FFXIV On Xbox1

[Kurenai_Night]

Is this still happening? Been looking around online and no info.. Really want to get this for my cousin so we can play when the expansion comes out but he only has an XB1.. Has anyone heard anything?

[Bixillarla]

Nope, no news about it coming to Xbox.

[ManuelBravo]

None so far my brother has been asking me about it since Xbox one came out I though FFXIV was going to be exclusively on PS4 to save consumers money. No point in paying for internet access when PS4 offers it as an option for additional content and not basic. I only have Xbox one to see if any good games come out...so far it's been a disappointment.

[Malzian]

Microsoft still won't budge on the necessity of a paid XBox Live subscription in order to play and SE won't bring it to the console unless they drop that requirement.

[KaplanHomahru]

It was never "still happening". And it isn't just the Paid XBL, it is also the fact that M$ wants to keep the XB players on their own servers. It will probably never happen (since it would have already I think), but if you want to try, you need to go petition M$. The devs have said multiple times that it would be very easy to do, but they can't make an agreement with M$.

[Riardon]

No news. Seems talks between Yoshi and MS didn't come to fruition. Yoshi said he was in talk with MS back in Autumn but nothing came out I guess. 2 Fan Fests past and he could have revealed it there but he didn't I guess it's not happening.

[Malzian]

It was never "still happening". And it isn't just the Paid XBL, it is also the fact that M$ wants to keep the XB players on their own servers. It will probably never happen (since it would have already I think), but if you want to try, you need to go petition M$. The devs have said multiple times that it would be very easy to do, but they can't make an agreement with M$.

Yes, it's true that the 'walled garden' for XBox only players is an issue. However, SE is far more concerned that XBox players would essentially be paying a "double sub" to access the game and don't want to have to reduce their OWN sub cost to compensate for the difference in cost it would take to play on the XBox.

[Derio]

Microsoft wont budge on requiring XBox live to play FFXIV. Which would be a subscription on top of a subscription. Until that is removed all bets are off. Its also the big reason why their claim to be open to crossplay is smoke and mirrors.

[Automedius]

No please.

[Kosmos992k]

It was never "still happening". And it isn't just the Paid XBL, it is also the fact that M$ wants to keep the XB players on their own servers. It will probably never happen (since it would have already I think), but if you want to try, you need to go petition M$. The devs have said multiple times that it would be very easy to do, but they can't make an agreement with M$.

Microsoft also generally requires game subs and any DLC or optional services to be charged through XBL and their commerce servers. That would mean SE giving up control of their own business, hardly a recipe for an Xbox 1 port, especially as MS seems more interested in PC Windows gaming.