PS2 - Real info request.

[annewandering]

Truth is ps2 did update. Its called a ps3.
I am not sure why new material not usable by ps2 would mean changing all the basic codes of the game. It is obvious that some of the new material in the game is already not easily, if at all, usable by ps2. Well its obvious if you play on ps2 or play with people who do.
There are things and areas that they just cant do. It wouldnt be much of a stretch to not make new material available to ps2 and not even pretend it is. They can still play the game but its time to start budgeting for new game device. (very hard to say since my best friend on game plays on ps2)

[Joslyn]

Wouldn't say angry more frustrated that people don't seem to get it! :P

I'm reserving my verdict till SE actually says they are coming out with a said new expansion, It would also be real easy for them to convert the code over to ps3.. Look at some of the other companies that have made ps2 games available to download, this whole thing saying they can't is a load it's really them wanting everyone jumping to the new MMO without thinking about the back lash it'll do to the players that have been playing for the last 8 years, If they would have allowed players to transfer there characters or atleast give something to those that are transferring from one game to another then It would have been worth it but since FFXIV still feels like they just wanted to make a game to compete with WoW( which since Cataclysm was been released alot of the more Hardcore players have left) it has left a very bad taste in alot of dedicated FF fans, me being one of them.

Would I love to see a ps3 version of FFXI? yes. Will it happen? Probably never

[InfamousDS]

Word of Interest:

I made a VM with better specs then a PS2. I now have a computer inside my 4 yr old Vista (no hardware upgrades) with XP on it that runs FF better than my Vista. VMWare isn't new, it isn't hard to use, no need to buy a Windows 7 CPU except as a host unit for the VM. And you can get perfectly acceptable ones for the same price of most consoles.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I'm reserving my verdict till SE actually says they are coming out with a said new expansion, It would also be real easy for them to convert the code over to ps3..

It would be easier for sony to release a fimwear update.

[Cupofnoodles]

I'm reserving my verdict till SE actually says they are coming out with a said new expansion, It would also be real easy for them to convert the code over to ps3.. Look at some of the other companies that have made ps2 games available to download, this whole thing saying they can't is a load it's really them wanting everyone jumping to the new MMO without thinking about the back lash it'll do to the players that have been playing for the last 8 years, If they would have allowed players to transfer there characters or atleast give something to those that are transferring from one game to another then It would have been worth it but since FFXIV still feels like they just wanted to make a game to compete with WoW( which since Cataclysm was been released alot of the more Hardcore players have left) it has left a very bad taste in alot of dedicated FF fans, me being one of them.

Would I love to see a ps3 version of FFXI? yes. Will it happen? Probably never

i suggested some days ago that they put it on the Playstation Store and slap a 5 to 7 dollar price tag on it.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

i suggested some days ago that they put it on the Playstation Store and slap a 5 to 7 dollar price tag on it.

It would be the $10 ultimate collection price.

[Mirage]

But again, the problem is that it cannot run natively on a PS3. It would need some work done to it for that to work

[Tsukino_Kaji]

But again, the problem is that it cannot run natively on a PS3. It would need some work done to it for that to work

It's because SE and Sony wont kiss and make up.

[Alhanelem]

Truth is ps2 did update. Its called a ps3.

That's not an upgrade or update. That's a new device.

And current model PS3s are not backwards compatable (The backwards compatability was done by literally building the ps2 into it- the Ps2 processor and such- it's not emulated or performed by the PS3 hardware; They eliminated the PS2 hardware to cut costs and lower the price of the PS3)

[Byrth]

When people talk about dropping PS2 support, typically people cite figures that JPs have a lot more PS2-onry players than we do. However, after the update a few times ago that messed up a bunch of PS2 installs (and considering that many big box PS2s no longer read disks), I wonder how many PS2 users are really left subscribing.

I have to imagine that the software is currently optimized for the PS2, which is why it's such a horrendous CPU hog on PCs. If we lost PS2 support, perhaps its PC load would be more what we'd expect from a game that's approaching a decade old.

Cost/benefit, I know, but I really wonder if it's worth it for SE to continue dumping money into the failure that is FFXIV when they could just drop PS2 support and massively upgrade FFXI.