Server mergers and points of interest?

[Dreamer]

How so? if SE does not put a lot of TV ads of FFXIV in NA and really do a lot of commercial ads for ffxiv everywhere in the world that FFXIV would be sold. Then FFXIV would be the same as FFXI a low underpopulated game never ranging 2+mil players.

Point is now there more MMO then ever before so if ffxiv fail at doing any commercial ads for this then the game would fail just like the pc release. I'm happy they did not do any commercial ads for FFXIV in NA and only in japan because only the jp really got hurt by this game release. Tho NA would still bad but at least not a lot of mmo players got to see it. Playing wow not a lot of players even know about ffxiv so SE still can get FFXIV moving with a great Commercial ads for NA.

If FFXIV come out with a Pack for the ps3 version and everything fix and it's a very good mmo then ya merge is not a great idea right now. If they just do like they did with the PC release then lol better start cutting down servers right now.

I see more ads for Kingdom hearts and Final fantasy 13 and even the FF4 game that coming out for psp then FFXI and FFXIV put together.

I hope we see a NA version of this JP TV ad for ffxiv

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If they don't merge then I might not make it to the PS3 release. I'm sure I'm not the only one that wishes they could log on and find a party. Like I said in my post I am against the idea of it, but I think right now the positives outweigh the negatives. While PS3 release is definitely something to fall back on, it's not something that should be planned around.

In my opinion, at the current time, FFXIV isn't an actual retail release (which is the viewpoint the two quotes above seem to be coming from). It's more like a massively extended beta-testing period. The game isn't being actively advertised, and no money is being made, and wide, sweeping changes are being made in order to put the game where it needs to be for release (which in this case will be the PS3 version).

People keep drawing parallels to FFXI's first year in Japan, but that's a bit like comparing the PS1 to an Xbox360 - the market is vastly, vastly different now. In the post-WoW generation of MMORPGs, there is far less tolerance for failure than there was when FFXI launched. At this point, SE is putting a huge amount of effort in salvaging not only the game, but their reputation as well. Remember, this release came right after FFXIII's mixed reception.

With all that in mind, I feel it's far better for SE to forego the mergers and wait for the game's 'rebirth,' if you will.