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

[DeaconMoore]

I see a lot of people claiming MS said that you have to have a paid Live account to log in..where did they say this, if anyone has a link would be appreciated!

May have changed, doubt it, but even with other services like Netflix thru the xbox you'd need an active gold account to use. Want to multiplayer online, gold account, want pandora, gold account. Want to do more than chat and get updates, gold account.

[Cerbolt]

Honestly if it goes on the switch I'd get it in a heart beat. How could I turn down ffxiv on the go?

[Sebazy]

I'd love to see SE leverage Tegra's gamestream capabilities to allow a PC GPU to do the rendering for the Switch. It's absolutely dooable on a technical level (Rainway and the Video clip recording APIs confirm this) and the precedent for free companion apps has been set in the eShop already. I imagine Nintendo would be rather unlikely to approve a game that makes the Switch play slave to another machine tho. A shame really as it'd be amazing if well executed.

[Enla]

Live is currently required for all other current multiplayer and MMOs games accessible through Xbox.

And while it's acceptable for games like BDO and Destiny which have a one time entry fee, for a concurrent sub-model it;s a huge barrier to entry.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

And while it's acceptable for games like BDO and Destiny which have a one time entry fee, for a concurrent sub-model it;s a huge barrier to entry.

They also require the ability for Live players to be able to play only with other Live members. SE won't split the user base, Live only servers would be dead.

[Yamimarik]

For those wanting to know about this, and not wanting to look it up for themselves.

https://www.rpgsite.net/interview/31...-naoki-yoshida

Yoshida: To answer your question straightforward: The policy has not changed on Microsoft's side.

The main reason from our side is that I don't want the community to be divided; to be split into two or more. For example, one player might be on the PC version, another might be on the PS4 version, and I'm playing the Xbox version - but we're not able to join the same game servers. That is just... I just don't like the idea. I disagree with it.

If it was a P2P or an MO, then it would be fine - but for FF14, if that frustration happens, maybe one of those players says 'OK, I will give up my PS4 character and start out for scratch, making a new account from scratch on another machine. I don't think that's fair.

I really want the community to stick together and not be split into two or be divided because of that reason. That's one of the reasons that means that unless the policy chances, Xbox just doesn't make sense to us.

And another interview about it as well:
https://gamerescape.com/2015/03/09/p...naoki-yoshida/

[Ash_]

The Switch would be a big backward step for this game. Of the 4GB ram it has, 1 is reserved for the OS. 3GB for an MMO today is nowhere near sufficient.

If anything I'd like to see them add more optimisations for PS4 Pro users, and forget about any other console.

[RiyahArp]

May have changed, doubt it, but even with other services like Netflix thru the xbox you'd need an active gold account to use. Want to multiplayer online, gold account, want pandora, gold account. Want to do more than chat and get updates, gold account.

When FFXI was on the 360, you only needed a silver account, since it charged a subscription. I don't know if they would change it.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

The Switch would be a big backward step for this game. Of the 4GB ram it has, 1 is reserved for the OS. 3GB for an MMO today is nowhere near sufficient.

If anything I'd like to see them add more optimisations for PS4 Pro users, and forget about any other console.

Actually, at 1080p on maximum, it uses just about 3gigs total between video ram and system ram, at least according to task manager. (not that I want a step backwards if thats what it would be)

[Paladinleeds]

When FFXI was on the 360, you only needed a silver account, since it charged a subscription. I don't know if they would change it.

Yep, but that was because Microsoft was desperate to gain a foothold in Japan. Nowadays, Microsoft has resigned itself to the fact it's not getting a foothold in Japan. As a result, they've gone to their current practices (AFAIK, FFXI was the only exception they made). Microsoft's way seems to be "If it doesn't work our way, shut it down" (see Windows Phone and Band not doing good enough for Microsoft and them shuttering both.), so expect Microsoft to shut down Xbox before they change their tune on this Xbox Live.