Final Fantasy XI has a year of new content left
June 3rd, 2009 by Colin Temple
With the news of Final Fantasy XIV yesterday, the active player base of Final Fantasy XI has been wondering what’s going to happen with thier game.
Square Enix commented on it briefly today. The company will continue to put an effort into bringing new content to Final Fantasy XI for about one more year. The small add-on A Crystalline Prophecy was recently released, and two more similar add-ons are on the way. No full-sized expansions have been announced, as Wings of the Goddess still needs to be completed (as not all missions are yet available). It’s unlikely that another expansion will appear.
Once the year is up, the company will stop producing updates for Final Fantasy XI, with the exception of bug fixes. No new content will be produced. It’s unclear how long the company plans to keep FFXI online after that, though the game will probably shut down when the player base falls below an economically viable population.
Some players have already made pacts to make the move from FFXI to FFXIV together, with the possibility of entire linkshells moving at once. Although FFXIV is not a direct sequel to FFXI, it seems that the game will be similar, and even appears to have the same races available to characters.
More on this as we get it.









