20th Anniversary suggestion: Open Source Final Fantasy XI?

[Beastorizer]

Q: Can’t you remake FFXI as a brand-new MMO and continue service?

A: MMORPGs were originally games that were played on PCs; however, we wanted to make this playable on the console and this was what started FFXI. Just like how we challenged ourselves when people voiced their concerns about a FINAL FANTASY MMO, we would like to continue pushing the boundaries of FFXI to release the game for iOS or Android devices in order to expand Vana’diel.


Q: Is there any possibility to release an offline version of the game?

A: We have talked about plans for an offline version several times; however, every time we start looking into the cost it is too high and we end up dropping the plan. We do want to make it available, but it is impossible to make the entire FFXI game something that is playable by one person, so we would have to take away specific parts. For these reasons we currently have no specific projects for this.

Yeah, I feel the Mobile game may be the big news. Also, it could mean the death and birth of XI. "Wanting to expand" seems akin to how they cutoff console support. Money can be made in a HD version of XI; perhaps the mobile game is just that?

The fact that this game has been in development for years, and not a peep is known other than some screenshots is strange....

Why so James Bond about the game? I would at least like for them to take some player suggestions and questions instead of being like "Here ya go!!!" At least a play test,beta/alpha.

[Dragoy]

Why so James Bond about the game?

Perhaps because it's not really mobile-only as originally announced? -.^

(Honestly, I'm not sure I'd like XI on Unreal, unless they put some effort into making the camera and characters move the same way they do in current XI. Little things. Of the mobile-only version I'm not interested at all.)

And then they also open-source it!

[Beastorizer]

Perhaps because it's not really mobile-only as originally announced? -.^

Maybe, that would be great. Regardless, with how FFXI has pretty much been abandoned......I would not be shocked if they were in development and thought it would benefit more as a HD XI remake instead of a cash grab, half A$$ mobile game.