Thread: PS3 marketing

I must say i chuckle when I read Yoshi's posts or hear him comment that the marketing team will be unhappy that he has shown us some new art or screen grabs without them knowing. From the outside the marketing team dont seem to be doing too much right now to promote this game.
I was talking to my partner on the way to work and we thought that Square should consider starting to market ARR for PS3 players.
Square could easily release the End of an Era/New Beginning trailers on the Playstation store, perhaps create a couple of free static XMB XIV themes, maybe even charge for some moogle or chocobo dynamic XMB themes.
When phase 4 open beta starts, Square and Sony could perhaps open up PS3 beta access to Playstation Plus users (currently being offered by CCP for Dust 514) to try out the game and spread the word.
Regular posts on Sony's playstation blogs to keep the PS community informed of ARR's development progress would also be helpful to stir up some interest.
Just a thought anyway, as i know there are many people who are playing other online RPG's on playstation 3 such as White Knight Chronicles 2 and DCUO that are looking forward to a final fantasy MMO on playstation.

Originally Posted by Zenaku

But now hearing story of ps4 and the new xbox being release this year for 400$ it seem like they should start working on a ps4 version soon so once ps4 get big they ready to release for it also.

I wouldn't be surprised if MS announces "720" in the next few months, but I expect launch to be "next year". Most sensible rumors for PS4 have always been "2014", too.

FF14 ARR will already be on it's 1st expansion by then.

Moogle theme yes please!!!!

Originally Posted by Zenaku

I find it sad that they releasing it for ps3 i know they said they going to and they have to keep there word. But now hearing story of ps4 and the new xbox being release this year for 400$ it seem like they should start working on a ps4 version soon so once ps4 get big they ready to release for it also.

Here's the thing though, they spend months of manpower and thousands on a PS4 version, then the PS4 is an absolute flop, they need to make that money back, on top of the losses from 1.0. A PS4 version will only start when it's worth making the game for it.

The PS4 could be a complete flop as well with what Sony has been rumoured to be wanting to do, two of these are not making it backwards compatible, if you can sell your 360, get a little cash out of it and still play your 360 games it makes the 720 a better buy than the PS4. Another reason is Sony have patenented methods to prevent preowned games being played on a console, this can be the absolute killer for the PS4, especially when you look at some price differences between preowned and new, when you are getting the same game.

Originally Posted by Delsus

Here's the thing though, they spend months of manpower and thousands on a PS4 version, then the PS4 is an absolute flop, they need to make that money back, on top of the losses from 1.0. A PS4 version will only start when it's worth making the game for it.

The PS4 could be a complete flop as well with what Sony has been rumoured to be wanting to do, two of these are not making it backwards compatible, if you can sell your 360, get a little cash out of it and still play your 360 games it makes the 720 a better buy than the PS4. Another reason is Sony have patenented methods to prevent preowned games being played on a console, this can be the absolute killer for the PS4, especially when you look at some price differences between preowned and new, when you are getting the same game.

I doubt either system would flop because they both have huge fanbases. I also think neither would have backwards compatibility because MS is going from PPC to AMD and Sony is going from Cell to AMD, totally different architecture so they would need to write a emulator for each game they want BC for which is too much work and they don't want people focused on playing their old games anyway.

I would love a Dalamud theme for my XMB, if it was a dynamic theme that would be even better.