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FF14 PS3 Version Becomes Offline?

FF14 PS3 Version Becomes Offline?
It's time to talk about the beloved FF14.
After the version up, finally it is heating up.
Heating up ? Or cooling down?
We can't see the number of players.
I want to talk about the coming PS3 version instead of Windows Version. We had announced on Nov 9 at "FINAL FANTASY XIV can be SUCCESSFUL from Now On" that we would talk about it 3 more times, and this is one of those.
Another related article is "FF14 Free Period Prolonged Unlimitedly. Development Reform. PS3 Ver. Postponed. Maybe Cancel?".
I think PS3 version of FINAL FANTASY XIV may become offline.
You're kidding...
It's possible. In November, I thought they may use FF14 material to rebuild FF11 as an offline RPG on PS3. The game becomes HD so you won't complain TaruTaru has a different outlook.
But now you are thinking an offline FF14?
Sales of Windows version is too bad. They can't improve just by moving to PS3. But offline version can be a salvation.
Is that possible?
They had implied it when they announced the delay of PS3 version.
Really!?
The following stuff huh.

"PlayStation3 Verion will be the improved version, so we need to postpone from the original launching date in March." (FF14 Official Site)
Will be the improved version?
Yep. And offline is a possible way. Not totally offline, but a gameplay supporting both online and offline like Phantasy Star Online. Or like Monster Hunter Portable 3rd's co-ops.
Are you serious?
I'm quite sure about that.
Confident huh...
This is the only possible way to fight back. And it has merit too.
You mean?
Offline players may join online mode later. Especially those who never play online game. The number of players who pay charge would increase and this is a merit for the company.
If that never happen?
SQUARE ENIX is useless.
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This article is translated from MakoNako Japan. Please forgive us if there is any content hard to understand in English.

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FF14 Free Period Prolonged Unlimitedly. Development Reform. PS3 Ver. Postponed. Maybe Cancel?

FF14 Free Period Prolonged Unlimitedly. Development Reform. PS3 Ver. Postponed. Maybe Cancel?
FF14 has big news!!
Free period prolonged unlimitedly. Development team reformed. PS3 Ver. postponed.
How do you think?
Who cares?
Why...
I know about free period prolong and PS3 postpone. I want to talk about that but the announcement is faster than me huh. I had said on Nov 9 in "FINAL FANTASY XIV can be SUCCESSFUL from Now On", that I would talk about FF14 3 more times, and one of the topic is about free period prolong and PS3 postpone.
You're kidding... Why don't you talk about that earlier...
MHP3 and SRW are more important. I don't want to waste time on that rubbish. 3DS is coming soon, you know.
Oh...
After Nov 26's "FINAL FANTASY XIV Losing Players. Version Up and Player Number Indication Cancelled", I know there is nothing more I could discuss on FF14. Well, today the development team reform has been announced so I can talk about that.
Let's start with SQUARE ENIX CEO Yoichi Wada's comment at FF14 official site.

"Thanks for your support on FINAL FANTASY XIV.

2 months had passed since the launch. I'm sorry our service is not satisfying yet.

After discussion, we decide to reform the development team.

This is the best team SQUARE ENIX could ever form.

Producer and Directer Yoshida is capable of leading a complicated team, and has passion to satisfy customer. In addition, we have picked some leaders from other projects to join FF14.

We want to improve the game as soon as possible, but won't repeat the same mistake.
Please give us some time to prepare.
Till we are ready, the free period will prolonged unlimitedly.

PlayStation3 Verion will be the improved version, so we need to postpone from the original launching date in March.

Please support our team to create real adventure for all gamers." (FF14 Official Site)
War criminal should say no words.
So you are saying the cause of trouble is Wada himself?
We had talked about that on April 24, 2008 at "SQUARE ENIX CEO Yoichi Wada Talked about Road to Success", the situation is just the case of FF14.
What do you mean?
Here is the quotation from magazine interview.

"We should set a difficult short-term target with clear numbers. We must achieve the targeted sales, We don't need many target, just a few important numbers."

"I urge salesman to raise sales, but won't demand them to reduce cost. I don't need them to use less stationery, pay more effort to increase sales... Reduce cost is the job of intermediate departments, and creators need to maintain the deadline in creating games."
Short-term target is the fiscal year ended March 2011. In order to achieve the numbers of that, he force FF14 to launch, and creators keep the deadline. Deadline is more important than quality. He made users to pay money for such rubblish, and to avoid complaint he gave us bonus, tumbler with mold.
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That's great, he just do exactly what he had said.
Better than the Japanese cabinet huh...
How about the coming future?
I think they want to cancel PS3 version, like THE LAST REMNANT. China market is most important, they don't want to correct their fault in Japan and the West. Just improve the Windows version enough for China, and get the revenue. We can consider the postpone is a sign for cancel.
Why?
Here is the speech about THE LAST REMNANT at a shareholders meeting.

"It's a shame for developers when we said we will launch in multi-platform but finally can't, but this is right concerning revenue. If we change platform and become blockbuster, that's great. But when we can't launch simultaneously and the early version can't sell good, we can only consider the same game on other platform won't be any better. We need to be cool." ("SQUARE ENIX Shareholders Meeting 2009")
FF14 is just the same. Of course it is a classic series, different from THE LAST REMNANT. But if they find the Japan and the West have no future, they would just launch Windows version in China and cancel PS3 ver.
It's a shame...
They should launch the stable PS3 version first. The failure began when they choose Windows version to launch first targeting China.
Let's look forward to the development.
Not interested. When they hide the access figure of players, I know it had no future. The only thing we need to think about is the scale of China service, or when would it stop service.
Oh...
SQUARE ENIX's action, CEO's words, developers' lie, and the rubblish service... I just find no reason to support them. New comers joining the project, thank you. But if Nobuaki Koumoto is still in the team, nothing can be better. Fire Nobuaki Koumoto first.
Don't attack individual...
You guys still playing FF14, take care yourselves.

This article is translated from MakoNako Japan. Please forgive us if there is any content hard to understand in English.

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