FFXI

[danipunk]

Squaresoft is going to do a Official News of ffXII today, 19 november...

[Merth]

FFXI > EQ?

http://www.1up.com/article2/0,4364,1392293,00.asp

PlayOnline Nets 400,000 Subscribers

Square Enix has racked up 430,000 subscribers to its PlayOnline online gaming service worldwide, the publisher announced at its midterm press conference today. The service, which powers Square's MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, broke through the 400,000 user mark approximately 18 months after its Japanese debut in May 2002.
The recent release of Final Fantasy XI for the PC in the United States of course provided a significant boost to the service's user base. Square Enix said it has shipped around 200,000 copies of the PC version to the US market already, and picked up around 100,000 new subscribers so far.

The boost to FFXI's player base provided by the American version brings it into the highest echelon of MMORPG popularity. It's now surprisingly close to Sony Online Entertainment's market-leading EverQuest, which claims a base of more than 500,000 subscribers.

Of course, FFXI hasn't even been out in the US for a full month yet. As soon as we're past the first month, they'll find a lot of people that didn't continue beyond the free trial.

[kai_shadowbane]

I've noticed *while we're on console ff topic* that most of the newer ones tend to build up character development with a thin plot that eventually connects to the main thing about 5 hours in or so (of a 40 hour game). The older ones were kinda dumbed down for US audiences anyway. FF4 was a great game with a great plot, and yet, it also took awhile to build into the actual plot (like 20 mins if you play like I did and level up at the beginning). Secret of mana series was great... when I could hold my attention span long enough to concentrate on the massive jumping around in the things I had to do. (speaking of which, I am playing sword of mana on gba as we speak)
I'd go on, but I think I'll hold off on the riot causing ff debates now
-Kai

:EDIT:
FF XII looks good so far... tho I don't know why they finally connected a couple games together (it's in Ivalice [home of Final Fantasy Tactics]) Course, I am not too sure if it has a solid plot yet either, which is the only reason I play RPGs to begin with.

[Hades]

FFT was good... i liked it... i liked secret of mana... chronotrigger... phantasy star 4 i think was good? uhh im only 17 so i didnt play the ancient games like some of you but.. yeah Breath of fire... Lufia... i liked the SNES RPG's more than any other system... FF7 and FFT were good.... i think i ssaid that... but i like FF3 the most i think.. i used to rent it and mark the cartridge so i could continue my game... luckily no one ever erased it haha