Quote Originally Posted by RAIST View Post
Basically, the panel explained when they explored the prospect of bringing an MMO to the PS3, they wanted to make it the best they could, in comparison to the current market. Note the key point there....the best compared to everyone else at the time. This was nearly a DECADE after FFXI's development started---the genre had a LOT more expected of games now. They decided it would be best to develop a NEW GAME, with new mechanics, new features---in general, a new way of doing things to compete with what was considered the new norm in the genre.

Porting FFXI, even with a complete new graphics engine, would NOT accomplish this goal. So, they decided to make a new game for the PS3 . They have made it quite clear multiple times that they were committed to investing the resources into a NEW GAME for the PS3 console instead of trying to rehash FFXI into a v2.0 launch just for the PS3
Ok I see your point, but ffxi is SE's cash cow for its MMO department. Moreover, from what I hear ffiv is not a good game and not as finely tuned as ffxi. If they want to put the best game on ps3 it should be ffxi, that's what everyone plays that's what everyone likes. I hate pc gaming and my comp is not built for that, I only game on consoles and I would hate to have to get an 360 literally just for one game. If they ended ps2 support and initiated the support on ps3 I think all ps2 users would be happy since ps2 users naturally graduate or move to ps3 anyway.