New Price Tage Revealed on the PS3 Version of FFXIV!

[Keres]

Good call by SE. This will definitely lower the barrier to entry closer to impulse buy territory, especially with a free month of game time included.

[Krausus]

If I'm not mistaken, that's not how the disc-based releases work for the PS3. I mean I know games install but usually it's only a small portion, often no more than 4 GB. I've yet to play a disc-based MMO release on the PS3 though so I may be wrong.

not 100% sure but I thought DCUO took up 30 gigs? or maybe it was 15

[Awdogsgo2heaven]

Game retailers guess prices a lot I would take that with a grain of salt until there is an official announcement.

[Keres]

Game retailers guess prices a lot I would take that with a grain of salt until there is an official announcement.

GameStop, yes. I don't recall seeing Amazon "guess" prices or release dates very often, though.

[Arcell]

not 100% sure but I thought DCUO took up 30 gigs? or maybe it was 15

Well, going by this picture of the back of the box:

and DCUO's FAQ here (it's at the bottom):

http://www.dcuniverseonline.com/faq.vm

The PS3 version requires 16GB while the PC version requires 30GB. The full digital download of the PS3 version is probably also 30GB.

[Seif]

This is good news to everyone. If they create a good game then long term fees create more profit anyway. See XI for example the most profitable FF game ever made.

[Awdogsgo2heaven]

The date is December in 2013 that day is already fishy. The ps3 version is over a year away? I dont believe that.. Neither the price.

[Felis]

But non-MMO disc-based games don't install the entire game and can patch just fine without new discs. Wouldn't it just read what's on the disc, assisted by the portion of installed data and patches that are on the PS3's hard drive?

For a MMO a patch is mostly 200MB or more. The game get bigger and bigger with each main patch.

[Kagalli]

So i'll have to buy 2 new copies of FFXIV? One for PC and PS3? The current FFXIV i have now won't work? Figured they'll patch it or something >.>

[Felis]

So i'll have to buy 2 new copies of FFXIV? One for PC and PS3? The current FFXIV i have now won't work? Figured they'll patch it or something >.>

For PC we can download the new client for free.