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| Ffxi Gil-Building, Expanding, Maintaining -- A Tough Task |
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The company clearly hopes to run both of its MMOs concurrently. Still supported, expanded, patched and played, FFXI is an important revenue source for Square Enix.Ffxi Gil Said Tanaka, "The development ideas for FFXIV started appearing four or five years ago, and we just started getting into full gear in the past few years... this has been going on at the same time of FFXI. We have no plans to stop the development of FFXI." Players can speak to NPC without Ffxi Gil.
Of course, two games will be running at the same time -- and industry observers have seen from EverQuest II that MMO sequels are a difficult proposition. Tanaka was adamant that the new game is in a new world and will feature new characters -- but the new game also retains the same races and similar art direction to the original to ease fans of XI into the new world of XIV. But will players play both? "It's up to the community themselves," said Tanaka. "We hope the community will get on and play XI one day, and then the next, play XIV."
So why even make a new game when FFXI is still popular, asked one journalist? Again, Tanaka: "We've been asked that question by a lot of people. It comes down to -- FFXI was originally designed for the PlayStation 2... A lot of people have asked for a port of it to current generation machines.Ffxi Gil Porting that would take too much time to convert it to the new technology. Rather than doing that... we decided to use that time to make something new."
So -- can players port their XI characters? Tanaka said, "The game system and world are completely different, and the progression system is completely different, so you can't port your character. But the character designs are similar so you create a similar character you've been playing. However, the friend lists you have, we hopefully will be moving over."
Walking the fine line between getting the old community to support the new game, and building a game that innovates while attracting longtime fans will be a big challenge.Ffxi Gil While characteristically tight-lipped about the "how", Square Enix seems to be pondering the challenge with some seriousness to get more Ffxi Gil.
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