FFXIV FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH

[Jpec07]

Everyone seems to be focusing on the console's power, while forgetting something:

FFXIV requires an internet connection to play.

Unless I'm thoroughly mistaken, the Switch doesn't have an LTE chip (you'd need a SIM card and a mobile data subscription to use it).

In order to be mobile with FFXIV on the Switch, you'd need to tether through your smartphone or hijack someone else's wifi.

Technical aspects of the console aside, I think that presents a pretty glaring problem with porting the game to the Switch.

[LadyCatastro]

SNIP

It has Wifi connection just like any other console my main man.

So you could use it at a cafe or anywhere else that has free Wifi just like the 3ds, but on an actual console.

[JunseiKei]

FFXIV requires an internet connection to play.

Unless I'm thoroughly mistaken, the Switch doesn't have an LTE chip (you'd need a SIM card and a mobile data subscription to use it).

Considering Pokémon and its features requiring internet in some form, I doubt the Switch will lack it. That would be a step backwards. O_o Plus, how would the Nintendo eShop even work anymore?

[Jpec07]

Considering Pokémon and its features requiring internet in some form, I doubt the Switch will lack it. That would be a step backwards. O_o Plus, how would the Nintendo eShop even work anymore?

LTE != WiFi. LTE is cellular data. WiFi is a localized network access point.

Nintendo's systems have had WiFi since at least the 3DS/Wii, but all of their titles have been playable without an internet connection (meaning, you can take your 3DS on the bus and play Pokémon or Yokai Watch for the several hours it takes to get from LA to Vegas for the Fanfest). You would not be able to play FFXIV in this way on the Switch without some kind of WiFi, either provided by your mode of transport, or by your smartphone.

Taking the Switch on the go seems to be a big draw for Nintendo, so I doubt they'd want a title that requires a broadband internet connection to even load.

[JunseiKei]

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O. You have taught me a thing this day and yeah, I could see where that would be a nail in the coffin. V_V

[Bladesinger]

O. You have taught me a thing this day and yeah, I could see where that would be a nail in the coffin. V_V

Keep in mind that this is a Hybrid console - one that does come with an ethernet connection on the back of it and will utilize a dock for home gaming - Not to sure about how the wireless is going to work honestly, but if this picture: http://imgur.com/a/s1w36 of a supposedly leaked DEV KIT and the info that's out there about it's wireless capability speaks the truth - I can see it possibly working.

Honestly tho - who would want to play FFXIV on the go outside of being on a plane?