WHats going to happen when Microsoft ends support for the 360?

[Crimsonsky]

Rumor around the web is Microsoft is ending support for the 360 in 2015~2016 and then the 360 will not be able to get online anymore. Anyone know if SE plans on bringing FFXI to the new consoles? Right now I dual box on two 360's. There is no way my wife is going to let me buy 2 PC's to keep playing this game when the 360 support ends.

[Alhanelem]

if the xbone has backwards compatibility, it won't be a huge issue. I have heard that they're considering new platforms, though ive also later heard about them falling through (e.g. ps vita port- but that probably fell through because nobody has a vita)

[Alpheus]

I'm pretty sure a Microsoft rep gave the same response a Sony rep did in regards to the PS4. Something akin to "The hardware is too different to make backwards compatibility possible without overhauling so we decided to forgo such a feature."

[Demon6324236]

Yep, new consoles have no Backwards Compatibility.

[Kaisha]

Doesn't FFXI kinda already ignore the 360's online infrastructure? Still the only game to my knowledge that works with a Silver account online also.

[sc4500]

Well as a person been on xbox for 9yrs and this game from the ps2 days, I will say that microsoft will do the same thing sony did with the ps2 let it run till till last person left then allow developers to run the remaining time on it to the ground, and after the xbox1 debacle i think microsoft going 2 need 2 support 360 for awhile unless E3 shows something, since most the xbox hardcore users are going to ps4. This generation since sony supporting mmos.

On xbox side were waiting see if microsoft got guild wars 2 or diablo 3 exclusive or kotor, or if sony getting them or league of legends , what systems get one the big guns. Since ff14 is back burner right now wish they have free to play elements for ff14 though.

[Demon6324236]

Doesn't FFXI kinda already ignore the 360's online infrastructure? Still the only game to my knowledge that works with a Silver account online also.

Yes and no, once inside you need nothing, but when signing in your required to be connected to XBL. You can even DC after your signed in, but when signing in it requires you to be signed in to XBL, so unless they change that it would be impossible because you lack what you need to enter.

[saevel]

New consoles are based on commodity x86 CPU's. It's impossible to build in backwards compatibility, at least a the binary level. On the other hand because it's hardware based on the same uArch as you see on PC's, expect games to be stupidly easy to port over and have better features in general.

[Umichi]

I think the gaming industry took a step backwards not making their games backward compatible anymore... I mean Nintendo does a good job with their games and they even created an emulator for their systems so they can sell their older games! I find it very dissapointing that developers don't wish for people to play their older games still...



that or repony up for another copy of the game digitally... but i find that absurd vita failed cause of it imho.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

What happens to FFXI on the 360 is probably the same thing that will happen to FFXIV when Sony turns off connectivity for the PS3; S-E is already saying that PS3 players will have to marry their FFXIV account to their PSN account in much the same way.