GR - I got a chance to sit down with Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn producer/director Naoki Yoshida to talk about the upcoming PlayStation 4 port of the game. Yoshida spoke through a translator and these interviews can sometimes be difficult given the time constraints and intermediary, but Yoshida was genuine, likable, and forthcoming about all things Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
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."
Nice way of putting it.
I'd love to see them pull that off.
They make a ton of money with the subscription model though -- one of the few that still successfully pull it off these days -- so I doubt they will.
I'm glad he's at least considering it now. I recall way before ARR launched, Yoshida said he would rather shut the game down than go Free to Play...or something along those lines. Not that ARR needs to go F2P, but it's good they would go F2P many years down the road rather than just outright shut the game down.
I hope this game becomes popular but $15 a month is a bit much
$15 x 12 = $180 a year
They should have priced it $60 a year that way more people would buy it
I am subscripted to this game and play it daily.
The day you announce F2P I will instantly QUIT. Just like I did with Age of Conan, Rift, SWTOR and TERA.
F2P = low quality MMO with cash shop over content and balances and there all F2P MMOs are Pay to win.