PlayOnline, what will happen to it?

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Originally Posted by bungiefanNA

PlayOnline is a backend environment that supports multiple games.

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*Used* to support multiple games. I'm pretty sure even in Japan, FFXI is the only POL game still running.

The following was posted during the Vana'diel Project Q&A from Freshly Picked Vana'diel 17 on April 3, 2015:

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Originally Posted by Gildrein

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Originally Posted by Akihiko_Matsui

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(0:49:36～)
Q: With service ending for the PlayStation 2 / Xbox 360 versions, what will happen to PlayOnline?

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A: The question is a bit unclear, but PlayOnline will continue to operate while the PC version remains. This is because PlayOnline is intertwined with the key systems of FFXI, so FFXI would not be able to run by itself. However, the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions of PlayOnline will end with the end of service.

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So to answer the topic (along w/ what Alhanelem said), they cannot run FFXI w/o POL. I just wanted to confirm on what they (FFXI Development Team) said about it.