Final Fantasy XI + HDD DEFINITE release date!

Harry · Sep 16th, 2003, 07:13 PM

Good news for North America... here is the full news.

Preventer Wind · Sep 17th, 2003, 12:28 AM

That is awesome news. $100.00 is a fairly good price. Well a really great price since it comes with FFXI pre-installed. I'm still going to buy a copy of the game just to have it. Does anybody know if the pre-installed version of FFXI will still come with the first month of game play free?

DragonSphere · Sep 17th, 2003, 01:32 AM

Hmm...don't mean to sound so stupid, but this means that both FFXI (the whole game) and the HDD will cost about $100 together?

Infernal Mass · Sep 17th, 2003, 04:17 PM

I'm want one!!
..must have!

Harry · Sep 17th, 2003, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DragonSphere

Hmm...don't mean to sound so stupid, but this means that both FFXI (the whole game) and the HDD will cost about $100 together?

Exactly. The HDD will come with Final Fantasy XI pre-installed, at a price of $100 ($99).

Harry · Sep 17th, 2003, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Preventer Wind

That is awesome news. $100.00 is a fairly good price. Well a really great price since it comes with FFXI pre-installed. I'm still going to buy a copy of the game just to have it. Does anybody know if the pre-installed version of FFXI will still come with the first month of game play free?

Yes. The first month will be free. A list of the fees can be found here.

Preventer Wind · Sep 17th, 2003, 10:48 PM

Thanks for the info Harry. I'll certainly be buying the HDD. If I like FFXI I'll buy a copy right away but if not I'll just wait for it to go down in price. I noticed EverQuest went down in price quickly so I would expect FFXI to do the same if it doesn't sell well.

Harry · Sep 18th, 2003, 06:55 AM

If you buy the HDD, you'll automatically have Final Fantasy XI. There are currently no plans to release the HDD without Final Fantasy XI pre-installed on the drive. Adding to that, there aren't even plans to release Final Fantasy XI separatedly from the Hard Disk Drive. In other words, the HDD will include a full copy of the game - but maybe you were speaking of the monthly fees? I doubt they will go down in the first months; well, unless subscriptions will be below Square-Enix's expectations (and this is very, very difficult, also considering FF XI is a cross platform MMORPG), I highly doubt they will ever go down.

ssjtrunks13 · Sep 18th, 2003, 07:13 AM

There's one thing still not answered, sorry if this isn't the right place for this, what are the payment methods for FFXI?

Preventer Wind · Sep 18th, 2003, 02:28 PM

Quote:

If you buy the HDD, you'll automatically have Final Fantasy XI. There are currently no plans to release the HDD without Final Fantasy XI pre-installed on the drive. Adding to that, there aren't even plans to release Final Fantasy XI separatedly from the Hard Disk Drive. In other words, the HDD will include a full copy of the game - but maybe you were speaking of the monthly fees? I doubt they will go down in the first months; well, unless subscriptions will be below Square-Enix's expectations (and this is very, very difficult, also considering FF XI is a cross platform MMORPG), I highly doubt they will ever go down.

Well I was talking about buying a copy of the game. Does it actually come with a copy of the game?... DVD case and all? Because if so that would surely make it worth every penny. But I thought by having it preinstalled it wouldn't come with the DVD case. It means a lot to me to have that case. It wouldn't feel like I owned the game if I didn't have it.

I also doubt they will change their subscription prices. I was talking about the price for a copy of the game: FFXI Seeing as how you can pre order it, I would think it would come out separately.

Quote:

There's one thing still not answered, sorry if this isn't the right place for this, what are the payment methods for FFXI?

A list of prices can be found here Harry had posted the link a couple messages ago. But there it is again.

Spank-A-Thon · Sep 18th, 2003, 03:43 PM

Well, having heard the news that Res Evil: Outbreak (aka Res Evil Online) may not be released as an online game in the UK, I doubt we'll ever get to see FFXI...

Not that it's unusual for UK & Europe to get shafted by Square or anything...

Excellent news however for all you US FF Fans! Guess I'll have to keep checking my local import store...

- S

ssjtrunks13 · Sep 18th, 2003, 04:12 PM

No, payment methods. Like do you have to pay with Credit card, have it taken outta your bank account, or can you get it billed to your phone bill? Or any other conceivable way you could be expected to pay for it.

Preventer Wind · Sep 19th, 2003, 12:13 AM

Quote:

No, payment methods. Like do you have to pay with Credit card, have it taken outta your bank account, or can you get it billed to your phone bill? Or any other conceivable way you could be expected to pay for it.

Sorry, my bad. I do know that you can pay by credit card. You might be able to find more here: playonline I looked around the web for about 30 minutes and the only method I found was credit card. I am sure there will be more.

Harry · Sep 19th, 2003, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ssjtrunks13

No, payment methods. Like do you have to pay with Credit card, have it taken outta your bank account, or can you get it billed to your phone bill? Or any other conceivable way you could be expected to pay for it.

Hi,

Square-Enix didn't give more details about payment methods, but I'll be sure to ask them so that I can give you an answer. Anyhow, if you want my guess, I think they'll use the same formula used for EverQuest OA - credit card or game cards.

Preventer Wind, I'll also add your question - in fact, I'm sure a lot of fans will be interested in having the concrete disk of the game. By the way: I repeat, there are currently no announcements about a release of the Playstation 2 game separately from the the HDD (after all, this wouldn't make much sense, since the HDD is reuqired to play the game, and in North America the HDD will come with the game pre-installed) - and GameStop's date is wrong.

We'll also update the FAQ with these questions.

Preventer Wind · Sep 19th, 2003, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Harry
Preventer Wind, I'll also add your question - in fact, I'm sure a lot of fans will be interested in having the concrete disk of the game.

Yes! That's what I mean. What happens if it accidently gets deleted? If it doesn't come with a disk then you have no way of playing it again. This is why I think they will release the game separatley as well unless it comes with a disk.

kupoartist · Sep 19th, 2003, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spank-A-Thon
I doubt we'll ever get to see FFXI...

PC yes, PS2 no. But then when you have a Radeon 9700 Pro in your PC, I presume that it seems ever-so stupid to contemplate splashing out for a £100 HDD to play the PS2 version anyway?

Harry · Sep 19th, 2003, 05:55 PM

While we are still unable to give you further details about payment methods, Patrick Seybold of SCEA told us that the HDD package will include also a copy of Final Fantasy XI, in case gamers eventually remove the pre-installed version and decide to put it back on at a later date. Adding to that, Final Fantasy XI will not be sold also separately from the HDD, since the HDD is required to play it.

P.S. We also updated the FAQ with these answers.

Sep 16th, 2003, 07:13 PM	#1
Harry Administrator Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Here Posts: 1,222	Final Fantasy XI + HDD DEFINITE release date! Good news for North America... here is the full news.

Sep 17th, 2003, 12:28 AM	#2
Preventer Wind Senior Member Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Ohio Age: 36 Posts: 464	That is awesome news. $100.00 is a fairly good price. Well a really great price since it comes with FFXI pre-installed. I'm still going to buy a copy of the game just to have it. Does anybody know if the pre-installed version of FFXI will still come with the first month of game play free? __________________ "Know thy enemy and know thy self," "Find naught to fear in 100 battles." "Know not thy enemy, but know thy self," "Find victory and defeat in equal measure" "Know thy enemy, but know not thy self," "Find defeat in every battle." Sun Tzu

Sep 17th, 2003, 01:32 AM	#3
DragonSphere Beneath the Shadow Joined: Jan 2002 Age: 36 Posts: 818	need some clarification Hmm...don't mean to sound so stupid, but this means that both FFXI (the whole game) and the HDD will cost about $100 together?

Sep 17th, 2003, 10:48 PM	#7
Preventer Wind Senior Member Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Ohio Age: 36 Posts: 464	Thanks for the info Harry. I'll certainly be buying the HDD. If I like FFXI I'll buy a copy right away but if not I'll just wait for it to go down in price. I noticed EverQuest went down in price quickly so I would expect FFXI to do the same if it doesn't sell well. __________________ "Know thy enemy and know thy self," "Find naught to fear in 100 battles." "Know not thy enemy, but know thy self," "Find victory and defeat in equal measure" "Know thy enemy, but know not thy self," "Find defeat in every battle." Sun Tzu

Sep 18th, 2003, 03:43 PM	#11
Spank-A-Thon Carpe Diem Baby! Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 49 Posts: 664	Well, having heard the news that Res Evil: Outbreak (aka Res Evil Online) may not be released as an online game in the UK, I doubt we'll ever get to see FFXI... Not that it's unusual for UK & Europe to get shafted by Square or anything... Excellent news however for all you US FF Fans! Guess I'll have to keep checking my local import store... - S __________________

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Infernal Mass pariah Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,385	I'm want one!! ..must have!

Sep 18th, 2003, 06:55 AM	#8
Harry Administrator Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Here Posts: 1,222	If you buy the HDD, you'll automatically have Final Fantasy XI. There are currently no plans to release the HDD without Final Fantasy XI pre-installed on the drive. Adding to that, there aren't even plans to release Final Fantasy XI separatedly from the Hard Disk Drive. In other words, the HDD will include a full copy of the game - but maybe you were speaking of the monthly fees? I doubt they will go down in the first months; well, unless subscriptions will be below Square-Enix's expectations (and this is very, very difficult, also considering FF XI is a cross platform MMORPG), I highly doubt they will ever go down.

Sep 18th, 2003, 07:13 AM	#9
ssjtrunks13 Results May Vary Joined: Sep 2002 Age: 38 Posts: 2,712	There's one thing still not answered, sorry if this isn't the right place for this, what are the payment methods for FFXI?

Sep 18th, 2003, 04:12 PM	#12
ssjtrunks13 Results May Vary Joined: Sep 2002 Age: 38 Posts: 2,712	No, payment methods. Like do you have to pay with Credit card, have it taken outta your bank account, or can you get it billed to your phone bill? Or any other conceivable way you could be expected to pay for it.

Sep 19th, 2003, 05:55 PM	#17
Harry Administrator Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Here Posts: 1,222	While we are still unable to give you further details about payment methods, Patrick Seybold of SCEA told us that the HDD package will include also a copy of Final Fantasy XI, in case gamers eventually remove the pre-installed version and decide to put it back on at a later date. Adding to that, Final Fantasy XI will not be sold also separately from the HDD, since the HDD is required to play it. P.S. We also updated the FAQ with these answers.

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