PS2: Seekers of Adoulin

[Camiie]

I'm not entirely sure Sony would grant S-E a license to publish a PS2 game in a market where the PS2 is no longer for sale.

But then the question is why S-E wouldn't publicly shift blame to Sony by this point.

That's what I assumed the real issue was. If it were just up to SE they'd probably find some way to distribute it, but you can't do that without Sony's involvement. They have to license the game for the region and press the discs. If they don't want to play ball then that's the end of it.

[Rustic]

It's about time. I was running this game on a 2004-era Gateway PC. It's 2013. I've upgraded twice with stock-from-store PC's that were inexpensive.

My girlfriend runs it on a modern laptop without trouble. Think about it- FFXI was originally for a Windows XP chassis, and we've gone through Vista,Win 7, and now Win 8 OS. That's a lot of upgraded capacity. Anyone who can't run this on their PC now has a really, REALLY, REALLY horrid piece of obsolete junk on their desk.

[Alhanelem]

I'm mostly a PlayStation 2/3 US player of FFXI this will so suck for me and the other players that play on the PlayStation 2/3 systems out there. There is no way im going to rebuy this game for the Xbox 360 or PC. (Dont have a Xbox 360 and im sure my PC cant handle the PC ver.) Well good luck, but you guys lost my vote for this new expansion pack.

see ya, and sayanora (how the hell do you spell that) to inferior hardware.

You won't have to rebuy the game (not that it costs much to begin with) if you find the software somwh*cough cough*- what you're really paying for is the registration code, but you don't need another one if you already play...

[Volkai]

I'm mostly a PlayStation 2/3 US player of FFXI this will so suck for me and the other players that play on the PlayStation 2/3 systems out there. There is no way im going to rebuy this game for the Xbox 360 or PC. (Dont have a Xbox 360 and im sure my PC cant handle the PC ver.) Well good luck, but you guys lost my vote for this new expansion pack.

You, uh, you realize that PS2 game AND system production has pretty much ceased worldwide, don't you?

Adoulin's PS2 JP release will probably be the last active PS2 support for XI there is, save continued access to the servers until Sony shuts down DNAS.

[Afania]

I'm mostly a PlayStation 2/3 US player of FFXI this will so suck for me and the other players that play on the PlayStation 2/3 systems out there. There is no way im going to rebuy this game for the Xbox 360 or PC. (Dont have a Xbox 360 and im sure my PC cant handle the PC ver.) Well good luck, but you guys lost my vote for this new expansion pack.

Borrow a PC version disk from a friend, install it, return the disk to him, you don't have to pay a buck that way.

Edit: Or maybe you can download it, since they have trial version no?

[zataz]

>.>i can hook u up with a install set for pc and if need be ill dig out one of my old graphics cards and hook ya up (im not a total jerk! just most of the time =P)

[oliveira]

Original base specs for PC FFXI was Windows 98 with DirectX 8.

And non Japanese Windows 98 screwing up with programs that had IME support installed was the main reason why NA PC client can't have IME enabled. NA PS2 had ATOK disabled version to keep in line with the Windows version and save a buck on ATOK licensing ... lol

FF XIV for PC never had to deal with Win 98 so it has IME support on all versions regardless of region. I bet PS3 version may have no issues with it either as SONY offers ATOK for all developers of PS3 software (It's part of the console OS and SONY has it's own deal with Justsystems, the Japanese company which developed ATOK) ...


Edit: At this point I am worried about how the Japanese PS2 version of Adoulin will be like ... lol

[animeregion]

Did they even think about upgreading the PS2 Ver. to the PS3 fully? Nope didn't think so... My PS3 can play it just fine and I got lots of space left. It would be nice if they can do an update to play it in HD tho. Like I said before i'm not going to rebuy FFXI for my PC they want $60 for it + new PC parts no thanks. I'll just go and play something else maybe with no monthly fees aswell. (Thats one thing what I like about PS3 Online games.)

[Alhanelem]

Did they even think about upgreading the PS2 Ver. to the PS3 fully? Nope didn't think so... My PS3 can play it just fine and I got lots of space left. It would be nice if they can do an update to play it in HD tho. Like I said before i'm not going to rebuy FFXI for my PC they want $60 for it + new PC parts no thanks. I'll just go and play something else maybe with no monthly fees aswell. (Thats one thing what I like about PS3 Online games.)

You can't just "upgrade it" to PS3. It is basically like making the whole game engine over again. FFXI can be played on backward compatible PS3s, but this does not resolve "ps2 limitations" because the game can't access hardware that the PS2 didn't have.

Also, FFXI is not $60. The expansion is $29.99, and the full pack including *everything* is $39.99. Also, unless your PC is like 15 years old, you won't need "new parts" to play the game.

[Fusionx]

Did they even think about upgreading the PS2 Ver. to the PS3 fully? Nope didn't think so...

Actually, SE was in talks with a person at Sony regarding this. But that person quit and SE didn't pursue it any further. Laughable yes, but 100% true.