Quote Originally Posted by gifthorse View Post
Well, despite the fact that the game was not in devleopment for 5 years, and also despite the fact that the wards not having a search feature was integral to the type of market system SE needed in order to give meaning to the crafting classes, I can't deny that the game was riddled with bugs and lag. But that's probbaly more a fault of premature release than anything else.
Oh hey you're right, it's actually been in development since 2005 (if publicly announcing a new MMO counts as "development") so it's closer to 5 and a half.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/sq...-fantasy-xi-2/

EDIT: As for you Jen

http://www.vg247.com/2010/08/24/ffxi...s-square-enix/

They kinda didn't account for the PS3 not having the memory of a PC? It's probably a memory problem because of how horribly coded it is.