"The game's success has forced us to update our long-term goals for the project yet again..."
The hell is this supposed to mean?
Dev Tracker - Discussion
|
Dev Tracker - Discussion
Bosworth said: » "The game's success has forced us to update our long-term goals for the project yet again..." The hell is this supposed to mean? Isn't it obvious? They had no intention of this going for so long. Players kept it alive. They never could have projected this kind of long term success, especially with as little effort they've put into the game the past decade. Their roadmaps are 1-2 years worth of a budget because they don't even expect it to continue as strong beyond that. Translation: "We weren't expecting to still be profitable a quarter century later, and were hoping this project died a decade ago so we could write this off as a bonus for one of the executives and move on. But y'all kept subscribing even after we banned thousands of your accounts, blocked certain servers, and made the game unenjoyable. You guys simply won't move on no matter how hard we try to encourage you to do so, so fine, we'll keep this going a bit longer since it's free money for decade's old technology and pennies to maintain."
[+]
They have said they were expecting to be "final maintenance mode" after both RoV and TVR, so yeah, it's genuinely the skeptical interpretation here.
And don't get me wrong, they are clearly happy about it! The individual humans working on XI like it! But. "The game's success has forced us to update our long-term goals for the project yet again..."
I hate when he writes anything. The reality is this game really can't be making them that much money. A profit? Sure. But it has got to be a rounding error. It has to be a passion project for someone to be keeping this thing going
More of an obligation. Doing it because they have to.
ilugmat said: » "The game's success has forced us to update our long-term goals for the project yet again..." I hate when he writes anything. The English translation is horrible. プロジェクトの長期目標としてはさらに更新し、30周年を無事に迎え、ヴァナ・ディールの発展をより大きなものにすべく、開発／運営チーム一同励んでまいります。 "We've again updated/renewed our long-term plans for the game and, in order to reach the 30th anniversary without issue, the entire development and management operations teams are doing our best to develop an even more expansive Vana'diel." Is what it says.
[+]
ilugmat said: » "The game's success has forced us to update our long-term goals for the project yet again..." I hate when he writes anything. They probably are kicking themselves every single day at their decision to not raise sub fees. |
All FFXIV and FFXI content and images © 2002-2026 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd.