Earlier today we got wind of Final Fantasy XIV's release date and true to their word, Square Enix revealed that the PC version will hit retailers on September 30 this year. Unfortunately, the PS3 version got pushed back to March 2011.
In a press release, Square Enix finally revealed the pricing and subscription plans for the MMO. The PC's regular edition is set for a $49.99 while the collectors edition for $74.99. The most important bit though, is the subscription fees, which is a lovely $12.99 per month. Wow, keep in mind that that's a couple of dollars cheaper than another certain MMO.
Those of you looking forward to the new adventure in Eorzea can set you calenders for September 30. Make that September 22 if you're planning on getting the collectors edition as it offers 8 days early access to the game.
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You don't sound like someone who plays MMOs. It's not like you pay for the game and then the subscription and all you get is that game. You get constant updates, patches, TONS and TONS of new content, full server support etc etc. It's not the same as a regular online game. Very hard to convince someone that it's worth it unless they have extensive MMO experience.
Yes, that is WAY too much to ask.
You think you should pay $9 a month for a $13 a month game, while also getting all the benefits of PS+?
The subscription fee pays for the insane server costs, it pays for stupid amounts of man hours put into releasing constant updates for the game. It pays for the food the team that will be working on the game for the next 7+ years feeds there family.
PS+ has f all to do with FFXIV's subscription fee and there is no way in hell being a PS+ member will save you a single dime in FFXIV.
The only thing PS+ could possibly give you is a few exclusive in-game FFXIV rewards.
Sony =/= Square-Enix NO!
It's, at best, wishful thinking.
Square Enix have no reason to reduce the costs for a game when they're not making any of the fee for PSPlus back.
AT BEST, you might get a discount for a SOE MMO.
@forevercloud3000
You clearly don't understand the concept of an MMORPG so let me put this as simple as possible. THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL S-E will make the monthly fees any cheaper what so ever on the PlayStation platform.
Lets do a little math here about 90 percent of FF11's player base is PC community 10 percent consoles. Lets be kind and say the PS3 community makes up 20 percent of the player base.
And 1 in 4 PS3 users are PS+ so your basically trying to say Square is going to favor the 5 percent of PS+ users to everyone else and give them a price cut?
Why making everyone else pay full price? now that's the biggest load a crap I have ever heard. First of all that price will be set in stone start giving people price cuts and then everyone wants them.
There is no way Sony could offer a deal worth it for both parties to lower the monthly sub.
And the idea of 5 dollars a month covering server fees is ok but that doesn't cover the cost of the team developing new content.
not saying it will but there is definitely a chance they would subsidize for those who want to benefit from not only PSN+ but the MMO as well. Its the same kind of thing when a console maker bundles a console with a 3rd Party game(FFXIII bundles come to mind). Sony would simply work out some agreement, partial payments to SE to pull it off.
And the whole "Pays for the workers food" nonsense is bull. Anything over 5 dollars a month is severly overpriced for that. Server upkeep is not nearly as exspensive as we make it out to be, especially for a multimillion dollar company. Remember Sony has been hosting free servers for Online gaming for 3yrs now and hasn't needed a penny. The only reason they charge so much because these companies know we will pay like the lemmings we are.
Not to mention of all the games coming out, FFXIV is the one I want the most and hearing the news on the March 2011 for PS3's release doesn't sit well with me. Let's hope SE somehow can get it running before then...
I like the idea of a retainer, too, since you'll be carrying around a LOT of stuff that you will need or want to keep, and there is only so much you can do about it that SE tried to rectify in FFXI. Their solutions only made that more into a mess. Hopefully more storage options are going to be available, though.
I also how the whole Securecard stuff is going to be gone, too, because that kind of killed whatever interest FFXI had left.
@Whitey2k above: Like I said, SE is probably getting the PC version out early because of the Cataclysm release that's expected to come out at that point, too. I don't think it's any favoritism in this case. They are just trying to compete.
still releasing it in September. They should have started the large beta testing earlier
sep 30 YES! FINALLY! im so excited! feel bad for the ps3 people though.
Actually I previously thought FFXIV was going to cost $14.99 a month. So slightly cheaper. Almost every big MMO that releases is going to have a bit of a premium monthly rate to pay.
At least you get a single free month when you purchase the game. lol
Sadly Runescape is better then any of these games, mabey cause I never play any other MMO...lol
5$ is where its at!
Anyhow, isn't this a bit of a slap in the face to the Japanese? Last time I checked, PC gaming really wasn't all that big over there.
Square Enix you fucking loser and lier. Simultaneous launch my ass. $15 dollars per month. FUCK YOU!
A nice example of the mentality of a console gamer versus a PC gamer.
Console gamer: It's not fair! Even though I play the same game on the same servers, I should not have to pay because I play on a console! =*(
amazing game,cheap price ...wtf yo ?!
i barely bought ffxi because my girlfriend kept telling me to play again. Then i realized i dont have a lot of time to invest in mmo's ;-; ffiv does look interesting though
but then they charge you $0.99 for every additional character. So in other words, unless your going to have 3 characters of less, you get a better deal playing WoW (or just about any other game).