Yoshi-P says discussions about FFXIV on Switch and Xbox One are "Positive"

[Gemina]

That's interesting, considering that Square abandoned Nintendo to produce FFVII for the PlayStation many, many moons ago due to the limitations of the Super Nintendo. I don't know if the Switch and Xbox 1 are technologically inferior to the PS4, but if they are, wouldn't be a step back after dropping PS3 support?

[Joe777]

Skyrim is getting a Switch version so at this point anything is possible...

[Tempest222]

I assumed they dropped ps3 support for a reason.... I feel like the switch would just create unnecessary limitations for everyone else. Then again, I actually have no clue about switch specs, I'm just assuming it's not too great. Oh well.

[Moonlite]

Not even discussing hardware limitations. SE is always short manpower how is this going to cover the extra costs. If it works out that patches have to be another month later because of two extra platforms due to manpower, then what. It is bad publicity to drop a platform so the other choice is to make the current player base suffer. I get that all consoles are moving closer and closer to a unified OS based on PC. But we aren't there yet.

The people that ask for this, honestly believe that switch has an untapped MMO market. Or that a huge percentage of current Xbox owners are in desperate want for 14 at this point in its life cycle. If neither platform financially supports a large scale MMO, why would 14 be what it is missing. Not to mention that some of the people that ask for this are already paying customers so they aren't a positive gain.

[Sandpark]

More potential subscribers mean more income which means more quality for us, so hope it happens.

I am spoiled by the PC master race, so unless PC support discontinued, this doesn't affect me specifically. My 4k tv gave out recently and I had to play on a 1080p tv for a few days. Let me just say I felt like a kid on Christmas who was used to getting all the cool toys and received a sweater. Even though some console can do 4k or upscaled 4k, they can't do it at max setting yet.

[bass9020]

More potential subscribers mean more income which means more quality for us, so hope it happens.

Wheres the quality now? They have numerous income sources and everything we ask for is either ignored, flat out no response or working on it. So sure lets add even more consoles to mix of limitations!

[Nightroad]

I have no fear on the Xbox one front , but the switch ?
It has a custom variant of the Tegra X1, under-clocked to 768 MHz. Packing 256 shader cores. And no amount of fancy programming will make that thing close to even a PS 3.
Oh , and saying just because it can run a trimmed down version of Skyrim or Doom does not mean it can run FF 14 , even on acceptable graphic or performance levels.

The switch is a fantastic handheld console , and I wish it could run ff 14 , but I can not see it happen .
Would I like to be proven wrong ? Of course I would !

If only a few percent of the switch owners get FF14 that would a a few million more subscribers ......

[Kurando]

SE has not yet said that there are any hurdles with Sony on getting XIV on other platforms, and have only cited MS as the problem, with them wanting Live only servers, and Gold required.

It's exactly this! MS wanted the ability to play FFXIV as part of your Live membership, which means you'd have to pay for both Live Access and also your SE sub as well to play the game. Which in the case of the Sony, you do not need PS plus to play FFXIV, both are seperate.

[Enla]

I don't want to deal with Switch Limitations.

This. I love my Switch to death and think it's a phenomenal piece of hardware given what it is, but I really don't want another PS3 situation. The Switch is EXTREMELY powerful and top of the line /for a handheld/ but is still inferior in most ways to the other current generation of consoles. Like Nightroad said it's comparable to the PS3 in power, but even then it falls short pretty handily. Which is also why just a simple google search of 'how powerful is the Nintendo Switch' mostly pulls up comparisons to that last gen console.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...ox-one-2949935

Skyrim is getting a Switch version so at this point anything is possible...

Skyrim is also six years old and being milked to death by Bethesda because they've long since realized that they don't need to innovate the franchise. Just slap a coat of paint on it every few years and people will buy it, especially since even non-gaming laptops can run it pretty well these days. The fact that it went to the Switch isn't at all surprising.

[RiyahArp]

I don't think Microsoft would pursue FFXIV. Microsoft actually had SE port FFXI to the Xbox 360, as one of the titles that they hoped would improve its reception in Japan. Not only did it not work, the 360 port of FFXI was horrid, with hi-res models but massive slowdown you didn't even have on the PS2. I don't think Microsoft would try again, especially since it's getting Black Desert. The Switch wouldn't bother either; if anything, Nintendo would choose Phantasy Star Online 2 over it I would think. If you look at Lost Sphere or Project Octopath Traveler, the games SE is designing for the Switch, it seems more like much more modest games is what they intend.

I think SE will probably just go PC only after a few more expansions.