PlayStation 3 version: Why Bother?

I personally would prefer the PS3 version because MMOs specifically can take up substantially longer time per gaming session and don't exactly need my computer tied up for that long of a duration if I can avoid it.

And i definitely have no desire to waste money on a 1st release PS4 that's going to malfunction as all intitial models do anymore just for this game and then hope something else decent pops up in the near future to try to valdiate the cost (considering most good titles not really show up when the console starts to be sold).

I went to some PS3 forums to tell them to sign up for the beta to try out the game. About half the people were positive said they would sign up. On the other hand the other half wouldn't sign up because they said they didn't want to try the game because its not worth trying because of the sub fee so they wouldn't even try the beta.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

I went to some PS3 forums to tell them to sign up for the beta to try out the game. About half the people were positive said they would sign up. On the other hand the other half wouldn't sign up because they said they didn't want to try the game because its not worth trying because of the sub fee so they wouldn't even try the beta.

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PS3 users are used to having everything free as far as their online goes, and some people are very stubborn/entitled about it. I remember the PSN+ announcement and how some folk tried to boycott it because it had a pricetag for continued access.

Granted, I love my PS3's free online, but hell, 360 players had to pay a subscription for FFXI on top of their Live fees and they didn't make a (huge) fuss.

The stubborn/entitled mind-set not so much the PS3 users, as opposed to the personalities that inundate the PS forums.

I check The Drop fairly consistently, and the users that post their crap on there never actually reflect the PS3 player base at all lol

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Originally Posted by Issachar

PS3 users are used to having everything free as far as their online goes, and some people are very stubborn/entitled about it. I remember the PSN+ announcement and how some folk tried to boycott it because it had a pricetag for continued access.

Granted, I love my PS3's free online, but hell, 360 players had to pay a subscription for FFXI on top of their Live fees and they didn't make a (huge) fuss.

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Yea its kind of a hard sell on PS3 when every other online game has no fee. MS makes you pay for everything on 360, even Netflix which is a separate sub still have to have Xbox Live Gold to use it.

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Originally Posted by Yolteotl

The stubborn/entitled mind-set not so much the PS3 users, as opposed to the personalities that inundate the PS forums.

I check The Drop fairly consistently, and the users that post their crap on there never actually reflect the PS3 player base at all lol

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Sounds familiar.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Sounds familiar.

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Indeed lol

Reason enough: expand to a larger target audience to boost sales and accessibility.

PC isn't very big in Japan afaik, PS3 is

Some households only have one PC and one PS3 yet multiple people wanting to play FFXIV. If it's just on PC in this scenario then one person is going to be left jealous and pissed off. Computers are expensive!!! It's no fun trying to share a computer either much less makes it impossible for those two people to play together in this situation. So yeah, I guess I'm just saying from personal experience, having a PS3 version not only makes sense but is something very muchly looked forward to!