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The long, dark saga of Final Fantasy 14's rocky launch is finally coming to an end. That's certainly what Square Enix is hoping for, anyway. The MMORPG arrived late last year on PC, with a PlayStation 3 version that was set to follow soon after. That never happened though; instead, FF14 was universally panned when it arrived, with critics citing serious interface and design issues. The game was, in a word, broken.
Square went into crisis mode, delaying the PS3 release indefinitely and temporarily eliminating the game's subscription-based pricing while eyes turned once again to the drawing board. The publisher announced in October that the subscriptions would return soon, and now we have a date: January 6, 2012.
Those who don't sign up to be billed for their play by 1/6 will have their accounts suspended. Fans can look forward to paying discounted monthly rates for the time being; $6.99 for 30 days, $17.97 for 90 days and $29,94 for 180 days (via Gamasutra). Square will return to regular pricing toward the end of 2012, when the game's Version 2.0 relaunch is supposed to be arriving.
The v2.0 remake should be added sometime between October and December, with a repackaged PC version and the long-awaited PS3 release both arriving in stores shortly after, early in 2013.
Source: Gamasutra
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luckey7
Square should just wait to realese this game because of 13-2 being such a great game I dont think people will pay much attention to 14. And I hope that they make it for Xbox
teac77
Be patient with Square. With Final Fantasy XIV, they are filling very, very large shoes. And people have to ENJOY the game.
sage081
2013 for the ps3 version by then i dont think ill be in to anymore losing hope for FF XIV and kingdom hearts 3 each and everyday squire
crocodilius
Cheers to all the suckers who will be PAYING to beta
test for Squaresoft until 2.0.
I know, i know, sounds backwards right?
asthmagasm
Your prices are actually wrong. $6.99 is for the "Basic Services" which doesn't actually include a character. A charcter cost $.3.00, so the monthly cost is actually $9.99/month is if you go with the month-by-month plan. Also, the fine print says the billing hasn't been finalized for 2.0:
"* The fee structure for after the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0 (including those of retainers) is unconfirmed at the time of writing."
deedubya
have u been residing under a rock?
Jtoon
I am curious how many will stick with the game. I am kind of interested but kind of turned off because if I got into the game it would be on the PS3 and that would be at least almost 2 or 3 years after the game started up. The average span of an MMO that is kind of late in the state of the game besides the advantage that PC players who have been playing for this long will have. I just prefer to relax on the couch and play my games instead leaning over my laptop playing games.
Mr_Spam_Man
Console MMO? Does that even work? I'm not bashing it. I'm just curious if there has ever been a successful one.
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