dump the PS2...

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ummm yes and no though. Yes you couldn't say install FFXI on the Wii because of what you just explained. But we're talking Ps2-> Ps3 here which is completely possible even considering what you said.

You can already play ffxi on the ps3 (I do). The only thing that stops them is things like hardrives n' ram n' such (<-basic) which would go directly to the ps3 anyway. They have the capacity to create more memory than a ps2 can handle program-wise, but they obviously wouldn't because people wouldn't be able to install it. You'd still be able to install it on your ps3 though.

but it would still be using the PS2 specific installation media and client, and get the PS2 specific updates. So, it would still be identifiable as a PS2 user from the client software perspective. Running FFXI on a Mac via Windows is still running the Windows client, not a Mac client.

Edit:
The point of the post is to isolate the PS2 client from the rest, provide the incentive to migrate by developing only for the higher platforms, provide additional incentive by providing an offer to get the software either for free or at cost and using something specific to the PS2 client to ID them to avoid fraud abuse, and gently phase out support for the PS2 client.