Support Yoshi-P's efforts to bring XIV to as many platforms as possible. :)

[Alberel]

I don't really understand the point of this thread... the WiiU could NEVER run the game as it's weaker than the PS3 and the PS3 is already running at its limit. The XBoxOne will never run the game because M$ insist the game be isolated behind their Live service which means isolated servers and an additional Live subscription fee to play it. YoshiP has already said he has no intention of porting it to XBox for that very reason.

Then there is the added problem of more platforms = longer development for updates. Each platform will require its own QA and M$ is infamous for forcing patches through a stupid vetting process that delays them even more.

If you then look at FFXI on consoles you'll notice that the game eventually outstripped the PS2's capabilities and the console was holding development back. FFXIV has ALREADY reached that stage with the PS3 and thankfully it's going to be dropped after the first expansion, but it'll only be a few years before even the PS4 is maxing out on the game and people start calling for the PS4 to be dropped... Considering that the XBoxOne is actually technically inferior to the PS4 it'll just be an added deadweight around the game's neck.

The demographic of gamers on the XBoxOne is mostly the brogamer type playing shooters and sports sims. Any RPG fans would have been VERY unlikely to buy the console due to the poor showing of RPGs on the 360. I guarantee you the majority of RPG gamers are on the PS4 which leaves very few new players to target on XBoxOne.

So what do we have? A non-existent target audience on a console that would only hold the game back... Now why would we want FFXIV released on XBox?

[Vespar]

FFXIV has ALREADY reached that stage with the PS3 and thankfully it's going to be dropped after the first expansion,

Where did you hear this? Source plz

[Delmontyb]

Where did you hear this? Source plz

Yoshio-P said in an interview. I don't have the full quote, but the idea is that sometime after the first expansion they would evaluate the population playing on the PS3 and decide if the 2nd expansion would be made foe it. The game would continue to run, just for future content expansions they wouldn't be supported. This is all up in the air right now as if the majority od XIV players are still on PS3 they might continue to support that version rather then alienate the player base. Time will tell.

[Delmontyb]

I don't really understand the point of this thread... the WiiU could NEVER run the game as it's weaker than the PS3 and the PS3 is already running at its limit. The XBoxOne will never run the game because M$ insist the game be isolated behind their Live service which means isolated servers and an additional Live subscription fee to play it. YoshiP has already said he has no intention of porting it to XBox for that very reason.

Yoshio-P wants to bring the game to the X1 as he has said multiple times, however he won't split the player base, which I think we all fully support. The point of this thread is to bring attention to some ways we can voice our support of Yoshi-P to Microsoft.

Also, the Wii-U is more powerful then the PS3, but its no where near that of the PS4 and X1.