Ok guys, I am going to play this on PC!.

[WellGramarye]

I got the game at launch. I played the Beta on PS3, and bought a copy of the CE on PS3 and a physical normal edition copy for the PC. Now. I can play my same character on the same server between both editions. My account also had the free months for both the PC and PS3 version, so I essentially played free for twice as long as someone who only had one edition.

As for the steam edition this should answer your question:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1879888

If im right you dont need to buy it on pc if youve already bought and registered your ps3 version, all you need to do is download the game (i think the link is still up in the forum) then let the client run all the updates etc, then you just log in as normal.

This is incorrect. To play on both console and pc you must own a cd key (whether physical or digital) for BOTH systems.