Amount of Subscribers from Japan versus the rest of the world?

kilun

Since the biggest issue for this game seems to be the UI and we have at least a week to sit around and pounder about how it will be updated, my question is at its highest point and even now what is the percentages like if anyone knows for FFXI.

If it is more Japanese players than the rest of the world, I can surely see how they would no doubt cater to that crowd.  Then again, regardless they may cater to Japanese for obvious reason to begin with, but from a financial standpoint, if 75% or more non-Japanese, it literally makes zero business sense.

So does anyone have any rough statistics on the global subscriber base?

EDIT: Left out I meant for XI, not XIV, my bad.

fistorm

Originally posted by kilun

Since the biggest issue for this game seems to be the UI and we have at least a week to sit around and pounder about how it will be updated, my question is at its highest point and even now what is the percentages like if anyone knows.
If it is more Japanese players than the rest of the world, I can surely see how they would no doubt cater to that crowd.  Then again, regardless they may cater to Japanese for obvious reason to begin with, but from a financial standpoint, if 75% or more non-Japanese, it literally makes zero business sense.
So does anyone have any rough statistics on the global subscriber base?

 

I think its too early to know this data as were a whole month yet before release yet, and not all preorders are even close to being done yet, most subscribers will wait till they know if they got a good enough computer, and theres that six month wait on ps3 release yet also, so those numbers still wont be very accurate at realease till six months from now.





Final Fantasy has always been a Japanese made game, I dont expect anything less. I also dont think they are just catering to Japanese players, If you want a game made more american, you probably should check into EQ2 or lotro, but Final Fantasy has always been Japan made and probably always will be. The devs are also Japanese. Can a tiger change its stripes? Of course not, and why would you want it to, for it would no longer be a tiger if it did. If this world did not have Japanese games, my growing up with nintendo might have been very bland and without spice that was much welcomed.

Bamanen

I am currently in beta. I had no problem finding people from the USA. The problem is alot of people use a controller so they don't talk. Also, for people who think the 48 hour leve timer is bad, they should think out of the box, there is a solution where you will have no problem with limited quests. The haters for this game are ridiculous, and the newer keyboard/mouse controls are fine, i put my controller away!

Khrymson

Originally posted by kilun

So does anyone have any rough statistics on the global subscriber base?

 

So essentially you want to know what the regional subscriber base is, for an MMO that doesn't yet have subscribers?  ...rofl!

 

Plus the PS3 version is not going to be out for 6+ months yet, after the PC version launches, and the Japanese players more than likely will flock to the console version as they have with FFXI.  Still though I would expect a higher Japanese population over Westerners, because its very clear just looking at these forums alone, that most are not at all willing to adapt to new styles of play, and break down in tears because its not the same as their current MMO.  It really is sad...

Lureei

think there will be more no jap subscriptions. almost all Square games have been a huge success.

And i can tell you playing in a grp with a person using the controller and aint typeing is such a drag. I can see that there will be loads of linkshells dont want any controller only players unless they use a voicecom program.

I dont wanna play with a person i cant communicate with.

kilun

Well I guess, I didn't make it clear enough, I'm talking about subscribers for FFXI, at its peak and its current player base, as obviously for 14 would have zero data.