FFXI Vita Port?

[Mama Shark]

Hey errbody.

I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I hope this is the right forum. Anyways...

I was wondering if anybody had any new information on the FFXI Vita port. Today I was like, "Oh yeah... Didn't SE say something about that way back when?" and welp... there hasn't been any news at all (at least not on google) that is recent. It's all from 2011. I figure if anywhere, blue gartr would know about any like vague information or tidbits regarding the FFXI port.

Thanks for the help,

~Mama Shark

[Brill Weave]

Yup. Wrong forum.

[Spira]

they later said it wasn't gonna happen.

[Mama Shark]

Aw, damn. Do you have any links to that post? :T

I guess at the very least PSO2 is still happening for the vita. I just really want a handheld MMO. FFXI would've been really rad, being my first true MMO and all. But oh well.

[Spira]

this article

I remember it was like a very quick dismissal of the port as not being very feasible.

That said, I do hope to see it on Vita just because. It'd be a good step away from the PS2 which is already phased out in the western market.
The biggest issue is really the lack of a keyboard. I suppose if they updated their auto-translate and made certain aspects of the game more simplistic it could build a case for XI for casual quests/exp/solo content on the Vita.

anyway even if it was getting a vita/HD port, it's been put on the shelves because XIV. (report here)

[TheDangerousDave]

Vita sales are extremely poor because people are buying smartphones and tablets for gaming instead. More beneficial would be for SE to put FFXI on cloud servers so that you could play on any internet enabled device like a tablet if you wanted to. That would be cool.

It would also entirely remove the whole "PS2 limitations" bullshit cus PS2 could connect just like any device.

[Kaisha]

Makes no sense to put an ancient MMO on a niche handheld, particular one with expensive-as-fuck memory cards.

As for streaming the game live, not happening since the latency would be absurd, and no games publisher has the infrastructure set up around the globe to handle that sort of thing yet outside of limited, but dedicated solutions, which would be well out of the budget for something like XI's dial-up servers.

[Kohan]

Makes no sense to put an ancient MMO on a niche handheld, particular one with expensive-as-fuck memory cards.

It would have made perfect sense—had the Vita been successful, and storage space aplenty available. A full-fledged MMORPG in the palm of one's hand is an incredible draw. However, the Vita was not successful, and so, it would be worse than pointless.

Then again, nothing can become as much of a money sink as FFXIV.

[Stromgarde]

Something like this remote play app for android is probably as close as you're going to get.

[TheDangerousDave]

As for streaming the game live, not happening since the latency would be absurd, and no games publisher has the infrastructure set up around the globe to handle that sort of thing yet outside of limited, but dedicated solutions, which would be well out of the budget for something like XI's dial-up servers.

Latency is not absurd, did you ever even try Gaikai or OnLive? I never said I believed they ever would do it or could but I am certain it is more beneficial than to port to a piece of crap like the Vita.

[Tarage]

The Vita is bad and you should feel bad if you own one.

[jPuff]

Doubt I would have used this for my main, but I was looking forward to it for muling purposes. It would have been nice to have another character on a little stand-alone with its own controller-- no need to type anything or worry about macros. Or to check up on things when I'm away from my computer for a long time. Much simpler than a laptop or netbook. Oh well. I kind of understand why they aren't doing it.