Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
If it still comes back to that, then Yoshida would say it, as he has said in the past. There is no reason for him to take the blame on his own development schedule and even thanking head of Xbox for their help.

"We were able to undertake development and provide our service thanks to the immense efforts that Phil has invested. For that we are truly grateful!"

That is a weird statement to make if Xbox's policy would prevent them from "providing service" to Xbox users.

"There are no obstacles for developing the Xbox version."

I don't see the word "technical" in that statement, so please don't interpret it with that word inserted.

"The sole factors are the workload and the order of steps."

Instead, I see the word "sole" in that statement. So if it's not mentioned, it's not included in the "sole" factors as obstacles.

ON THE OTHER HAND:



FFXIV is NOT a free-to-play game. Having a free trial does not make a game free-to-play. It doesn't mean FFXIV cannot be released on the Xbox, but it won't be because of this free-to-play change as FFXIV is not free-to-play.
Microsoft's policy that was recently removed applied to both free-to-play and sub based games.