They should scrap the PS3 version.

[Wilksha]

The only limitation that I'm aware of, and I could be wrong, is the PS2's HDD capacity. Other than that FFXI could've still continued on the PS2. Having an MMO available for consoles hits a wide range of consumers that may not have normally picked up the game had it been for PC only.

If I'm not mistaken the HDD that came with FFXI was 120gigs. FFXI when I left was only ~25gigs. So the HDD limitations are not really valid unless the PS2 game was way bigger then that.

[Demacus]

If I'm not mistaken the HDD that came with FFXI was 120gigs. FFXI when I left was only ~25gigs. So the HDD limitations are not really valid unless the PS2 game was way bigger then that.

I was curious about this myself, as the game is apparently still being supported on PS2 in Japan, just not in the US. Either way the PS2 hasn't really limited FFXI if its still being supported in other countries.

[Lokixak]

If I'm not mistaken the HDD that came with FFXI was 120gigs. FFXI when I left was only ~25gigs. So the HDD limitations are not really valid unless the PS2 game was way bigger then that.

It was a 40GB HDD. One of the problems with the PS2 HDD is that there is no way to defragment it. Also, SE had reserved a 10GB partition of said HDD for FFXI use. In order to use more space for the partition, they had to get legal permission from Sony to expand it. Which, they did last year in order to be able to have more space for future content as the partition was already reaching the space limit. The PS2 won't be supported for future expansions outside Japan, where most of the current PS2 users reside.

[indira]

It was a 40GB HDD. One of the problems with the PS2 HDD is that there is no way to defragment it. Also, SE had reserved a 10GB partition of said HDD for FFXI use. In order to use more space for the partition, they had to get legal permission from Sony to expand it. Which, they did last year in order to be able to have more space for future content as the partition was already reaching the space limit. The PS2 won't be supported for future expansions outside Japan, where most of the current PS2 users reside.

you can always plug it in your pc to defrag it but its running unix im guessing and that dont need to be defraged.