What is happening?

[Raydeus]

Wait, unless I didn't understand what they said in the video the Nexon mobile version should be a separate thing that will allow you to import your char from XI but will not replace the game or have any effect on the PC version.

[Alhanelem]

Wait, unless I didn't understand what they said in the video the Nexon mobile version should be a separate thing that will allow you to import your char from XI but will not replace the game or have any effect on the PC version.

The way I read it is it's a client for the game. Not something seperate.

[Malithar]

Wait, unless I didn't understand what they said in the video the Nexon mobile version should be a separate thing that will allow you to import your char from XI but will not replace the game or have any effect on the PC version.

The Nexon app is described as "A Native App Project Providing A Full-Fledged FINAL FANTASY XI Experience on the Mobile Platform." Calling it an "App" sounds more like a client to play a "full-fledged" FFXI rather than a separate game. It should be noted this is planned to be released world wide, even in EU markets.

Grandmasters on the other hand is described as "FINAL FANTASY GRANDMASTERS is a full-scale online RPG for smartphones that shares the characters and world setting of FINAL FANTASY XI." It's a separate game that takes place in Vana'diel. It's to be noted that currently, this is slated to be Japanese only.

[scaevola]

The Nexon app is described as "A Native App Project Providing A Full-Fledged FINAL FANTASY XI Experience on the Mobile Platform." Calling it an "App" sounds more like a client to play a "full-fledged" FFXI rather than a separate game. It should be noted this is planned to be released world wide, even in EU markets.
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To add to this, the shareholders' report talks about how they were planning on using cloud-based services to host the clients for MMOs and stream them to mobile devices. DQX on 3DS/tablets was the example they gave, but it would be kind of hard to get solid market penetration with a 16 gig game for smartphones, so this is probably how they're going to handle FFXI mobile.

[bungiefanNA]

To add to this, the shareholders' report talks about how they were planning on using cloud-based services to host the clients for MMOs and stream them to mobile devices. DQX on 3DS/tablets was the example they gave, but it would be kind of hard to get solid market penetration with a 16 gig game for smartphones, so this is probably how they're going to handle FFXI mobile.

Depends on the data file format they use. PC uses larger audio and graphics files than PS2 does. Even with Adoulin installed, the PS2 version of FFXI actually uses less than 6 GB of the hard drive space allocated to it. The rest is empty space used to juggle files if updating from a completely fresh install from the core game, and installing each expansion individually. If you browse the partition with uLaunchELF, you're looking at 5 GB of data and change. The audio on PS2 is essentially MIDI, it doesn't take up much space at all, and the graphics files are also smaller than their PC counterparts. They could feasibly do a similar trick with a mobile platform.