Square Enix болон Tencent хамтран ажиллаж байсан Final Fantasy 14-ын гар утасны хувилбарыг зах зээлийн нөхцөл байдал болон бизнесийн стратегийн өөрчлөлтийн улмаас албан ёсоор хаахаар боллоо.
2024 оны 11-р сард зарлагдсан уг тоглоомыг LightSpeed Studios хөгжүүлж байсан бөгөөд энэ нь PC хувилбарын шууд хуулбар бус, харин гар утсанд зориулан хялбарчилсан, шинэчилсэн систем бүхий хувилбар байв. Тоглоомын агуулга нь үндсэн A Realm Reborn түүхээр хязгаарлагдсан байсан ч, гар утасны хувилбарт нэвтрүүлсэн зарим гоо сайхны болон тоглоомын явцыг сайжруулсан онцлог шинжүүд нь тоглогчдын анхаарлыг ихэд татаж байсан юм.
Албан ёсны мэдэгдлийн дагуу тоглоом 9-р сарын 30-ны өдрөөс бүрмөсөн хаагдах бөгөөд шинэ тоглогч бүртгэх болон дотоод худалдан авалт хийх үйлчилгээг аль хэдийн зогсоожээ. Мөн уг шийдвэр нь дэлхийн зах зээлд гаргахаар төлөвлөж байсан олон улсын хувилбарыг ч мөн цуцалж байгааг баталлаа.
Энэхүү хаалт нь зөвхөн Хятадын зах зээлд зориулагдсан төсөлд хамаарах боловч олон улсын тоглогчдын хувьд гар утасны хувилбарын онцлох боломжууд болон шинэчлэлтүүд үндсэн PC хувилбарт хэзээ нэгэн цагт нэвтрэх эсэх нь тодорхойгүй хэвээр үлдлээ.
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You might be surprised to hear that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14—I’ll spare you the free trial copypasta—has a mobile version. Well, it does… though er, not for much longer. A little over a year after launching in China, Final Fantasy 14 mobile is shutting down and taking its unreleased global version down with it.
The mobile MMO was originally announced in November 2024, with Square Enix handing the reins to PUBG Mobile developer LightSpeed Studios. It wasn’t a straight port of what we’ve been playing on our PCs for the last decade, mind. For starters, the story only included base A Realm Reborn—that’s everything up to the end of 2.0 with The Ultimate Weapon.
Quests, systems, and jobs had also been nipped and tucked for a more streamlined and mobile-friendly experience, as well as a handful of features from later expansions folded in. It was essentially a strange stitched-together version, but one that also came with cosmetics and quality-of-life features that had longtime FF14 players (myself included) longing for their introduction into the main game.
Gorgeous and extravagant hairstyles, the way the mobile version handled glamouring armour and materia melding, its inventory system, and making its overworld FATEs more involved and varied were some incredibly neat things that made their absence in regular ol’ Final Fantasy 14 feel downright criminal.
But pretty ‘dos and quality-of-life changes presumably aren’t enough in the ruthless world of the Chinese mobile gaming market. A post on the game’s official site reads: “Due to adjustments in business operations and changes in the market environment, Tencent and Square Enix have, through amicable negotiation, decided to terminate the licensing agreement for Final Fantasy 14 Mobile.”
The announcement continues on to all but confirm that a worldwide release is also dead in the water. “To everyone who has been looking forward to the global version, we also offer our sincere apologies for being unable to meet your expectations.”
Final Fantasy 14 mobile is already winding down service—it stopped accepting new players and in-game purchases a few days ago, and it’ll be gone for good after September 30. I’ll be interested to see if players will do any get togethers akin to FF14’s original big shutdown back in 2012. Though that was actually turned into a canon event and folded into the game’s narrative, whereas the mobile version will likely simply go dark. But hey, maybe we can get those hairstyles now Square Enix? Just ask Tencent really, really nicely.
