Square Enix, Inc. and Square Enix Ltd., publishers of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in the Americas and PAL territories, respectively, have announced that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has exceeded 1.5 million registered players since its launch. The combined total is across North America, Europe, Japan and PAL territories on both the Windows PC and PlayStation 3.
Today, during a pane at PAX East, Square Enix announced the release date of the next expansion Dawntrail, on top of the editions and more.
The MMORPG will arrive on Xbox consoles on 21st March following its open beta, with Square Enix releasing further details on the launch in a new Lodestone blog post.
Not only is Game Pass required to play the game in full, but FFXIV Coins will be required to make purchases - a new currency not used on PC or PlayStation.
What's even the point if they're doing everything possible to convince people NOT to play?
Bad idea. Kind of at the point its almost like a repeat of FFXI on the 360 with it requiring Gold to play.
Greed greed nothing but greed. Anyone who willingly plays 14 on Xbox is a bona fide sucker.
Kotaku writes: "That’s thanks to a series of announcements from Square Enix about exclusive features and play requirements, the latest being a new currency called FFXIV Coins."
Square Enix have 1.5 million employees? Wow!
that's actually pretty terrible
and how many of them actually paid any money
I got to play it for 100% free because I got the travesty that was the original release
its actually a very well made game, its just very niche
most people do not like the calm slower pace of this type of game
personally I think it is a great mmo, it just lacks that mass appeal needed to make a big budget, AAA mmo successful
Great game love it.
Must get through my backlog before resubbing... so difficult.