FFXI death, PS2 fault?

[Raka]

I play on both PC and PS2 for FINAL FANTASY XI, I play it on PS2 slightly more...Call me old fashion, but you won't see my vote to shut PS2 support down either. That's being greedy and selfish from my perspective, and I can't understand why people are pushing the issue of it at the moment.

We can't even put a percentage on how many people use PS2 still, and I have no clue how everyone has come to "8%" or so, point me to where you found this if possible.

Everyone has a valid point here, and I'm not trying to offend anyone. Just confused why this is being such a big deal. I wouldn't mind seeing new areas though rather than reskinned terrain, but to make a percentage of the user community buy a PC or XBOX360 for that very reason would be selfish.

Like I said though, this is my opinion.

[jeffanddane]

SE should just host a torrent file that allows you to download the disc's without payment . . . . . Like maybe options like

Click here if your already a member. And that would be the download one
Click here if your not a member. That would be for the people who have to buy it.

[CrystalWeapon]

SE should just host a torrent file that allows you to download the disc's without payment . . . . . Like maybe options like

Click here if your already a member. And that would be the download one
Click here if your not a member. That would be for the people who have to buy it.

I doubt that's going to happen for the ps2, it seems like they are slowly trying to phase out the ps2 via passive agressive measures. If they wanted to do that they could easily distribute a downloadable iso of the original disks. As tsu has said, you can dl the pc version of the game for free.

As for it being selfish to ask people to move, it's just as selfish to refuse to show any effort to move especially if you do own both systems. It's a sore subject to alot of players because they feel like the many are being punished for the few. (Can't have this b/c of ps2 limitations. Can't have that b/c of ps2 limitations) I like playing on both the pc and the ps2 as well, but if I wanted to simulate the experience on my pc it's not insainly hard. Take a trip to Radio Shack, you can get hookups to connect your pc to your tv. It's pretty cheap to get a good gamming controller. You could also do as it's been stated many times in this thread, and find hookups to connect your existing controller to your pc.

I've said this previously and again not to be mean, but if you can't afford a few hundred to invest in a semi decent pc or used xbox 360, you shouldn't be blowing your precious cash on a monthly mmo.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

SE should just host a torrent file that allows you to download the disc's without payment . . . . . Like maybe options like

Click here if your already a member. And that would be the download one
Click here if your not a member. That would be for the people who have to buy it.

Actualy it dose work. Sign into your active SE account that has a content ID linked to it and download. Simple.

[Alastaire]

It amazes me that people are still discussing this thread. Guys, I hate to point this out, but if you haven't already noticed, this game is extremely outdated. Even with the "termination" of services to the PS2, the game cannot exceed its own limits. It's running on an old engine with very specific limitations. In fact, many of the problems commonly associated with the PS2 have nothing to do with it at all.

SE isn't stupid. They knew this would happen and planned years ahead. Long story short, they created FFXIV. Unfortunately, things aren't going as well as planned for FFXIV, so we're "stuck" playing an older game. And although this game is technically the only source of income in the SE MMO department, it's not likely that the content expansions planned for this game are as big as we hope they will be. It's not because of limitations of the PS2, but because of a lack of global interest in the game and the return on the investment is risky.

tl;dr: SE doesn't have a lot of money or resources to throw at an older game while they're still trying to fix FFXIV. God bless them for keeping the game running and I'm glad they're still making adjustments, but I don't expect much more from them. You're kidding yourself if you expect more.