FINAL FANTASY XIV Will Require a Game Pass Subscription to Play on Xbox Series X|S

[Tsing]

FINAL FANTASY XIV, Square Enix's massively multiplayer online RPG, will require a Game Pass subscription to play on Xbox Series X|S consoles, according to a blog post that the company shared today regarding the game's upcoming open beta test.

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[Grimlakin]

Wait is that in addition to the game sub. If so... BS.

 

[Brian_B]

Wait is that in addition to the game sub. If so... BS.

Yup. You can thank Microsoft for this - this is why FFXIV didn't originally release on Xbox. I'm actually surprised they did this after all this time of resisting this very thing. I guess S/E ain't what she used to be though, so maybe I shouldn't be that shocked and be thankful they haven't added NFTs and AI to the game.

That said - you can play a lot of that game without any sub at all. I think the base game + first 2 expansions are free - both to install and without subscription, with very few limitations.

I don't know if Xbox will get the same free trial options or not though. But for a sub-based MMO, it has a very generous free trial option.