NA PS2 - One Last Shot

[Kirito_Wind]

Did they ever give a reason why they wanted to stop making US ps2 versions?

[Volkai]

Did they ever give a reason why they wanted to stop making US ps2 versions?

A quick forum search (using terms "Adoulin" and "PS2") brought up nothing, but after a bit of digging around I was able to find a relevant quote from GameEscape's Vana'Fest 2012 Interview:

GE- In North America Seekers of Adoulin will not be available for the PlayStation 2. Can you tell us what lead to this decision? It seems a bit odd to increase HDD capacity for the game on the console then only release the expansion in one territory. Why not release the expansion digitally?

SE (Answered by Square Enix, Inc.)- In evaluating the North American release of the expansion across all platforms, we needed to consider multiple factors, including the number of players exclusively on the system, and the costs associated with publishing or developing a stand-alone download. Regrettably, these two factors greatly determined our final decision to support the PC and Xbox platforms exclusively. However, we remain committed to supporting FINAL FANTASY XI on the PlayStation 2 platform for the foreseeable future.

Source

Here you go. This is why SoA is not on NA PS2. This is why the only chance an NA PS2 SoA release has is to prove that the number of players 'exclusively' on the system are willing to make an expenditure greater than the costs associated with publishing or developing a stand-alone download.

[Justinb]

I've been playing FFXI for 8 years and even met my irl wife in the Kuftal Tunnel. I've been running my game this whole time on the PS2. I hate it that they came out with a new expansion that I can now not play with my wife! (she's a PC user). I don't have the money to invest in an X-box 360 or another computer just to play the new expansion! Frankly this is ruining the whole experience for me and my wife. I cannot play as the two new jobs, and I cannot go to the new continent. I cannot express how much I want them to come out with it in NA for the PS2 users. Why can they have it in Japan but not here?!?

[Sfchakan]

I've been playing FFXI for 8 years and even met my irl wife in the Kuftal Tunnel. I've been running my game this whole time on the PS2. I hate it that they came out with a new expansion that I can now not play with my wife! (she's a PC user). I don't have the money to invest in an X-box 360 or another computer just to play the new expansion! Frankly this is ruining the whole experience for me and my wife. I cannot play as the two new jobs, and I cannot go to the new continent. I cannot express how much I want them to come out with it in NA for the PS2 users. Why can they have it in Japan but not here?!?

My woman and I started on PS2 as well, but guess what? By the time Treasures came out, we wizened up and moved to PC.

[Volkai]

I've been playing FFXI for 8 years and even met my irl wife in the Kuftal Tunnel. I've been running my game this whole time on the PS2. I hate it that they came out with a new expansion that I can now not play with my wife! (she's a PC user). I don't have the money to invest in an X-box 360 or another computer just to play the new expansion! Frankly this is ruining the whole experience for me and my wife. I cannot play as the two new jobs, and I cannot go to the new continent. I cannot express how much I want them to come out with it in NA for the PS2 users. Why can they have it in Japan but not here?!?

That's what this thread is about. The reasoning so far is that not enough people would buy it to justify the cost a manufacturing and distribution - and with a fixed-price model set at the same price as other platforms have paid, it's probably true. The way around that is this backer-funded model, where we know how much must be invested for SE to act, and the player base either invests enough to make it worth making for SE... or doesn't.