Square Enix To Announce New MMO Title This Year

[Malacite]

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Hmmm, interesting but, 1000g say it would be waaay better as XI-HD than it could ever be as XIV.

Oh just drop the god damn XI HD argument already, we're all sick of hearing it. I don't think anyone here wouldn't want to see it happen, but face reality already.

And XIV has gotten much, much better. I'm actually annoyed because I would be playing it now, if XI wasn't still holding my interest. It's not quite there yet, but there's a world of difference from launch and how it is now.

[Taskmage]

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Even if XIV was improved to the point that it was better than XI in every technical way, I wouldn't switch unless a very significant portion of my friends were also switching. MMOs share a dynamic with social networks to a degree where the more people you know play, the more attractive the game is to you, and once you have a certain critical mass adoption snowballs, but when you're under a certain size the subscibership just evaporates because there aren't enough bonds holding them in. That's why a relaunch is practically required for XIV to get back off the ground. They can improve the mechanics as much as they want and it won't make a difference unless they get a large infusion of subscribers to get the word-of-mouth and social gravity rolling.

[Neverslip]

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we're all sick of hearing it

I'm not.

face reality already.

A very ironic statement on a thread/site devoted to MMOs.

[Aksannyi]

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To be fair, Malacite's got a point, especially where Raydeus is concerned, because he honestly constantly talks about how the only way to improve FFXIV is to turn it into the HD version of FFXI, and shit gets old.

[Murphie]

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A lot of people around here do shit that has gotten old.

[Aksannyi]

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/raises hand

/leaves thread

[Icemage]

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I sincerely doubt S-E is going to do something like a Chrono-based MMO. It'd be too similar to FFXI / FFXIV, and would achieve nothing except to fragment their fanbase even further.

Much more likely is that they're developing something behind closed doors behind one of their more recent Western IPs.

If I were forced at gunpoint to guess at a franchise, I'd point at Deus Ex as a much more likely candidate than anything JRPG-related.


Icemage

[Neverslip]

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A lot of people around here do shit that has gotten old.

It's high time we had some birthday parties then.

[jenova_9]

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Maybe some Jackie Chan will brighten the day, mew.

[Malacite]

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I'm betting whatever it is will also likely be Japanese only, or at least face some kind of trial run in Japan only.

I just don't see them going all-in with another huge project like 14 as I sincerely doubt the stock holders have the stomach for that.

[Raydeus]

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If I were forced at gunpoint to guess at a franchise, I'd point at Deus Ex as a much more likely candidate than anything JRPG-related.


Icemage

Nice to see another vote for that farfetched idea.

/highfive Icemage

[Taskmage]

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Einhander Online. Let's see it.

[Nandito]

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Ehrgeiz Online, go!

[jenova_9]

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likely be Japanese only, or at least face some kind of trial run in Japan only.

I just don't see them going all-in with another huge project like 14 as I sincerely doubt the stock holders have the stomach for that.

Well like some developers have said "Go big, or go home."

Maybe they will test the waters with Japan, mew, but they wouldn't meet their earnings expectations keeping it isolated, especially if it's true that it's a big budget mmorpg, mew.

[Taskmage]

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Bushido Blade Battlefield!