You could have Googled this easily enough =/
yeah play guild wars…it’s a good game too 😀 and I hope SE doesn’t make another online game b/c FFXI was pretty bad for me.
Paying fees isn’t robbery – it pays for the hundreds of staff that Square Enix need to hire to keep the game world running smoothly. It pays for the web servers streaming thousands of megabytes all over the world. It pays for developers constantly adding content to the game world, expanding it with new items, new places to explore, and new quests constantly.
An online game is not a purchase, it’s a service – it’s no more robbery than paying every month to use the internet, or electricity. It’s something that needs to be constantly maintained and the company has a right to not lose money.
I dont mind them bringing out online FF’s but they should keep it out of the main series. E.G Just call it Final Fantasy Online.
Of course this doesn’t mean it’s a compulsory thing for Square Enix to alter their ideas, but it’s always worthwhile for any company to take into account different customer wants if they put products like that on the market and expect them to be successful. That’s how they make profit after all, by keeping existing interest at the same time as well gaining new interest.
Still sounds to me like Square Enix are on the right track from what i’ve been reading 😀
But anyway, the company isn’t making games inaccessible to people with consoles, silly. They’re making the franchise available to people who prefer a different type of game altogether. No one is losing out. An entirely different group of people are gaining from it.
I was just saying why I think some gamers might prefer the online games to be marketed as an alternative rather than as part of the main FF series as otherwise some gamers, although not all, are going to miss out i.e Final Fantasy XI. Alot of fans I know can’t play that game as they aren’t lucky enough to have an internet service at home.
Still SE have the right idea in mind by bringing out games such as FFXII as this gives fans, who rely on consoles, the chance to adapt from old gaming techniques to new ones and continue to enjoy the FF games without being made to feel it’s compulsory for them to use the internet in order for them to do so.
And anyway, if you think that’s wrong, you have to also think it’s wrong for them to make an FFVII spinoff for PSP because not everyone has one. Then there’s the movie, which not everyone can play because they lack a dvd player. Or how about the older FF games? Is rereleasing them on GBA wrong because not everyone has a GBA? They are part of the numbered series, after all.
See my point?
I agree that if those who have previously been keen customers of SE games choose not to go with the online games and give up on the FF series, then as a result they will no longer count as customers. Still as a result that will equal customer loss and game interest amongst a number of previous loyal fans. I’m not saying that will be the case with everyone or that I think that’s what ought to happen but realistically that situation will occur.
Of course anyone could argue that the number of fans who choose to play the online games will exceed the number of those who choose not to in the future, so as a result SE have nothing to worry about there which is fair enough, but then again it is also possible that the reverse effect could happen, going by my knowledge of how popular this online idea is with FF fans in general as most of the feedback i’ve had on the idea hasn’t been very positive.
I agree it’s the same situation with any technology change e.g as with films. It didn’t suit everyone to have a DVD player when they first came out as some were happy to stick with tapes. Others were happy to forget tapes and get a DVD player. Still initially that wasn’t popular with everyone, although now of course no one gets much choice as video tapes/video players are virtually impossible to find nowdays.
Still I am just saying that in those situations not everyone is going to respond in a positive way to new technology ideas if it’s not the most convenient choice for them when they’ve already been used to something else, and to explain why certain FF fans might not agree with online Ff games being counted as part of the main series as a regular thing, whilst still being put on the market at the same time for keen online gamers.
I’m not calling anyone a retard.
However I can see where you are coming from with the points you previously made at the same time as where certain fans are coming from when they say they aren’t bothered about playing online FF games even though personally i’m happy to play both online and offline FF games as i’m a big fan and am lucky enough to have both the internet and a PS2 =)
It’s been a long time for offline players since X (X-2, and other series don’t really count do they?) And its a long way from now until then. I feel at this point that 12 will take some of the better points from 11 and fuse it in with other elements in a true single player environment. Thankyou S.E. – now could you just scrap the planned release schedule and get the English and PAL languages versions done pretty soon. I promise I’ll buy all your other games if you do.
My god shut your mouth before I close it for you.
How is FFXI "half baked?" Vana ‘diel is somewhat 10 times the size and the difficulty compared to any other FF I have played.
If you wish to fully master the game you would need plenty of free time due to the thousands upon thousands of items specified for particular jobs,quests,missions and the like plus the ever evolving gameworld,story,missions and online memberbase.
Partying with other "real" players is a highlight – no more annoying npc or character scripting, plus the fact the member base is so friendly and friends are easily made.
Alot of people have even rushed back to FFXI after WOW due to the complexity envolved in FFXI as it is a real masterpiece of a game.
Get off your high horses assholes, and just admit you hate Online gaming because your to cheap to try it!
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