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

[Maero]

The clear picture with the subject in mind is that MS have NOT changed their stance in which they want their own servers. It is that simple

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

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.

Actually in this case the ball is firmly in Microsoft's court. Yoshi-P has come out repeatedly saying that they will not put the game on the Xbox unless Microsoft relaxes some of its requirements, such as the LIVE Gold account requirement and the "Xbox LIVE users will always be able to choose to play with ONLY other LIVE players" requirement. Yoshi-P will not split the playerbase, as that makes the whole exercise pointless.

[Nicobo]

IMO not going to be happened is considered as positive

[alimdia]

Actually in this case the ball is firmly in Microsoft's court.

It's both. SE needs MS to drop live gold requirement, SE needs Sony to stop being greedy and allow crossplay with XB1.

The first can happen with enough talks, the second so far seems unlikely, Sony has yet to make any exception to their anti cross play policy, and since they are currently dominating the console market they have more to lose if they allow crossplay.

[Sigma-Astra]

Well, to be fair, the requirements set by Microsoft are not even justifiably fair on their own console users. In order for one person to play XIV on an Xbox One, the user would not only need to make an SE account with the Mogstation to pay their subscription fee, but they would need an Xbox LIVE Gold account as well. So, for example, the person would need to pay a $14.99 sub fee for a year and an additional $59.99 for a year with the Xbox LIVE Gold account, meanwhile, PC and PS4 players just pay the sub fee. Xbox users would be blatantly getting ripped off by the greed of Microsoft alone.

With that kind of price tag involved, they'd be better off switching consoles or just playing on PC for XIV.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It's both. SE needs MS to drop live gold requirement, SE needs Sony to stop being greedy and allow crossplay with XB1.

The first can happen with enough talks, the second so far seems unlikely, Sony has yet to make any exception to their anti cross play policy, and since they are currently dominating the console market they have more to lose if they allow crossplay.

Until the dev's come out and say Sony is causing issues with them having cross-play, I am sticking with it being Microsoft's fault. I have yet to see them even mention Sony in regards to the cross-play issues, it's always been a Microsoft problem.

[LastFireAce]

Pls no, switch limitation.
sure good system but even i know gonna have issues online play with bunch of players.

[ko_]

Lets say the ball is in Sony's court... you really think they would be like " Hey Mircosoft. I know last gen when we asked for crossplay and when you were top of your game you said no. BUT I'mma be a fair sport. Come lets allow crossplay with our systems and forgive and forget. forget I got over 70% of the console market cause you pissed all those people off at the start eh?" NOPE. I would love to see more people play but I don't see Sony doing it.. tho it wouldn't even get to sony since first Mircosoft has to get rid of the gold thing like Sony has. Otherwise it's always gonna be a no deal.

Edit. LOL I just noticed the Irony of my post vs my ingame name LOL. Beautiful Sony...
Edit edit. I would almost pay someone to be my partner in crime and name themselves Mirocsoft windows lol

[urban]

Leaving one limitation and jumping into another...very positive :/

[alimdia]

Until the dev's come out and say Sony is causing issues with them having cross-play, I am sticking with it being Microsoft's fault. I have yet to see them even mention Sony in regards to the cross-play issues, it's always been a Microsoft problem.

SE is never gonna point fingers at Sony, I don't think you understand how close are SE and Sony, that's like throwing a friend under the bus. If you do a tiny bit of searching you'll see that Sony has already spoken publicly about why they don't allow crossplay with Xbox.