Originally Posted by Ouch!
Are you kidding me? The whole reason that Square ever pursued the online gaming market in the first place was because they were nearly bankrupt from their endeavors with the Spirits Within.

As far as I'm concerned, it's absolutely ridiculous to expect Square to take a loss on FFXI just because they make money elsewhere. Think like a business-minded individual and try and justify that for me.

Further, the problem with charging for expansions only is that expansions--usually--are released rather infrequently. I'd rather pay a monthly fee and get the version updates and regular tweeks and fixes in place of one expansion pack every year and a half to two years.
Thats fine, but im not talking about XI, im talking about XIV that isnt even out yet! And im not expecting them to take a loss, Do you know how long ago Spirits Within even came out?? Long time ago, besides that I highly dought they went bankrupt from that movie. They pursued online gaming because people thought it would be cool to have an online Final Fantasy, whether they were bankrupt or not what ever. Were all entitled to our opinion.