Square-Enix announces end of Final Fantasy XIV's free play and roadmap for next year

@Knoxrun
they are trying to do what every other company is doing now; get their products/pricing deals/content out before Dec. 22, 2012.

@(Unverified)

I don't think you are. Plenty said they aren't but they are still projected to hit 2-3million in sales so.. plenty still are.

@(Unverified)
Protip: Most gamers want a theme park.

Its cool that you dont, and your not wrong for your opinion, but dont expect a giant company to produce a game that doesn't appeal to the masses.

@(Unverified) "I want some innovation. I want a AAA company to pump out a spectacular sandbox (holding my breathe for ArcheAge)."
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Well I know what youre' saying and I agree to an extent because I USED to think that way. After FFXI and having so much fun, I ran around for years afterwards screaming "innovation! moar please!"

It was only up until recently after six months of Rift (3 actually; got bored before that) that I realized it wasn't "innovation" I was wanting after all.

It was "immersion". Rift's rifts were fun and innovative as were their invasions. It was truly a unique time that most other mmos didnt have. But the problem was they didn't stay innovative and after one month, the innovation of them is gone and you're left repeating and rehashing the same old stuff.

This is what I had hoped for XIV but realized they were failing on both fronts. Nowadays, I'd take an mmo with average gameplay, average graphics and average programmers if they could deliver a game with ABOVE average immersion; something that makes me actually want to log in and play their game.. not just chase loot from raids.

so to me: immersion>innovation

Why the hell are we talking about SWTOR in this article?

@real65rcncom

What happens on Dec. 22, 2012?

@real65rcncom Lovely post that's exactly how I feel. Immersion has always trumped eveything else for me. I'd even out up with some PvP if the game has lots of immersion though I don't like it. You've also just expressed on why I couldn't bring myself to play Rift, it was nifty, it was pretty, but it lacked serious immersion.

@JanChel

I think he is referring to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

@real65rcncom Rift, as a an entire game, was basically WoW, ie, not innovative at all. They changed up the class system a bit and added Rifts, but that's not full blown innovation, it's just like adding a new room to the same house.

@real65rcncom
why? GW2 doesnt release at that date

ZING!

@(Unverified)
If you arnt familiar with how SE supports their products im pretty sure they would let the game die and shut the servers down before they are go free to play.

@relgoth

They may want to look at a freemium option for both their FF MMO's. And I do believe SE has F2P titles under their roster.