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Square Enix considered shutting down the original Final Fantasy MMO years ago, but the devs received "a lot of support" to keep it going
Thankfully, that didn't happen as fans continued to invest time and money into Final Fantasy 11, with the dev team receiving ...
Final Fantasy 11 Director Says Your Support Convinced Square Enix It 'Should Keep Running the Game'
"We thought, if FF11 started losing its momentum, then maybe we really should prepare to end it. But that didn’t happen." ...
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Square Enix Considered Ending Support For This 23-Year-Old Game, But Too Many People Still Play It
Final Fantasy XI's Director revealed that Square Enix has considered ending support for the long-running MMO, but too many ...
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Square Enix Almost Axed Final Fantasy XI
In an interview with the director-producer of Final Fantasy XI, he reveals that the game would have ended if it weren't for the fans.
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Square Enix Planned to End Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, But Player Interest Keeps It Alive
Square Enix celebrated the 23rd anniversary of Final Fantasy 11. They also announced updates for 2025, including a feature ...
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Square Enix Considered Ending Final Fantasy XI in 2024, But Fans Have Kept It Going - News
Current Final Fantasy XI director Yoji Fujito speaking with Dengeki Online revealed that before the game's 20th anniversary in [...] ...
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Final Fantasy 11 was going to shut down last year but fans have kept it alive, director says
The director of Final Fantasy 11 says the game was planned to end last year (and possibly shut down altogether) but fan support has kept it alive.
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SQUARE ENIX Reveals "LEFT ALIVE"
19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SQUARE ENIX® today revealed LEFT ALIVE ... Veteran developers Toshifumi Nabeshima (director, Armored Core series), Yoji Shinkawa (character designer, METAL GEAR ...