New Blog post "Interview with Director/Producer"

[Laraul]

The benchmark for the prior two games was not a good predictor of how the game would actually run.

[Xaimera]

/dodge lol Yeah I'm sure Yoshi-p was doing this the whole time XD

im sure to get any info off Yoshi-P these interview methods are required :O LOL

[Xaimera]

and this is what happens when we the public don't get enough FFXIV!! D: LULZ

[Technyze]

no Facebook results button!? Only twats tweet.

[plery]

I can't wait for the benchmark.

[Yrusama]

/dodge lol Yeah I'm sure Yoshi-p was doing this the whole time XD

With this mindset, I wouldn't be surprised if all of SE was comprised of Agent Smith copies.

[Forgo]

With this mindset, I wouldn't be surprised if all of SE was comprised of Agent Smith copies.

XD

[Yrusama]

Yeah XI did well cuz 11 years MMOs where for niche players only...

You forgot that ARR it's supposed to compete vs the modern MMOs (Yoshida said this many time) ,

and guess what? Every modern (and not..) MMOs have PvP ...

Another thing, i don't care about PvP (i'm mostly a PVE player) but i care for the game success :/

I agree that PvP in some form (even minimally present) will be necessary to compete with the rest of the MMO community, but really it's not necessary as a Final Fantasy. Competitive multiplayer wasn't included until FF Tactics Advance, later to be present in Tactics: WotL, Dissidia, and maybe a couple of others, all of which were made after the merger of Square and Enix (Tactics Advance might have been just before, because it was released that same year.)

PvP (or a lack thereof) may affect the purchasing choices of a lot of MMO fans, but personally I think the Final Fantasy name and strong Final Fantasy themes will draw in the game's more lasting fans: fans of the series. FF Fans will likely overlook a delayed release of PvP.

[HiirNoivl]

The interviewer just needs the skillz to fish the info out of him. It may interest you to know that a lot of questions were about PvP—quite representative of our North American players' tastes.

FFXI and other FF players don't care about PvP

Most everyone who plays other games do want it. The lack of PvP is one reason why FFXIV received poor reviews on the gaming sites at released. The lack of PvP is one reason why some players won't even bother picking up the title.

If they have a good PvP content that will be a draw for the game. People will pick it up just to try the PvP if the game sites talk well about it, they can only gain.

[Zezlar]

Can honestly say I don't care about PvP. I don't mind the implementation for others, but i'm going to be extremely disappointed if PvE takes a hit due to processing PvP content/re-balancing.