FFXIV for Xbox360, Old news >.>?

[miokomioko]

“And PlayStation 3 will be the only console you’ll be able to play Final Fantasy XIV on, when it launches in 2010.”

-Jack Tretton


Over-analyzing that statement by Jack Tretton in addition to some SE employee's Linked-In account resume mentioning work on XIV for the 360 is the only "confirmation" of this.

Stop acting like that's any sort of official confirmation.

[Croy]

Glad to see people in this thread realize this is just some site trying to get hits. There is no 'news' in this article and only further illustrates the fact that nothing has been settled yet. The info was taken off the resume completely, and like someone else said, until there is a release that states that contract issues with Microsoft over Live are resolved, than the game is far from 'confirmed' to come over to it. Anyone that actually followed the project knew there ALWAYS was a 360 version planned and in development. And since there have a been a ton of MMORPG that have planned a release on the 360 but also 'canceled' at the last second, and than even SE has had issues with Lives policies (They tried to get FFXI on the original Xbox but microsoft wouldn't budge on their policies) the likelyhood of it actually coming the 360 is not as certain as it may seem. For some odd reason Microsoft now doesn't want to give the same deal they gave SE for FFXI lol.

[Katlan]

For some odd reason Microsoft now doesn't want to give the same deal they gave SE for FFXI lol.

It's because SE had PlayOnline that they were able to get around the Gold membership issue. PlayOnline was the hub that connected to the game, but they weren't using MS to connect to FFXI, just playonline.

[Kaluuki]

I love how some people suddenly don't want to play just because it's on 360. lmao

WAHH WAHH MY GAMES GRAPHICS! OMG LIMITATIONS! QQ


Grow up. Obviously they designed the game to avoid limitations from the systems, since they use crystal tools for the platforms they develop for. Considering these are next-gen consoles, the 360 in itself shouldn't have many limitations at all aside from loading time on content/size of content. Does it really fucking matter if the 360 graphics end up dumbed down so they can play? It's not like it affects people who are playing on PS3 or PC. Besides, I doubt the graphics are too good for the 360 to handle, regardless. It seems capable.

I suppose if you're one to complain about this in the first place, I wouldn't want to play with those types of people, anyway. Oh well, to each his own.

[pixiehawk]

This is all from someones (now pulled) resume on LinkedIn?

Until they have the 360 listed as a platform on the official SE/FFXIV site (which it's not, as of a quick check < 5 mins ago), I wouldn't worry about it. Anyone could post that it's a go (and be wrong/lying) prior to then. Hell someone could post it's coming to the Wii and not the 360 on their blog because "my Aunt Martha knows someone who works for SE" but that don't make it so.

[Kaluuki]

I agree, nobody should get their panties in a bunch over it quite yet (although, it's kinda late for that now lol) considering it isn't "official". It's kind of bound to happen though, considering FF13 will be on 360. Just a thought.

[orson]

Hah, as people pointed out this is hardly confirmation just BS rumor mongering.

Honestly though, why would you care to see a 360 version of this? MMOs are a very limited market. I'd rather have my friends that currently play on 360 to be able to join me in FFXIV because some just won't bother playing a game if they have to drop $300-2000 dollars to get a PS3 or gamin PC.

[Kaluuki]

Exactly. I value the convenience of other players over the graphics/ limitation bullshit. At least SE would be broadening their player base.

[Croy]

As long as Live's "policies" don't disinfranchise the community (Live only servers), you would only get plus's for it heading to the 360. The "limitations" for the 360 are damn near identical to the PS3 console so their really isn't much of an excuse for it not to show up. This is coming from someone that absolutely hates the 360 as a console (Big buyers remorse after being shafted from RRoD 3 times), there is just zero legitimate reason to care if it heads to the 360. You get more players to work with and a more diverse community.

However having stated that, as long as XboxLive doesn't make the potential of the game go down (the hardware won't) I'm all for it coming eventually. Its just I have heard from far too many developers about how restrictive Xbox live has been especially along the ideas of cross-platform servers, and online without Xbox Live Gold, and than you also have the specific policy requirements like mandatory voice that can come from those policies etc.

[Vandole]

sorry guys, but this isnt enough "confirmation"...