PlayStation 3 version: Why Bother?

[ChiyoKatsui]

The game is on Square Enix servers, not PSN, you need a Square Enix account to log into the game, not your PSN account. If FFXIV ARR is on maintenance nobody can log in regardless if PSN is offline or not.

I can still browse the internet on my PS3 while PSN is on maintenance, so I doubt it will effect gameplay.

speculating of course.

Na, you need to log in to PSN to use anything other than LAN services, which is how XLinkKai works. Ofcourse the browser will work. your internet isnt off. its how sony bans people for hacking stuff. because they have to authenticate with the server to do anything online besides browse the net. Other games servers aren't on PSN's servers either, it's a tunnel through psn to the real server. every online game uses it on ps3 that I know of, with the exception of using LAN. LAN won't go through PSN obviously.

I use to have FFXI on my PS3, but I don't remember if I had to sign in to PSN for it. I think I did though.