Welp, the Xbox version is dead in the water. What were they thinking?

[Volkai]

With apologies for the very late reply -- the requirement to have XBox Live Gold was, by my understanding, why FFXIV did not come out on XBox at ARR, as the PS3-exclusivity deal had, also by my understanding, only applied to the original version of the game, from which ARR was distinct.

The opposing stances of "XIV players should not be required to pay for two subscriptions" and "all MMOs on XBox require XBL Gold / Game Pass (Core or greater) to play" remained - remain? - standing in opposition and are why FFXIV did not come out on XBox until Dawntrail. I can only conclude that by the time Dawntrail was in development, the devs saw enough demand to justify compromising on their stance to make the game available. I suspect Microsoft compromising in allowing the Free Trial to not require Game Pass made things acceptable to SE, if only just.

[Volkai]

I reeeeeeaaallly wish they would fix the chat censorship issue with the Xbox version. That has been the biggest problem for me to deal with on the Xbox.

Between the broken chat censorship for all Xbox players, the double-subscription for people who don't already have Game Pass, and the forced use of FF Coins for those who only have the Xbox version of FF14; it's like people went out of their way to make the Xbox version the weakest platform to play Final Fantasy 14.

It's also worth mentioning that Square's hyper-restrictive account policies make FF14 the one and only Xbox game I'm aware of that doesn't support game sharing. If my wife wants to play on the same physical console, but on her gamertag, she would need to buy a separate copy of the game. No other Xbox game works like that. We only need to buy one copy of any other game for us to both be able to play on the same console.

I could be mistaken, but is FFXIV not, also, the only MMO on XBox with cross-platform play?

[CaptainLagbeard]

I could be mistaken, but is FFXIV not, also, the only MMO on XBox with cross-platform play?

As far as I know, the one usually very much against crossplay between platforms is Sony.