What is happening?

[bungiefanNA]

To add to this, the shareholders' report talks about how they were planning on using cloud-based services to host the clients for MMOs and stream them to mobile devices. DQX on 3DS/tablets was the example they gave, but it would be kind of hard to get solid market penetration with a 16 gig game for smartphones, so this is probably how they're going to handle FFXI mobile.

Depends on the data file format they use. PC uses larger audio and graphics files than PS2 does. Even with Adoulin installed, the PS2 version of FFXI actually uses less than 6 GB of the hard drive space allocated to it. The rest is empty space used to juggle files if updating from a completely fresh install from the core game, and installing each expansion individually. If you browse the partition with uLaunchELF, you're looking at 5 GB of data and change. The audio on PS2 is essentially MIDI, it doesn't take up much space at all, and the graphics files are also smaller than their PC counterparts. They could feasibly do a similar trick with a mobile platform.

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For one thing let's get it right, all information regarding Microsoft dropping support for the 360 is from 2013. Not saying they aren't going to do it but considering that they've been bungling things up with the XB1 it absolutely makes no sense for them to drop the Xbox live service from the console. The 360 is not the PS2, nearly every game as well as all the downloads are tied to online. You literally can't play most of them if it isn't online. Even if for argument's sake a lot of people ran out and bought the newer consoles what they going to play while they're waiting for the good games to come out? TL;DR If they actually do stop the service for the 360 people will scream bloody murder and it will KILL any momentum they may have for the XB1.

[bungiefanNA]

Stopping service means they stop releasing games, and stop repairing hardware. They don't have to shut the servers off. Do remember what happened with original Xbox and access to Live though...