Launch Predictions!

[Blackweaver]

I suspect it will be hugely successful. WoW has lost 4.3 million subscribers, I count myself amongst them. This game is exactly what I had been looking for in an MMO. So I could see Square picking up a lot of former WoW players. The game is solid and really awesome.

[Quesse]

I suspect it will be hugely successful. WoW has lost 4.3 million subscribers, I count myself amongst them. This game is exactly what I had been looking for in an MMO. So I could see Square picking up a lot of former WoW players. The game is solid and really awesome.

I think you're right on. There is sort of this big gaping hole in MMOs at the moment. People are realizing that FTP doesn't really cut it in terms of longevity and polish. They are just money-grabs for the most part. FFXIV is in it for the long term. They are building something from the ground up and it shows. FFXIV has a great chance to be huge.

[Shiroyama]

I suspect it will be hugely successful. WoW has lost 4.3 million subscribers, I count myself amongst them. This game is exactly what I had been looking for in an MMO. So I could see Square picking up a lot of former WoW players. The game is solid and really awesome.

I let my WoW subscription go. I've played since launch and between 1.0 and alpha/beta tests for ARR but I can't bring myself to do it any more. My brother is still hardcore WoW but.. he's been talking a lot about ARR since open beta last weekend. Hopefully I can swing him fully into this game; it's so much more fulfilling, in my opinion.