My old copy of Final Fantasy for the Nintendo still works after over twenty years, and in another ten(at LEAST) I expect it still will-especially if I replace the battery at some point.

In twenty, thirty, even fourty years, I'll still be able to play every Final Fantasy game(especially through all the ports and remakes)... Except for two.

Final Fantasy XI isn't just one of my favorite Final Fantasy titles, it's one of my favorite games. The fact that it's online and played alongside others is secondary to the game itself for me. Will amateur novels and one-sided RPG Maker games be all that's left one day?

In another topic I mentioned the creepy, awkward feeling I get when I try to connect to the servers right now, and about how one day I'll have the Playonline Viewer shortcut still on my desktop, just sitting there, an empty shell. I'll keep installing the game on newer computers, even if I can't ever update it(much less play it).

Then there are other worries; if they did port it, what would and wouldn't they implement? If they went barebones in story adaption, would you still be able to make a linkshell/get married/etc.? Could you make multiple characters and use more than one at a time? etc. I guess you could call your character select screen a "linkshell"...