Though only officially announced for the PlayStation 3, fresh Intel has arrived indicating that Final Fantasy XIV is also in development for the Xbox 360 and PC. The information comes by way of a cheeky Square Enix employee who accidentally let the word slip on his LinkedIn resume.
The resume, bold as brass, states that Final Fantasy XIV is for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. It was already expected that the game would eventually cross over to other systems, so it's not very hard to imagine. Even so, this is probably not the way Square Enix would have liked to announce it.
Final Fantasy XIV was first revealed at Sony's 2009 E3 press conference. A spiritual successor to Final Fantasy XI, it will be Square Enix's latest attempt to crack the MMO market. Maybe it'll work this time?
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9:00 PM on 02.02.2010
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I don't understand this question. Are you suggesting that Final Fantasy XI wasn't a complete success? Because it definitely was.
You don't need gold to play FFXI on 360, so why will this require you to pay?
I seem to remember reading that (here, in fact). I thought everyone knew by now this was multiplatform and no one cared.
True, but weren't PS3 fanboys shouting "MEGATON OMFGBBQ" when it was announced? Hell, I still see people gloating about it on fanboy infested sites like VGchartz and GAF.
Infamy is right, FFXI and PSU allow you to play with a silver membership while paying the subscription fee. In fact, any MMO will do that, since MMO's run off their own servers. Xbox Live has absolutely nothing to do with them.
I try to ignore Final Fantasy related arguments. And MMO arguments. They never end well.
Boy, is my face red!
Thanks, friends.
Well taken.
you sound so cool when you say obvious things
Aww, poor ostentatious poster who clearly as fanboy-ish tendencies themselves.
And if it WAS fake, someone would have done this long ago. Point is they said shortly after it was announced at E3 that some legal BS with microsoft was what kept them from making an official announcement.
That aside, this is very good news to me. Hopefully though it'll be a console wide launch so my friend and I can play the game from the get go.
Meh... I think they could be hugely successful if they go to another more flexible income system.
(not to mention that people can play a massive game like MAG on the PS3 for years for FREE... why don't they just charge $100 for the game and have free servers or something?)
i knew it was going to the 360, it doesn't seam impressive from screen shots.
(im know, play it first.)
the character models look to much like FF online.
I think a lot of people just didn't care. Like myself. A console exclusive MMO is silly.
@Elsa
I respectfully disagree. Phantasy Star Online on Dreamcast and FFXI on 360 both had fees on top of fees and were successful. Especially with PS3 users being, arguably, where the real FF fanbase is AND being free I can't imagine those guys complaining. That seems a tad bit spoiled to be honest.
Also, if you're buying an MMO and don't plan on playing it regularly you're just being silly.
That's because you're a gamer, or a fan. Or both. Not a fanboy. You can't deny how fanboys have been acting, even though this is only an MMO.
PSO (at least, Ver 1) on Dreamcast was free to play. They didn't charge until the Xbox/PS2/GC versions. I played PSO for hours upon hours, before I was old enough to know what a credit card was, or a job for that matter.
Although my constant tying of the phone line lead to some angry mother issues.
Is that why they have a bunch of XBLA exclusive games? Because they dislike Live?
Remember? Back when people still cared about Last Remnant coming to PS3?
They liked it so much they developed several RPGs, none of which were good. But they enjoyed it, apparently.
FFXI already proved you wrong. The reason this will do well on consoles is because there is a large demographic of MMO/FF addicts who only have shit laptops/desktops that won't even come to close to being able to run FFXIV. Hell to this day FFXI still has tons of users who still play on their PS2's.
It's not a PvP MMO, it's a cooperative PvE MMO and it supports input device you prefer to use. My preference is Controller/Keyboard even on PC. If they implement VoIP as they should, there's really no need for the keyboard at all anymore.
Anyway, we've all been aware it will come to Xbox. More people the better. Probably March-June 2011.
hahahaha...
I must he misrembering. My bad. Still it's undeniable this'll have a fee and nobody should bitch about it. Not a single person. Yes, even Live Gold users.
@Infamy
Perhaps. I didn't pay too close attention to the fanhoys or really the reaction overall when they announced FFXIV. I kind of shrugged it off as another PS3 game I'll own when the PS4 comes out.
Either case it is better to play it on PC or PS3 to at least secure you can play without fee's or fear of getting RROD. But if you have no choice then congrats, you can play it on the 360 and that means more people can play the game :)
So a PS3 fansite showing 2 PS3 codes has credibility, but a SE employee who's actual RESUME has Xbox 360 on it, Jack's shaky carefully worded words at E3 and Square stating they're in talks with Microsoft about a 360 version isn't credible?
Go buttfuck sexualchocolate or x1351 whatever the fuck his name is. ;)
Well then, there must be a huge mixup between sony and square because I remember hearing square saying that it was very possible it would head to the 360.
june 3 09
Square Enix senior VP Shinji Hashimoto said that it should not be considered a ps3 exclusives.
Many articles say this, here is another:
Senior VP Shinji Hashimoto stated that the company is "considering all options" for platforms, and noted specifically that Microsoft hardware is a possibility.
I believe what you're confusing yourself with is what jack tretton saying that ff14 was a ps3 exclusive. Maybe do some research when you R-E-A-D my comments.