Square pulls the plug on FFXI
You heard it here first, folks. Well. Unless you heard it here first. In which case, shhh.
... okay honestly I just wanted to use the subject line. After almost 8 years of "Final Fantasy XI is dieiiiiiing[sic]", that I can now in all honesty say it (and still not actually mean it!) entertains me a bit.
So,the whole truth, then: Japan's had some troubles of late. You all know this. Because of it all, power conservation is a big thing. So SE is shutting down the servers for both XI and XIV for about a week (at current estimate, anyway). From what I've seen, most everyone's been totally cool with this. Actually, SE isn't billing for XI in April because of this, and I see a lot of people saying they wish they'd bill us and donate the money to relief. (I'd be all for that, too, actually.)
(The other joke, though not from my own head, is:
"I wonder how many FFXIV players will take it as an excuse to just not come back lol."
"Both of them."
... Sorry, XIV. You're very pretty, and I'd love to see you succeed, but the massive failure that has been your life thus far still cracks me up.)
... okay honestly I just wanted to use the subject line. After almost 8 years of "Final Fantasy XI is dieiiiiiing[sic]", that I can now in all honesty say it (and still not actually mean it!) entertains me a bit.
So,the whole truth, then: Japan's had some troubles of late. You all know this. Because of it all, power conservation is a big thing. So SE is shutting down the servers for both XI and XIV for about a week (at current estimate, anyway). From what I've seen, most everyone's been totally cool with this. Actually, SE isn't billing for XI in April because of this, and I see a lot of people saying they wish they'd bill us and donate the money to relief. (I'd be all for that, too, actually.)
(The other joke, though not from my own head, is:
"I wonder how many FFXIV players will take it as an excuse to just not come back lol."
"Both of them."
... Sorry, XIV. You're very pretty, and I'd love to see you succeed, but the massive failure that has been your life thus far still cracks me up.)