Discontinue PS2 support!!

Discontinue arrogance support SE. That way there are no threads bitching about the PS2. :P

This should happen, enough said. Why keep a limb that is rotting and will lead to the death of the game? Its time to amputate imo.

Because it's not going to lead to the death of the game. I'm pretty sure no one is quitting over things like 80 max inventory, limited auto translate phrases, etc.

With no new content coming after these last few updates coming, we will see a decline that is inevitable, and to say otherwise is just ignorance. The game will decline because the PS2 puts a limitation on content, and it is because of that limitation that it should be eliminated. Or as someone mentioned, let 2 versions come out:
First Version: PS2 whcih allows for small updates and the final "expansion" is Abyssea
Second Version: Xbox 360 and PC which allows for new expansions and content.

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The game will decline because the PS2 puts a limitation on content

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No it does not.

first off, the limitation is what the PS2 can handle at any given time in RAM, the hard drive is a 40GB hard drive, , lesse the game is what? 9GB at current? unless you have a lot of garbage on your PS2 hard drive you should be able to take more expanded content for a while, as for the graphics on the Windows version, if you use registry tweaks you will see it looks considerably better than the XB360 version if you max out the settings(in the registry not the configuration) if you do a search you will see what registry settings you can modify without much issue, the max 3D res for windows version is 2048x2048, the 360 version doesn't even come close to doing that, I have mine set to 2048x2048 with 1366x768(max res of my laptop display, this is a non standard background and must be set in the config first before you tweak the 3D res, don't try to go above your max res for the background, the game will crash) background, this might not seem like much of a tweak but you should see it in play :)

And how much of these upgrades you have made are commonly/readily available to any/all PS2 users? If it something you could easily do by running to some local GameStop, then cool! That gives me faith in PS2, but if thats like someone saying I have an I9 processor computer and it runs my games beautifully.... ya... no. An I9 is not a common computer, and is bad ass surely, but not accessable. Being able to augment your tech because you have a tech background is awesome, but when the vast majority or every day person cannot do it, that does not make it efficient or effective. Also rog, you can't make a statement like that because it obviously does. How many times have you read an update on "Content being adjusted because of limited PS2 space" to say otherwise is just ignoring what is being stated. Now certainly people have told me countless times that SE just isn't using the space efficiently or w/e, cool, but still when it comes down too it, if the way they are using the PS2 isn't going to allow more content to be added to this game when the other systems could easily handle it. Its time to knock it out. Your point of view Rog has no merit, not counterpoint, and in the end is just PS2 biased.

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Originally Posted by wildsprite

first off, the limitation is what the PS2 can handle at any given time in RAM, the hard drive is a 40GB hard drive, , lesse the game is what? 9GB at current? unless you have a lot of garbage on your PS2 hard drive you should be able to take more expanded content for a while, as for the graphics on the Windows version, if you use registry tweaks you will see it looks considerably better than the XB360 version if you max out the settings(in the registry not the configuration) if you do a search you will see what registry settings you can modify without much issue, the max 3D res for windows version is 2048x2048, the 360 version doesn't even come close to doing that, I have mine set to 2048x2048 with 1366x768(max res of my laptop display, this is a non standard background and must be set in the config first before you tweak the 3D res, don't try to go above your max res for the background, the game will crash) background, this might not seem like much of a tweak but you should see it in play :)

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All you are doing is supersampling lower quality textures though. Garbage in, garbage out. Granted, they do look better when super sampled because youa re getting rid of the jaggies, but the textures have the same granularity of detail. The source textures are the difference--Xbox got new texture models that are a higher quality to begin with. So if they were to drop the PS2 wrapper and textures and transfer the Xbox components to the PC, you would see even more detail in them. But, that would involve transfering resources away from more important issues in the game and they are already working with a reduced number of people working on the game. I would rather they fix issues with content/gameplay first, then work on the aesthetic(sp?) issues.

actually you're wrong, the XB360 version is the same quality textures super sampled, they are not higher quality, the xb360 port is PS2 emulation just like the windows port, all you need to do is look at them closely side by side, there is no more detail on the 360 textures than the windows ones, the 360 version is super sampled when put on an HDTV

they update the game and actually have content that appeals to new players ( hint abyssea is bad) there is a good chance you will see increasing numbers to the game.

you will need advertisements though... like on T.V...