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Home News Final Fantasy XIV Resumes Billing on January 6, Gets Reduced Pricing

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Final Fantasy XIV Resumes Billing on January 6, Gets Reduced Pricing

Posted on Tuesday, December 6 @ 11:55:05 Eastern by


Last year, Square Enix was so embarrassed by the performance of Final Fantasy XIV Online that the company made the game completely free. Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada didn't mince words and stated the truth that the game had "greatly damaged" the Final Fantasy franchise. We couldn't agree more.

In October, it was announced that Final Fantasy XIV would be getting the much deserved Patch 2.0 that is meant to give the game a literal Phoenix Down and revive it completely. And so after two free trial period extensions, we have finally received word on when the game will return to form.

Subscription-based billing for Final Fantasy XIV will begin on January 6, 2012 and will be reduced to $6.99/month from the standard $12.99/month fee until Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0 is released. This doesn't include the $3.00/character fee. Of course, if you choose a service period of more than 30 days (say, 90 or 180 days), the standard rate per month drops even further.

Until Version 2.0, you will also have two Retainers at no extra charge. However, the pricing details for Version 2.0, including charater and retainer fees, remains unknown.

To make sure that you aren't billed without your notice, all accounts will be suspended on January 5th unless or until you've chosen a service option.
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Tags:   Final Fantasy, Square Enix, Final Fantasy XIV


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  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
    Warning though. There aren't any legitimate downloads for the game. If you actually want to play again you better hope you didn't throw away your disc. I had thrown it away before it went f2p and decided I wanted to try with f2p and can't find any downloads. It doesn't matter if you already have an account. No one cares enough to even torrent the game anymore either.
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  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
    People play this? I mean. Come on, really?

    I don't even play MMO's and I know it's ****. Go play Vindictus or...Rift, or something.
    /hate
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
    Don't play Vindictus.
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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
    Think you mixed up the words know and think.

    It reminds me of that uncharted 3 review video, " i havnt even played the game and even i know your review is ****".
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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
    Don't play Rift.
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  • C_nate
    C_nate
    Joined: Apr 2009
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
    So have they fixed the huge list of problems the game had? I still think it is one of the best looking mmos out there and might be tempted to give it a try if they took care of most of the issues. I see they are still charging for extra characters which is strike 1 for them already. (I don't care if 1 char can be all the classes, if I want 10 alts, I want 10 alts and I'm not paying $3 a pop for them.)
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  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Dec 6th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
    There hasn't been any word on it yet, but if Patch 2.0 is any good, we (and you) will hear about it in the coming months.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 7th, 2011 at 4:20 am
    Do they have a dev diary or patch note previews? Are they 'fixing' the game or completely revamping it? From all the **** I heard they might as well have started from the ground up with a new game.
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