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StanGable on 02 June 2009
noname2200 said:
Since when does an MMO need 1-2 million subscribers? Unless things have changed radically in the past five years, a few hundred grand is plenty...

Yes they have! Again, people seem to be ignoring the fact that WoW set the standard as to what is successful in MMORPG and what isn't. In the quote I s howed Square considered a userbase of 200k below expectations. 500k is solid enough to make a small profit, but let's be realistic, these companies want to be Blizzard and want what WoW has done for them. I think now its all about let's see what will be their PC requirements and we'll know for s ure if its bound to shrink its based (and I dare to say the requirements will be quite hefty so it will not reach great success in the PC market).



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Jinova on 02 June 2009

Anyone think FFIV might push PS3 sales in Japan?



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StanGable on 02 June 2009
twesterm said:
StanGable said:
twesterm said:
Well what do you know, it's releasing simultaneously on PS3 and PC so looks like your argument is completely blown out of the water.


Not necessarily my friend. Did you skip my thoughts in what has helped make WoW so succesful? I can guarantee you that FFXIV will not have t he same requirements that WoW does limiting a HUGE chunk of people that play WoW. Or do you believe that WoW's success was thanks to hardcore players? I can guarantee you that a very small niche people would upgrade to play this. Now its only hope is the PS3 userbase and again, how many people are willing to shed monthly fees? I'm sure it won't be as many as the total  userbase that FFXI has

FFXI's requirements weren't that hefty and I don't expect FFIV's to be that hefty.  I had a shitty PC back in the day and I could play FFXI just fun, the only thing you need is the good internet connection.

Yes, they will be greater than that of WoW's but that's because WoW is, what, five years old?


Actually WoW requirements were still low back when it came out. I was able to play it just fine in a $500 PC. How old the game is makes no difference really if you penetrated the right market at the right time.



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bobobologna on 02 June 2009
Zkuq said:

I don't think it could do better on any other platform besides PC - 360 online already has monthly fees, making the players less willing to pay seperately for the game. PS2 is slowly dying. PSP is no place for MMORPGs I suppose. PS3... Well, not going to be a huge success on it but at least there's no major hindrance besides userbase (which isn't THAT much less than 360 anyway). Oh, forgot Wii. Well, not a typical MMORPG console.

PC is the home of MMORPGs and I'd be more or less surprised if this didn't end up on PC, too. Not to say this would be a huge success on PC, either.

Oh, and online gaming on consoles was terribly small back then.

 

Just to clarify, MMORPGs on the XBox360 don't require an XBox Live Gold account.  So you don't have to pay to play twice if you only want to play FFXI or Phantasy Star.



Lostplanet22 on 02 June 2009
Jinova said:
Anyone think FFIV might push PS3 sales in Japan?

Not really. I thought that 90% of FFXI sales back in the time were on PC. And I am pretty sure that non-PS3 owners are not going to spend money on a console when it is possible on PC in Japan atleast.



 

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Xxain on 02 June 2009

FF14 = FXIV....why is everybody doin FFIV?



Rei on 02 June 2009

The "The only way MMORPG can be a success is if it has 10 millions of subscribers just like WoW" mentality of some people here is funny.



Xen on 02 June 2009
Xxain said:
So now theres a thread trying to shoot FFXIV???...so all of a sudden now FF has potential to fail???..*sigh*

Of course it does. It'll lose this potential when moved to X360.



rckrz6 on 02 June 2009

final fantasy online for ps2 was sort of sucessfull. Its up and running. We wil have to wait and see



Yuyyder on 02 June 2009
twesterm said:
Munkeh111 said:
PC and PS3 is enough, though I don't really think this will be a console seller. They are also porting XI to PS3, which doesn't make much sense to me, but....

I would be willing to bet that FFIV is just FFXI+ with many improvements so it makes sense to entice the players with the polished FFXI.

Now lets just hope this isn't like EQ2 because I love me some FFXI.
Jinova said:
Anyone think FFIV might push PS3 sales in Japan

Well, I think it will push 0 sales because FFIV is released only for the SNES, re-released for the Playstation and Gameboy Advance and remade for the Nintendo DS. I am like so sure there is an imaginary FFIV for the PS3 only in your mind.

and twesterm, i would love me some cheese pie on your head because it is just a mushroom with toppings.