Well it finally happened.

[Treize]

I don't even see why the subscription fee is a big deal to people. It is only $13/month, so anyone with a job can easily afford it. I don't know how much time you put into a $50-60 game, but it probably isn't anywhere near the amount of time you'll put into FFXIV. I probably put a good 20 hours/week into the game, so it's $13 for 80 hours of entertainment. I doubt you put that much time even into a $50-60 game, which is four times the price.

Anyway, this doesn't seem like that big of a deal. You can easily buy it online from many other stores and just download and play. I guess it might open the game up to a new audience of people that use steam, but that's about it.

[postalblowfish7]

XI will never go free to play - they can't even get rid of PlayOnline, there's no way XI devs could retrofit a micro transaction system into the game. All we can do is keep paying the bill and hoping the servers stay on. Dawezy and my character will be the last two standing

[SailorCallie]

XI will never go free to play - they can't even get rid of PlayOnline, there's no way XI devs could retrofit a micro transaction system into the game. All we can do is keep paying the bill and hoping the servers stay on. Dawezy and my character will be the last two standing

And so will Darklady, the budding Dark Knight.