PS2 - Real info request.

[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.

[Joslyn]

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.

I have a better Idea just give everyone what they want and Make FFXIV into FFXI-2, give the jobs back, the quests and missions are like they should be, open up the AH, remove the lvling limitation, make it so I can just pay like I am for FFXI no stupid monthly time buying...And while there at it let those that still play FFXI be able to transfer there account info over so I dont have to start a new one

[Satyr]

Another thing...people are talking about how this game is so old and that SE should be focusing on newer things and that it is not worth it for them drop PS2 support because it is so old. EVE is older than FFXI and it still continues to get new players and is in no danger of going away any time soon. It is in SE's best interest to update the game for modern times. This game is dying not because of how old it is, but because it is stuck in 2003 (mostly due to the PS2).