Quote Originally Posted by Nekodar View Post
The original JP release had major problems, and that was before it was even available to play on PC.
By the time it was released in NA, with Rise of the Zilart expansion, it had become much better.

JP PS2 release may 16, 2002
JP PC release nov 7, 2002
NA PC release Oct 28, 2003
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Very true. Original XI was garbage. But it quickly became worthy of its title of the most succesfull MMO in Japan within a year.
FFXIV release date was over 40 months ago...