Thu, Aug 23, 2012 | 17:45 BST

Final Fantasy 14 stock to be destroyed by retailers per Square’s request – rumor

Final Fantasy 14 is to be destroyed by retailers per Square Enix’s request, according to a NeoGaf poster who works at retail. The firm is offering $16 compensation for each copy. Joystiq requested comment on the matter, but Square wouldn’t acknowledge a destroy order had been issued. Square is busy working on the game’s reboot, which upon launch will be known as Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn.

9 comments

orakaa
23/08/12, 2:35 pm

Wow, if that were true can you imagine the amount of money they would lose on that?

roadkill
23/08/12, 2:37 pm

More important is why!? Hmm..

Hunam
23/08/12, 2:38 pm

I’d imagine they are going to say anyone who buys one gets a month or so free plus loot in the new game, so to stop people buying it for £2/3 and getting all the new stuff. Then when the new one comes out there will be a new box.

deathm00n
23/08/12, 2:48 pm

Or, it’s going to be a free to play digital only game… one can only hope. I don’t have time to play too much so I really want to play it for free so my money don’t get wasted because I don’t have time to be a hardcore player

Hunam
23/08/12, 2:55 pm

It really needs to be F2P thinking about it. Any other route will lead to disaster.

freedoms_stain
23/08/12, 2:56 pm

I imagine the data on the disc is pretty irrelevant given all the changes the game has seen.

Dragon246
23/08/12, 3:11 pm

Heres hoping the improved version is liked by ff fans . Waiting for ps3 version.
Although 16$ is too much right now for the broken version lol.

KrazyKraut
23/08/12, 3:28 pm

Its because the version 2.0 will be more a new game than just a small update.
The current updater sucks (some kind of torrent client thing) and the amount of gigabytes you have to download is not very funny for some ppl. I installed the game 3 weeks ago, and it took me 1.5 hours with 100 mb cable.
They will bring a new version with the right basic files and ofc a new cover and the Realm reborn stuff. Want to see how they will provide ppl who already own the old version on DVD.

Its really a shame for all those walk through and database sites of FFXIV..the hard work of all ppl will have to be corrected with more hard work.

Deacon
23/08/12, 3:54 pm

This has prompted me to buy the current version from Amazon for £6.