Final Fantasy XIV Coming to X360, PC
A Square Enix employee revealed on a LinkedIn resume that the upcoming MMOG is heading to all three platforms.
Destructoid reports that Final Fantasy XIV is heading to the PC and the Xbox 360 console. As a follow-up to the lackluster Final Fantasy XI MMOG, Sony originally announced at E3 2009 that the upcoming MMOG sequel was an exclusive for the PlayStation 3. After the announcement, Square Enix was forced to clarity the "exclusivity" aspect, revealing that a PC version could eventually be released--the company was still considering the hardware requirements (story).
However, just recently the PC and Xbox 360 versions were somewhat made "official" by a LinkedIn resume uploaded by Square Enix employee Yuuki Akama. Unfortunately, the profile is now gone. It's possible that this "leak" was reported back to Square Enix and that Akama was forced to close the LinkedIn account.
Nevertheless, Destructoid said that his resume specifically stated that the game was heading to all three platforms. Could it have been a typographical error? Probably not--the the removal of the profile solidifies the could-be rumor. We're betting Square Enix wasn't too thrilled.
With the game now somewhat "officially" heading to the PC and Xbox 360, it's assumed that Square Enix and Microsoft finally came to an agreement on how the MMOG would run on Microsoft's Windows/Xbox Live network. Square Enix told VG247 last year that there were concerns over the specific policies used with Live that "is different from the Internet."
It shouldn't be a surprise that the game is heading to the Xbox 360. What will be interesting is the possibility that all three platforms will come together in one virtual world... a place where console haters and PC haters merge into one big happy family.
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Sony mentioned it was coming to the PC back in November...
Hope they don't drop the ball like they did with Final Fantasy 11. Even if they don't they will have a probably have a hard time dealing with World of Warcraft.
Why would you call FFXI lackluster? It is the 2nd most popular North American MMO ever behind WoW?
Hopefully they do merge all the platforms together. I played FFXI and it was nice to play on my pc with some friends who only had it on PS2. This could only further the idea of cross-platform gaming. Let's hope it doesn't flop and kill the idea all together.
i guess they didn't port FF12 or FF13 to PC because it's harder to pirate MMO games, thus PC gets FF11 and FF14 MMO titles only. i can't stand FF series anymore anyway. after esiv: oblivion, fallout 3, mass effect 1&2, dragon age origins, and countless other free roaming rpgs with real time combat, FF series gameplay is stagnate and boring. it's 2010 and FF game still uses turn based combat. wtf? dragon warrior/quest series is in some way worst. it hasn't changed after eight freakin' games. innovate or die doesn't seem to apply to square/enix.
I'm wondering if they have plans to make separate servers for console players and PC players.
It seems like the PC players would have a fairly decent advantage for things like PvP and tough boss encounters.
LF10M for Raid, PC PLAYERS ONLY!!!
Why would you call FFXI lackluster? It is the 2nd most popular North American MMO ever behind WoW?
Where do you get your numbers? I know wikipedia is not a 100% reliable source of information, but it's quite a good indicative, and FFXI, while popular, is not #2. In fact, WoW isn't even #1!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa [...] tics_table
lol Runescape...
Its been a while since i checked MMO subs but FFXI lacks the sub base of EQ2, LOTRO, EVE so that would make it rather hard to be #2 behind WoW.
Frankly i think AoC, SW galaxies and WAR all have bigger subs then FFXI
Where do you get your numbers? I know wikipedia is not a 100% reliable source of information, but it's quite a good indicative, and FFXI, while popular, is not #2. In fact, WoW isn't even #1!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa [...] tics_table
i know WAR has dropped to less then 80k, the 300k wikipedia lists was the sub after one month. Also, WoW is now over 13m. Games like lineage II rely on asian subs rather then North American.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa [...] tics_table
You need to watch The Colbert Report about wikipedia:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-c [...] -wikiality
Why would you complain about a game coming to the pc? if you dont want it dont buy it. Its as simple as that.
I believe Square-Enix always said that I was going to be on PC. The 360 is the surprise. I hope it can be cross platform for all systems like XI. I would love to play with PC and Xbox fans. I have my keyboard ready. Do you?
i know WAR has dropped to less then 80k, the 300k wikipedia lists was the sub after one month. Also, WoW is now over 13m. Games like lineage II rely on asian subs rather then North American.
why in one sentance do you say that Lineage II relies on asian subs for numbers rather than North Americam subscribers but then point out WoW has 13 million now?
(which I doubt if China shut their servers down, as that was what pushed them overthe big 11 million mark last year)
WoW's North American subscriber numbers were less than Asian numbers also. Last time I saw the reports it was like 3 million in North America. like 3 million in europe and the other 5 in the Asian area's.
i thought it was announced for pc long ago, like when it was first announced
Why would you call FFXI lackluster? It is the 2nd most popular North American MMO ever behind WoW?
ummm have you never heard of Everquest
What I think will be the surprise is how they will manage to get an mmo to run on a system with 256MB of ram. MMOs hit hard on ram and processor.
There are certain clarifications to be made when examining MMO subscriptions. If the game is Free-To-Play vs. Pay to Play for one. At a time, shortly before world of warcraft was released, FFXI had knocked off EQ as the number 1 subscription based MMO on the market. At the time EQ had around 550k Players to FFXIs 600k players. Of course looking at those numbers now, WoW dwarfs both of those games numbers but you almost have to call WoW the exception to the rule as opposed to the norm when it comes to subscription based models. As a longtime follower of the MMO industry it is very hasty and ill conceived to call FFXI lackluster.
Why would you complain about a game coming to the pc? if you dont want it dont buy it. Its as simple as that.
Many seems to have this "I hate it, therefore it shouldn't exist" notion in their minds.
Star Trek Online!!! If you have not played it your missing out... Hope Cryptic dont drop the ball.
Anyone noticing that the FF logo's seem to be overwrought these days? I seem to recall the logo's from 10 and futher back were simpler and nicer to look at.
There were already expectations that FFXIV would be PC and Xbox360... dating way way way back. The first mentions of FFXIV going to the 360 were back in 2007 for fuck sake. PC? Well, rumors went back pretty far, but the PC BETA that showed up over a month ago should have been obvious enough.
Seriously, Kevin, you need to try a little harder. This is a pretty pathetic article dude.
The "lackluster" comment was also pretty unnecessary. You obviously don't know a damn thing about FFXI or its spiritual successor, FFXIV, so keep you uninformed personal opinion out of it. Sometimes I wish Toms would just replace you, man. You screw up quite a lot.
Will it still involve 60 levels of killing rabbits... that don't even change pallets/abilities?
OK Wow will fall to Star Wars The old republic when it comes out and star trek will become the number two mmo because there are more Trekkie fans in America then there are wow based subscriptions, and if ff-xiv doesn't fail it my take star treks spot as number two...and if you ask how do you figure star wars will beat out wow simply because its a much bigger franchise and is being made by one of the best game development company the world has ever seen... AKA Bio Ware you know the company that had almost if not every single one of there games perfect on release...
Godamnit.. another PS3 exclusive gone... wtf is Sony doing... first MGS, then Tekken, and now Final Fantasy....
Godamnit.. another PS3 exclusive gone... wtf is Sony doing... first MGS, then Tekken, and now Final Fantasy....
Adapting, cross-platforming will draw in that much more money in game sales and subscriptions. Larger companies are finally realizing that nobody is going to buy 3 different 300+ dollar consoles or PC upgrades. All to play a single 60$ game.
See that's where you're wrong, i agree that obviously multiplatforming reduces the sales of games, but no many ppl DO buy 2 if not all 3 consoles to play select exclusive games. Besides, PS3 exclusives lose their graphical features when multiplatformed... ie Tekken.. would be much better looking had it been an exclusive.
See that's where you're wrong, i agree that obviously multiplatforming reduces the sales of games, but no many ppl DO buy 2 if not all 3 consoles to play select exclusive games.
Multi-platform games increase sales, not reduce. And not as many people as you think buy more than one console... most people are happy with just one console and maybe a PC.
Besides, PS3 exclusives lose their graphical features when multiplatformed... ie Tekken.. would be much better looking had it been an exclusive.
Speculation. Let's not tout opinion as fact, k?
What I think will be the surprise is how they will manage to get an mmo to run on a system with 256MB of ram. MMOs hit hard on ram and processor.
The 360 has 512MB of ram to work with, the PS3 256MB.
Do you need to be reminded of the all the bufs KOTOR had on release? Or the crappy ending of KOTOR2 because Bioware was pushed to release the game on a deadline?
I like it when people make their predictions like they're hard facts and how they blow up in their faces afterwards. Age of Conan, Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, Aion... However, I do hope The Old Republic succeeds cause I've been dying for a good Star Wars MMO for years.
The 360 has 512MB of ram to work with, the PS3 256MB.
Wasn't refering to the XBox360. I was refering to mmo gaming on consoles.