Sq. Enix is suspending the gross sales and supply of Ultimate Fantasy XIV Starter Version and Full Version, as a result of it is doing too properly and the corporate cannot sustain. The choice applies to each bodily and digital variations of the sport and can be enforced within the coming weeks. It is a gradual course of that may take a while and would require coordination with retail companions — in the intervening time, each variations are nonetheless obtainable in digital sport shops — however the firm says it will likely be coordinating with these companions “as swiftly as attainable.”
FFXIV gamers have been combating prolonged queues ever for the reason that Endwalker enlargement got here out in late November. They nonetheless have to attend hours to get right into a server and have the ability to play the sport. In its announcement, Sq. Enix defined it has to droop FFXIV gross sales as a result of the “dense focus of play hours… far exceed [its] server capability, particularly through the peak instances.” The developer previously said that it is unable so as to add extra Worlds or servers previous to Endwalker’s launch to make sure that it might probably accommodate all gamers as a result of world semiconductor scarcity.
FFXIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida issued an apology in early December for the continuing situation and granted seven days of free sport time to all gamers who personal the total model of the sport and have an lively subscription. In his latest put up, he stated Sq. Enix is now giving these gamers a further 14 days.
Along with halting FFXIV gross sales, the corporate will prioritize the logins of individuals with an lively subscription going ahead. It would now not settle for free trial subscriptions, and present free trial gamers will not have the ability to log in exterior of late night time and early morning hours anymore.
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