[Dev] PS2 User Poll

[Zerich]

People are still QQing over the game not being on PS2 for NA/EU? A PC that will run the game can be made for less than the expansion itself will likely cost ffs.

This is a lost cause for the people in question. They're still playing Bop-it, waiting for the Spice Girls reunion, and "Kennan and Kel" are still on Nick.

[FrankReynolds]

I like this line of thinking. Wouldn't it be great if all software manufacturers had to make every version of their software on floppy disk for all the tards who refuse to get a CD / DVD drive or an internet connection?

"Here you go sir. 1 copy of windows 7. Would you like the DVD version? or would you prefer 5,000 floppy disks?"

"Floppy please. It takes me six weeks to go through all the disks, but it's totally worth it so that I don't have to spend $40 on a cd drive!"

[0nionKn1ght]

Goal: To find out the number of people that would. I personally have never been asked as US Citizen which system I play on, and people continue to say the SE surveyed people.

Isn't it one of the annual census questions?

Also it's available for €12 (roughly $18) on Steam, as a full all in one code, which can be added to an existing account to top it up to the most current expansion, or used to create a new, fully upgraded account.

Not sure where you are getting the $40 from.

[bungiefanNA]

Get a JP PS2 and copy.

Hard to do if you can't read Japanese, since you can't change the in-game client language. SCEI also finally took the non-slim PS2 out of production 2-3 years ago, after almost a 10 year production run, so you'd be getting a used one.

[Iakothm]

I like this line of thinking. Wouldn't it be great if all software manufacturers had to make every version of their software on floppy disk for all the tards who refuse to get a CD / DVD drive or an internet connection?

"Here you go sir. 1 copy of windows 7. Would you like the DVD version? or would you prefer 5,000 floppy disks?"

"Floppy please. It takes me six weeks to go through all the disks, but it's totally worth it so that I don't have to spend $40 on a cd drive!"

And I love this type of Mentality. I play on PC but I don't give a fuck if someone wants to play on PS2 saying they should HAVE to play on pc is just beyond stupid. I mean shit you saying stuff like "it's totally worth it so I don't have to spend $40" as if $40 was nothing. Well the fact of the matter is 40 bucks is actually more than alot of people can afford to spend so if you truly want everyone to switch to pc here is an idea go out and buy everyone a pc after all they are so cheap that people can pick them up for less than the expansion right? I am sure you can afford that.

[FrankReynolds]

And I love this type of Mentality. I play on PC but I don't give a fuck if someone wants to play on PS2 saying they should HAVE to play on pc is just beyond stupid. I mean shit you saying stuff like "it's totally worth it so I don't have to spend $40" as if $40 was nothing. Well the fact of the matter is 40 bucks is actually more than alot of people can afford to spend so if you truly want everyone to switch to pc here is an idea go out and buy everyone a pc after all they are so cheap that people can pick them up for less than the expansion right? I am sure you can afford that.

Why don't you buy me a PS2 since you think I should get a PS2 quality game despite the fact that I paid for the PC and 360 versions as well. And $40 isn't a lot of money (Nor is it even relevant). I just watched a kid sell a PS2 and some games for $40 today at the garage sale across the street. He probably went and spent that money on a better gaming system and you should do the same.

If you can afford to pay $100+ a year for a game, but can't come up with $19.99 once every ten years to change platforms, then you either have the tightest budget in known existence, or you are full of crap. What are you gonna do if they raise the subscription price due to inflation? Will you be forced into a life of crime to pay for it? Oh gosh. I hope they don't do that. The street will be full of insane FFXI addicts. This could be worse than crack in the 80's.

[Iakothm]

I play on PC. The fact of the matter is You are telling people they NEED a pc to play this game you are trying to compare need to want which is stupid. No matter what you aren't gonna get the type of update you want even if they remove all support and put it on only PC. ps2 players have been just as dedicated to this game as any pc players if not more so. So seriously all the people playing on PC need to get off their damn high horse and leave PS2 players alone.

[Arcon]

I play on PC. The fact of the matter is You are telling people they NEED a pc to play this game you are trying to compare need to want which is stupid.

No, SE are telling them that. He's just trying to convince them that it's not a bad thing. SE are basically doing everyone a favor with this move, even though many people are too stubborn to see it.

[RAIST]

Think of it as planned obsolescence.

Eventually, you won't be able to get anything FFXI for the PS2 in the other regions. When Sony one day no longer deems it cost effective to support PS2 in the JP region, it too will go the way of the Dodo as a viable FFXI platform there as well (Sony has already slated this for review in 2015). Think of it this way... there is a reason i386, i486, P5, etc. systems left the market and Intel stopped producing the CPU's---better systems hit the markets and the CONSUMERS moved to the better platforms.

It is an inevitable change that IS GOING TO HAPPEN, whether you like it or not.

[Chilloa]

lol This thread was a good read. Think it's time to close it up though. OP, to answer your question. No, no one would buy it save the two or three people in this thread who said they would. How about it SE? Spend a lot of money to make a quick, according to this thread, $80 bucks? Or wait until the end of the month and make that same amount in a few seconds?

OP you've really got them cornered!