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

[Barvaduke]

That made me so happy the very sad a minute later!!! LOL

[Fhaerron]

Nintendo Switch!? It's good news to me because I can bring it and level my gatherer and crafter class.

Normally, I play this game on PC Platform.

I want to play ffxiv on the switch i love it go out and do my daily's anywhere i go

To you and all others wanting this on the go.


Do you realise that you need internet access?
There's no 4G to USB adapter compatible on the Switch and even if there was you still don't have a free USB port in handheld mode. Docked mode is not really portable or 'on the go'.

Most public hotspots require some sort of weblogin, good luck with that on the switch.

You could, of course, always set up your phone as hotspot for direct connection on your switch, well even if that would work I doubt it would work that good.

I honestly do not believe a Switch would be the only 'device' a gamer has. Not during this era.
Even if the person does not have a console he does have a computer at least and this game can run on a toaster.

I own a switch myself and I love it but some things are better left out.

Also, I do not want to give Square Enix even more excuses in the name of #switchlimitations.

[K1tt]

It'll be interesting to see how black desert online is handled on xbox one when that is released. Definitely not opposed personally to the addition of xbox players myself the more the merrier is always good for an mmo. But Im not sold on a switch port.

[Enla]

The Switch port was and still is my bone of contention. I love mine and think it's one of the best consoles ever made for what it can do, but that's just it... For what it can do. For a mobile, handheld device it's exceedingly powerful. It however only really competes with the PS3 in terms of power and we already kicked /that/ ball and chain with the advent of Stormblood. The last thing I want to see is them devoting resources for a port only to then run into the same tired of excuses of 'well, the Switch cannot run this particular feature we want sooooo'. It's just the same tired song and dance from the PS3 era, right or wrong, and while all consoles can be limiting in certain ways I don't think being held back to quite the same level is a good place to go back to.

That's not even getting into the issue of connectivity that Fhaerron brought up, which is another bone of contention for on the go play.

As for the Xbox One port, I'd be fine with it but sadly that ball rests in Sony's court. If they refuse to play ball then frankly it's just never going to gain any traction. You can't have the player base stratified in an MMO like this and Sony has consistently been against cross platform play with their rivals.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...ox-one-2949935 (Spec's for those interested. Keep in mind this article is comparing first generation Xbox One's and PS4's to the Switch, with their second iterations being magnitudes better.)

[Krokov]

In reference to cross play for a time FFXI was playable on Xbox 360, PS2 and PC before they dropped console support.

[Enla]

In reference to cross play for a time FFXI was playable on Xbox 360, PS2 and PC before they dropped console support.

It seems to ebb and flow depending on the era. Currently however Sony is very much anti-cross play from the looks of it:

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/22...-heres-why.htm

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...intendo-switch

[Caitlinzulu]

Do we know everything about why crosplay is not possible or not?
The first article is is a very one sided microsoft interview and off course they would lay the blame with sony.
The second article isnt about ffxiv at all .
On one side we have this insistance of microsoft to reguire gold subscription for ff online play, second i've heard about microsoft demanding for some kind of log in tie in between psn and microsoft live. Third is the insistance of microsoft for dedicated servers for xbox players which has been redflagged by SE. I can certainly understand sony not laying on its back and submitting to microsoft over those demands.
Unless these 3 requirements have been relaxed you cant blame either microsoft or sony since they are both guilty over not allowing crossplay

[Mikazuki]

Just sold my Xbox to get a PS4 to play FFXIV exclusively. What a pain! Although I probably couldn't have waited on "positive" discussions lol

[Enla]

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They're both about Sony's stances on the matter, with regards to two huge franchises. Neither really has to be about FFXIV at all to show a pattern and are only the tip of the iceberg in regards to the phenomenon, especially when the two games in question are very much large and would be far more profitable to change their stance over. Don't misunderstand, both sides of this are a mess. Yet Sony is the one currently unwilling to play even with Nintendo for better or ill.

[Rinuko]

Just sold my Xbox to get a PS4 to play FFXIV exclusively. What a pain! Although I probably couldn't have waited on "positive" discussions lol

For all we know you could had waited for a eternity.