Multi Final Fantasy 14 Halts All Sales

[Demon_Skeith]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1471345410245464067

Naoki Yoshida, Producer & Director for Final Fantasy 14 has made a new post on the official website, first apologizing for the ongoing server congestion, before discussing some of the reasons as well as steps Square Enix is taking to tackle the problem. First, sales of Final Fantasy 14 Starter and Complete editions will be temporarily suspended. Next, new registrations for the Free Trial of FF14 will also be similarly suspended, though existing players can still purchase expansion packs as well as collector’s editions upgrades.

Yoshida mentions that Square Enix will be giving 14 days of extra game time to existing players, and anyone who owns the game, while having an active subscription as of December 21, is eligible for this compensation. Subscribers of FF14 had earlier received 7 days of additional game time as compensation, making it a total of 21 days. Despite all of the frustrations faced by users, Square Enix has been regularly communicating with the audience, and should be commended for the all the steps it has taken in order to compensate fans.

The development team has also found out the exact cause for the infamous Error 2002 has been plaguing Final Fantasy 14. Yoshida states that a fix for this bug is ready, but it will only be patched when the game client is updated on December 21, which coincides with the launch of Patch 6.0.1.

 

[froggyboy604]

Hopefully FF14 can resume selling the game soon after all the problems have been fixed.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Looks like sales will now resume on January 25 with increased server space.

 

[cm2]

read from kotaku, Yoshi-P's comments on the haters:

A little after four hours into a recent Final Fantasy XIV livestream, producer Naoki Yoshida mentioned that he appreciated feedback from players, but did have a request.

“I just want the verbal abuse to stop,” said Yoshida. “I think my mental state is among the strongest in Japan, but not everyone is like that.”

As noted on My Game News Flash, Yoshida mentioned that after the Endwalker expansion’s brief delay, the haters came out. The sharp language, Yoshida added, can actually egg on others.

The analogy Yoshida gave is if you’ve left a junked car downtown in a big city (that’s the city he mentioned was New York!), it could get junked out even more. Others have already destroyed the vehicle, so this gives permissions for people to join in. It’s seen as acceptable.

When players and fans go off on a game, it’s the developers who end up feeling the brunt of these sharp remarks. “There have been mistakes, but at the place where we’ve all arrived in the past 11 years, I feel like the language might be too strong,” said Yoshida. “I can take the worst of it, but the developers feel defeated and lose that feeling that they’re making the game for all the players.”

The FFXIV producer said that he had a request: Before you press enter or return after writing a comment, imagine the face of the folks who make the game. In short, remember that your comments are directed at your fellow humans.

“I’m not saying to praise all the developers as there are also mistakes, but it would be helpful if people thought about the way they convey their feelings.”

Feedback is fine. Being a jerk about it is not.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

read from kotaku, Yoshi-P's comments on the haters:

A little after four hours into a recent Final Fantasy XIV livestream, producer Naoki Yoshida mentioned that he appreciated feedback from players, but did have a request.

“I just want the verbal abuse to stop,” said Yoshida. “I think my mental state is among the strongest in Japan, but not everyone is like that.”

As noted on My Game News Flash, Yoshida mentioned that after the Endwalker expansion’s brief delay, the haters came out. The sharp language, Yoshida added, can actually egg on others.

The analogy Yoshida gave is if you’ve left a junked car downtown in a big city (that’s the city he mentioned was New York!), it could get junked out even more. Others have already destroyed the vehicle, so this gives permissions for people to join in. It’s seen as acceptable.

When players and fans go off on a game, it’s the developers who end up feeling the brunt of these sharp remarks. “There have been mistakes, but at the place where we’ve all arrived in the past 11 years, I feel like the language might be too strong,” said Yoshida. “I can take the worst of it, but the developers feel defeated and lose that feeling that they’re making the game for all the players.”

The FFXIV producer said that he had a request: Before you press enter or return after writing a comment, imagine the face of the folks who make the game. In short, remember that your comments are directed at your fellow humans.

“I’m not saying to praise all the developers as there are also mistakes, but it would be helpful if people thought about the way they convey their feelings.”

Feedback is fine. Being a jerk about it is not.

haters going to hate, no one will back off in this world.