Final Fantasy XIV Online
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Documents about Final Fantasy XIV Online
Empowering Expression: Modding Practices in Final Fantasy XIV: Online
Empowering Expression: Modding Practices in Final Fantasy SID COOK, University of Colorado Boulder, USA BRYAN SEMAAN, University of Colorado Boulder, USA Media, such as film, literature, and video games, center around white, cisheterosexual logics and contribute toward the marginalization of the multiplicity of identities and…
- Players use modding in Final Fantasy XIV as a form of 'critical infrastructuring' to bypass limitations in the base game's character creator, specifically to improve representation for marginalized identities regarding race, gender, and body type.
- Modding serves as a tool for empowerment by allowing players to exert agency over their digital avatars, enabling them to correct issues like lighting inaccuracies for melanated skin tones or to create more androgynous character features.
- The study, based on 15 interviewed players who utilize diverse mod sets, identifies modding as a reflexive practice that facilitates identity work, personal expression, and community connection.
Console Title Activity Trends: June 2023
Console title activity data for June 2023 shows live service games continuing to dominate across PlayStation and Xbox, with subscription services increasingly acting as a user acquisition channel for both premium and free-to-play titles.
- Fortnite remains the dominant console title, leading the market with 36.1 million monthly active users and 612 million hours of total playtime in June 2023.
- Diablo IV emerged as the primary market disruptor, achieving 6.1 million monthly active users and leading in engagement depth with an average of 55 hours played per user.
- Established live-service franchises including Grand Theft Auto V, FIFA 23, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II continue to hold top market positions, demonstrating the difficulty new titles face in capturing player time.
Examining the Flow Experience in Final Fantasy XIV Online through the Lens of Player Personality and Motivation to Play
This study investigates the relationships between player personality, motivations for playing, and the experience of psychological flow within the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) Final Fantasy XIV Online (FFXIV).
- A survey of 1,571 adult Final Fantasy XIV Online players (October 2021, recruited via social media, Discord, and Reddit) found that 30.5% play more than 40 hours per week and a further 17.2% play 31 to 40 hours per week.
- Advancement motivation correlated most strongly with mechanics (r = .54) and competition (r = .45), both significant at p < .001, making these the dominant motivational pairings in the sample.
- Advancement also showed smaller but significant associations with socializing, relationships, customization, escapism, extraversion, and conscientiousness, while agreeableness and neuroticism had weak negative correlations with advancement.