Sooo SE actually wants to know the numbers of PS2 users eh?

[FrankReynolds]

Yeah, I don't know either. I would think that remaking it for PS2 would be expensive. They would have to attract new customers to make it profitable. I don't know if new people would buy it for PS3 if it didn't have updated graphics and possibly a new expansion or something. That is what they did with 360 sorta. who knows though. maybe its a simple port.

[Siiru]

Ps2 is 10 yrs old? so is FFXI deal with it; if they wanna get rid of Ps2 they should just get rid of FFXI and make everyone go play 14~ I wonder why they haven't.

Seriously who walks out and buys a 10 yr old game?

Why should those who invested in PS2 version suffer. Maybe PCers should have thought about Ps2 possibly holding PC content back before they bought the game.

I invite you to go talk to all the Everquest players. I've had it with your stubbornness and hope SE drops PS2 support just to phase YOU out.

Btw: I WAS a Ps2 player until I saw the light. You know what I played this on after that? a $50 handmedown computer. (I have a better laptop now but not the point).

[Ritsuka]

Well from what i herd on some ppl but i guess it depends on the internet you have too. The game does not lag the ps2 if ur internet support its. Its not totaly Square Enix's Fault either yes the game is there's but the hard ware IS NOT thats all sony and SONY srewed SE when they stright up droped the hard drive support plus they made so you couldnt use any other hard drive but there's period. Yes you can buy the HD load and use any Maxtor hard drive you want but i tryed my harddest and couldnt get this game to load on it so i keep my offical Sony hdd for my Final Fantasy games. If its the hard ware holding it back then blame Sony not SE

[Modoru]

I actually have a *new* PS2 FFXI box w/ HDD and everything. I never opened it.

I never had the fat PS2, so it ended up being a retarded purchase on my end. I didn't know by then, and thought I could get a fat ps2 by the time it was still an okay purchase. However, I could never get the PS2... therefore, moot purchase. It's still sitting there, gathering dust. I should dust it off and take pictures. :C

[Aldersyde]

Make a server and put all the PS2 users there, don't update it. It'll be like an island for lepers.

Give PC and 360 users shiny new areas, gear skins, spells, weapon skills, and job abilities. Shiny new storylines too.

Like WOTG which took SE three years finish while they milked the player base for monthly fees?

Seriously, people put way too much faith on what SE would do even if they were able to get rid of the PS2. Since the last installment of Abyssea I haven't seen any indication that SE is serious about putting that much effort into this game. So little has been put into a stage where they're supposed to be balancing jobs and game play. You don't need to get rid of the PS2 to do that. Their effort has been lackluster, especially this update where it seems that the update schedule is being drawn out (LOL at the time being taken to give so little) as long as possible. The last major update is only worse because this time there's actually a level increase. It's hard to believe the same team who worked on Abyssea is the same ones at the helm now.

Just because SE drops PS2 doesn't mean it's going to be all sugar and rainbows for this game's future. You're deluded if you think it is.

I play on a lap top and dualbox a ps2 account if you think that makes any difference for my opinion (it really doesn't).

[Kyohyi]

By the way - I had another thought about this survey.

A few years ago, there was a news article that said that SquareEnix was interested in creating a PS3 version of FFXI, but the Sony representative "quit".

Also - there were comments along the lines of "It was easy to port the 360 version from the PC version, but a PS3 version would have to be coded from scratch." In that post, it seemed like the development team's energy was being directed to FFXIV for PS3 and PCs, instead of trying to port FFXI to the PS3.

So - another thing this survey may be looking at might be interest in a native PS3 version of FFXI - perhaps due to the delay of the PS3 version of FFXIV.

e.g. If a significant number of folks check the PS3 box, then there would be some PS3 usage data that might justify putting some developer resources towards a port.

This may have been obvious to some folks - but I thought I'd point it out.

-kyo >^_^<

[Atomic_Skull]

By the way - I had another thought about this survey.

A few years ago, there was a news article that said that SquareEnix was interested in creating a PS3 version of FFXI, but the Sony representative "quit".

Also - there were comments along the lines of "It was easy to port the 360 version from the PC version, but a PS3 version would have to be coded from scratch." In that post, it seemed like the development team's energy was being directed to FFXIV for PS3 and PCs, instead of trying to port FFXI to the PS3.

So - another thing this survey may be looking at might be interest in a native PS3 version of FFXI - perhaps due to the delay of the PS3 version of FFXIV.

e.g. If a significant number of folks check the PS3 box, then there would be some PS3 usage data that might justify putting some developer resources towards a port.

This may have been obvious to some folks - but I thought I'd point it out.

-kyo >^_^<

They'll have to majorly recode it for the Vita port anyway. Vita uses OpenGL not DirectX and it's not a Windows platform either.

The reason the 360 version was easy is because it's basically a Windows box, albeit one using a PowerPC CPU and a modified version of DirectX more highly optimized for a specific GPU and with the error checking largely removed. Very few changes have to be made to your source code in order to port it to the 360. If SE does a Vita port that will not be the case at all. They will have to re write the game to run on a different OS and render 3D graphics using OpenGL instead of DirectX.

[Lordscyon]

Well instead of talking about it make sure you check the survey on which game console you play ffxi if you forget (fail)

[Rearden]

I actually have a *new* PS2 FFXI box w/ HDD and everything. I never opened it.

I never had the fat PS2, so it ended up being a retarded purchase on my end. I didn't know by then, and thought I could get a fat ps2 by the time it was still an okay purchase. However, I could never get the PS2... therefore, moot purchase. It's still sitting there, gathering dust. I should dust it off and take pictures. :C

Sell it, before it becomes obsolete.

[Kyohyi]

They'll have to majorly recode it for the Vita port anyway. Vita uses OpenGL not DirectX and it's not a Windows platform either.

However - the Vita (apparently) has a standard multicore CPU/GPU architecture (ARM + PowerVR), unlike the PS3. OpenGL vs. DirectX notwithstanding, this doesn't appear to be as much of a developer lift - Square Enix has indicated as much anyway:

Former Final Fantasy XI lead Hiromichi Tanaka mentioned the possibility of a PlayStation Vita port to Famitsu. Presently, plans are not concrete, but Square Enix is considering a basic port of their MMORPG for PlayStation Vita.

There are no plans for a PlayStation 3 port, however. Tanaka clarifies and says making use of the PS3′s hardware characteristics is difficult for a simple port.

(from Square Enix Looking Into Final Fantasy XI Port For PlayStation Vita, But Not PS3 )

-kyo >^_^<