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BaldrSkies on 11 February 2013
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Galaki said:
BaldrSkies said:
The situation was so dire that Squeenix began giving away copies at certain retailers as a "try before you buy" promotion. These free copies are counted in the total "sold" because they are giving away copies of the full game.

And your sources?


Here's an example

http://store.tsutaya.co.jp/item/sell_game/4988601007801.html

Tsutaya offers an 8 day trial period for the game. You go to their store, they give you the game, and trial registration info. You need to provide your own 16gb+ USB flash drive to install it to. If you choose to keep playing after that you pay 3800 yen for the full registration, which is quite a discount. Offer from 12/1 to 3/8.

http://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201211260014/

Reported on game news sites such as the above, 2ch, etc. In a hilarious twist I just noticed, you don't get to keep your save data from your trial period. How backwards is Squeenix's online management?

 

Edit: In another indication of the health of the active DQX player community, an official player event held last year ended in failure. The event was to kill 1 million total of 3 different slimes, by all players over 10 days. These events are usually easy and meant as player morale boosters. The results: http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/6789604.html (the official site no longer carries the end result it seems).