FINAL FANTASY XI® Seekers of Adoulin

[SleepStudy]

Im pretty sure the biggest reason is b/c the PS2 community is still thriving in japan, whereas in the states (and I assume Canada) the only place you are really finding PS2 games are in the dollar bin at used game stores, flea markets, and garage sales. It doesn't make sense to put all the effort into manufacturing a hard copy of the game if you have no real place to sell it. Now, as to why they don't make it a digital download? No clue.

[LittleXT]

Greetings,

I’d like to take a moment to clarify which platform Seekers of Adoulin will be available on for those that have been asking. We will continue to support North American FINAL FANTASY XI players on the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PC (Windows) platforms. However, FINAL FANTASY XI: Seekers of Adoulin will only be available on the Xbox 360 and Windows platforms in North America when it is released in 2013.

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[Ang]

ive gotta say im really disappointed in SE over this....i have been playing FFXI on ps2 for almost 10 years now. Ive never cheated, used third party tools, always made payments on time, never switched to WoW when it blew up, never had a GM called on me among other things and this is the thanks us ps2 users get? Why shouldnt we get to enjoy the new content...we who never cheated, we who never bogged the servers down with third party tools...Come on SE dont discriminate...alot of people still play on ps2. We put up with enough with all the npc freeze, blackscreen stuff that has yet to be fixed. Please find a way to let ps2 users enjoy this new expansion.

[madrileno23]

Why play on a monitor? I have my desktop hooked up to a 42" HDTV with HDMI.

I concur,
I am playing on a 55" Samsung LED TV hooked up to my gaming comp. FFXI has never looked better.
Ofcourse, I'm running it rendered at 3840x2160 in 1920x1080 resolution monitor so I am getting 2x Supersampling.
Looks fantastic though, and I love sitting 8-10 ft away on my couch and being able to read everything clear on a large TV.

[Eric]

What SE failed to mention at VanaFest was that instead of MP, Rune Fencer and Geomancer's spells will be cast using the tears of PS2 players.

[Sephoroth]

PC > all.. I have PS2 and it sucks... Don't know why anyone would even care that its FINALLY not being dragged into things it cant handle properly anymore... You can find a torrent online pretty easily for the PC install, and there are drivers for the PS3 controller to USB OR Bluetooth into your PC... Hands down the PC wins, IF i ever was to install FFXI on a FailBox it would strictly be for the Achievment Points, other than that i see no reason to play on that system either... http://www.tigerdirect.com or http://www.tigerdirect.ca depending where you live, can find pretty cheap system to run FFXI... and this http://dl.qj.net/dl.php?fid=113518&new=1 is a basic driver for the PS3 controller.. Plug in the controller, run the exe, and push the PS button and your done! I could link the torrents to but I doubt SE would like that.. Anywho problem solved..

[Zumi]

My question is why not release a downloadable version of the expansion for PS2. That way people can still play on their PS2. SE will have to make all the dat files for US PS2 anyway because they are still supporting it, all the armor and graphics will have to be made for PS2. Especially since the JPs get the PS2 version.

[Aldersyde]

I have to say, I'm disappointed in SE's decision, moreso because it seems to be regionally discriminatory. Now before someone assumes that I just prefer to dwell in the technological dark ages, this isn't the case whatsoever. I started using the the PC version about a year and half ago but I kept my PS2 so that my son could play with me as well. It is also used as a dual box character. This decision has me considering whether I should continue to keep playing at all after I finish what I want to finish (or whether I should even finish it all). Maybe I've spoiled myself by dualboxing but I am never going to a style of play where I only use one character. Dualboxing is just too convenient to give up. At the same time, I'm not buying another pc or laptop just to play one game. I remember before FFXIV crashed and burned, people on forums laughed at the very notion of others buying the ps3 for the sole purpose of playing one game and I can't help but agree with the sentiment. My PC is relatively new and there's no reason at this time to buy another, it does everything I need it to do. I don't play other pc games either. Buying a second for the sole purpose of playing FFXI is totally superfluous.

Xbox 360 could offer more utility in that I could play other games but I already own a ps3. Additionally, I feel that Xbox 360 is an inferior product, as I've known so many friends and acquaintances who have had them crap out on them in less than year or two while my own (and a good number of friends') PS2 keeps chugging and grinding along after nearly 10 years like a stubborn old ox. Complaints from people that I know who play FFXI on it concerning d/cs and blackscreens make me feel it's a worse experience than the ps2 version. Needless to say, I'm not going to buy an Xbox 360 either.

SE (and other players) need to realize that this decision will not only affect ps2 players. This game is supposed to be about social contact and friends. One player quitting, for whatever reason, has an impact on a number of others. If Person A decides to quit because they can't enjoy the new expansion that may induce Person B and C to quit as well, because the game isn't as fun without Person A, expansion or no expansion. When Person B and C quit, that gets others thinking as to whether the game is as fun and worth playing without B and C. And so on, and so on. People cheering this decision are extremely short sighted at best.

And I don`t know where people are getting their information about player numbers concerning the amount of players on each console. I haven't seen any recent official comment from SE concerning FFXI`s official population, let alone how they break down by platform. Most estimates on population size are inferred by FFXIAH or from eyeballing server populations, so If there's any actual hard information on the matter, I`d like to see someone provide a link. Unless I just have a very unique network of friends, I have a feeling people are badly underestimating the amount of ps2 players there actually is.

I haven't really made a decision on whether I want to stick around yet. I thought the information concerning the expansion was kind of lackluster (mainly because I can't get excited about two mage jobs that I ultimately believe are going to be redundant and unnecessary as far as roles go), so SE is going to have to really wow me with other facets of the expansion's game play in the coming months to convince me to go without my second character in expansion areas. It's pretty vague on how retaking the land and private islands will play out but personally, for me, if I wanted to play farmville, i'd go play farmville.

I hope SE seriously considers a downloadable version for ps2. I can understand if they don't want to distribute physical copies over a wide NA market but there's really no reason not to provide a downloadable one through Playonline.

[tyrantsyn]

For all of those curious about why they drop support, try and remember they did a survey and ppl are constantly calling for the axe on the PS2 here on the forum's. It's not hard to figure out why. 360 with 20 to 120 HD are pretty cheap these days not to mention labtop's and desktop's a few year's old that are more than capable of running the game. Save your penny's and upgrade already. I'll come over latter and help you out back to put your PS2 down.

[Randwolf]

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For all of those curious about why they drop support, try and remember they did a survey and ppl are constantly calling for the axe on the PS2 here on the forum's. It's not hard to figure out why. 360 with 20 to 120 HD are pretty cheap these days not to mention labtop's and desktop's a few year's old that are more than capable of running the game. Save your penny's and upgrade already. I'll come over latter and help you out back to put your PS2 down.

Somehow, a lot of people seem to be missing the fact that as long as the game supports PS2 IN ANY REGION nothing changes. All those complaints revolving around the PS2 would require support for PS2 to go away everywhere. Otherwise, all platforms will have to more or less conform to the PS2 limitations. Unless, S/E can and will let the PS2 have things like less item slots, and, I can't see that happening, we will all continue to be weighed down by the PS2. No one gained anything from a JP Only version of the expansion.