does and they have a plan for that.

[Pwnagraphic]

When the game launches.. I am taking 2 days off and doing a 24 hour marathon on my stream. That'll get some attention!

[Laume]

Hey there,

I've been reading some gaming news lately and with the new year all the gaming news sites reveal their "top games of 2013" or to be more specific.. "Top 10 upcoming MMOs of 2013" and many sites (read: almost all) don't even mention FFXIV:ARR. Is SE doing enough marketing? The Elder Scrolls Online is the most anticipated game in almost every "Top 10" list I've read and if it works out well for TES:O I'm afraid that it'll be the same story as with XI and WoW.

I would like to hear your opinions
1. Is SE doing enough?
2. What do you think is the best platform to make this game famous (YouTube advertisements, TV, etc..)

1) Yes, they're putting a really great amount of effort into making it a great mmorpg
2) Viral/word of mouth.

Though, imo, it's kind of a moot point. I'm not playing this game because it's highly received and well known. I'm playing this game because I like it. Granted, I know that they need to keep membership up to afford the cost of development, maintenance, etc, but as far as making it a really well known, highly seen, frequently public, was really never SE/FF's style.
Imo, the bottom line is this. There are enough people in these forums (and lurkers and others that are keeping an eye out for the game's developement but not looking at the forums) that if this game is good, they'll recommend it or talk about it. That's better thank some big PR campaign, I think.

[Kyri]

Its working a bit.. but SE really does need to advertise more. by this time in alphas gw2, tera and diablo already had a hell of a lot of pre orders and a higher positive review. The you tube videos they release are pretty great but I see fan based videos that make me go "OMG MUST PLAY THAT GAME!" moreso then SE's actual videos. More advertising isn't a bad thing.

Second off live letters are cool and all but I stopped watching after the first one. How come Yoshi gives interviews we cant even see translated till a day or two later and yet I saw a video of someone translating on stage to German or something like that. I know a lot of people seem to love live letters but maybe people like myself would show more interest if they were dubbed or translated so we could stay up till 2 am to see it and actually know whats going on besides a lot of "Hai Hai Hai *bow*" Heck we have to translate half the stuff ourselves(and thank you to those who do so) Perhaps translated/dubbed live letters might get a bit more interest or do like blade and soul and hire a English speaker to make a few videos bout the game.