Why don't you tell Sony that the PS2 is obsolete. Please, do so so we can get the old PS3 back. If you haven't noticed, Sony still makes the PS2 (just not the fat PS2, which is used to run FFXI unless you went and modded a slim to use an HDD) and the slim PS3 is a far cry from what it used to be (and not in a good way). As far as Sony is concerned the PS2 isn't even beginning to be obsolete, and game makers have yet to stop making new PS2 games. The system isn't dead. It may be picking a burial plot but it's yet to actually be shuffled off to a retirement home.

All that said, FFXI still exists on it's mother console in both the US and it's home market of Japan. Square needs to step up and address whatever they broke in the May update in regards to the PS2 version.