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Final Fantasy XIV Subscription Service Beginning On Jan 6

Posted December 6, 2011 by M.H. Williams

Square Enix has announced that it will begin charging a subscription fee for Final Fantasy XIV on January 6, 2012.  Square’s second MMO had what could be called a lackluster launch, leading the publisher to keep the game free while it tried to fix it.  To alleviate some of the pain, Square has discounted the proposed monthly fee from $12.99 to $9.99.

The subscription fee originally included $3.00 a month for a single character, and varying service periods of 30, 90, and 180 days for $9.99, $8.99, and $7.99 respectively.  With the discount, that’s down to $6.99, $5.99, and $4.99 respectively.

Players subscribed to both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV will receive a discount on their Final Fantasy XI fee, the ability to transfer one character name from XI to XIV, and some in-game shoes.  Score!

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.