FFXIV for Xbox! Thank you Yoshi-P :)

[Delmontyb]

ESO went FTP a couple of months before it was on console.

Yep, that's one of the reasons why people bring this up for FFXIV as a concern if it didn't go FTP then there would be active presidance.

[Eli85]

This whole strategy for Microsoft is very, very bizarre. Players who have a vested interest in JRPGs are already in the Nintendo / Sony ecosystems. I can't imagine there are very many, if any, Xbox exclusive players who go, 'Hmm, you know what, more Final Fantasy is a good thing.' Those players are already on platforms that thrive on JRPGs.

More players will be good for XIV, but don't expect very many. Xbox players don't exactly dig the macro genre.

[Derio]

Please release on scarlet and not the current gen Xbox please.

[ElazulHP]

This whole strategy for Microsoft is very, very bizarre. Players who have a vested interest in JRPGs are already in the Nintendo / Sony ecosystems. I can't imagine there are very many, if any, Xbox exclusive players who go, 'Hmm, you know what, more Final Fantasy is a good thing.' Those players are already on platforms that thrive on JRPGs.

More players will be good for XIV, but don't expect very many. Xbox players don't exactly dig the macro genre.

Not necessarily 100% true. One of the best JRPG's of all time was an xbox exclusive: Lost Odyssey. Granted that was back in the 360 era, but I played the heck out of it. There are also quite a few other JRPG games on the XB1 due to its backwards compatibility. Games like Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia, ect. I would bet there are more players interested than people give credit for.

[Lium]

Welp, there goes the community.

[Eli85]

Not necessarily 100% true. One of the best JRPG's of all time was an xbox exclusive: Lost Odyssey. Granted that was back in the 360 era, but I played the heck out of it. There are also quite a few other JRPG games on the XB1 due to its backwards compatibility. Games like Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia, ect. I would bet there are more players interested than people give credit for.

I won't disparage Lost Odyssey, but to call it "one of the best JRPGs" is very much a stretch. Nintendo and Sony's consoles (each of them) has had a console selling JRPG, while no Xbox console has come close to achieving such a feat. The exclusivity (for Sony / Nintendo) is not what it once was, but if what you like are JRPGs, you don't buy the Xbox platform: it does not provide enough titles and most of them are released too far after the Sony / Nintendo release dates.

So, a platform that only gets JRPG scraps and has not had a console-selling JRPG, is now a platform that MS wants to bring JRPGs to? Just don't see the business sense. If anything, it's Phil Spencer and Microsoft not understanding its install base.

[Noitems]

Welp, there goes the community.

If it was free to play yeah, but with a pay to play sub the majority will pewter out once they hit the max level for the demo.

[linay]

Hopefully they'll use some of their newfound income to add add-on support and an optional 4K texture pack for the PCMR.

I do not want add-on support. I want SE to actually produce features for the game rather than leaving it to a third party.

Xbox players don't exactly dig the macro genre.

What is the macro genre?

[SerLuke]

Not necessarily 100% true. One of the best JRPG's of all time was an xbox exclusive: Lost Odyssey. Granted that was back in the 360 era, but I played the heck out of it. There are also quite a few other JRPG games on the XB1 due to its backwards compatibility. Games like Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia, ect. I would bet there are more players interested than people give credit for.

There has also been a lot more multi plat JRPGs on Xbox One this gen too than in the past, I think developers are realizing there is a market for JRPGs in the west/on Xbox

[SerLuke]

Welp, there goes the community.

What are you going on about?