Multiple Console Ports!!!

[Scherwiz]

Please, NO 360 port. That console is outdated garbage, and the PC and PS3 versions will suffer if we have to deal with the limitations of that piece of junk.

With that kind of thinking, PS3 should be dropped then as well.

XIV is above and beyond both "current" gen consoles.

[Eekiki]

With that kind of thinking, PS3 should be dropped then as well.

XIV is above and beyond both "current" gen consoles.

Absolutely true, but the PS3 version is the game's last chance at long-term success.

You're right, though. The game should be PC only. MAYBE the Wii-U, but I doubt it.

[Scherwiz]

Absolutely true, but the PS3 version is the game's last chance at long-term success.

You're right, though. The game should be PC only. MAYBE the Wii-U, but I doubt it.

I hope so, I certainly will be buying a PS3 copy. Really hope they consider WiiU as well.

[Rimmer]

I just hope with the PS3 copy they dont add another exclusive item code that only applies to newly created characters. I waited to play the game at CE launcher because i had preordered the standard edition as well for the goggles and gotten up the FFXI subscription for the hermes sandals, i like to collect them specific items, going to be damned annoying to have to reroll again in the future D:

[Delsus]

While I do agree that the 360 would bring ffxiv down because the ps3 is 2x as powerful, depending on how much I probably wouldnt mind a port. Also I dont think we would see too many 360 limitations because the 360 version would probably be the minority of the playerbase so SE could kill it before it was a problem.

Also (not trying to start the console war debate) I would imagine Microsoft doesnt want cross platform games because somthing that could run at a stable 60fps on ps3 could only run at 25-30fps on 360, because the specs of the 360 are that much worse than the ps3 especially in populated areas. FFXI would also be against it because there were so many problems with the 360 locking up, yes it was probably be down to the programming, but it rasied questions about the 360s quality, which could be another reason why MS dont want cross platform games.

As for the WiiU, I wouldnt say there is enough information about it yet, all I have found on the specs is a 45nm multicore IBM processor, and a 1GB graphics card based on ATI's Radeon 4000 series.

The CPU specs are a little short to say if it will run on WiiU because there is no clock speed or how many cores, a multicore CPU could mean dual core (which i do doubt it would) and we all know how dual core CPUs tend to run ffxiv on PC, however the WiiU would have dedecated gaming hardware that a PC doesnt have.

All things considered I would say its still too soon to speculate a possible WiiU release.

[Leenk]

I'm not gonna touch on the 360 version because i really think that it's extremely unlikely.
As for the PS3 version. I cant wait. My wife and i decided to play this game because we could play together without buying a second PC. The postponement has made it so that she rarely plays.

The only negatives i can see about the console launch is waiting for it. OH! and ps3 updates. Updating any game now for that console takes forever, installing FFXIV could take days.

[Krausus]

I'm glad it isn't being released on the xbox. [Comment deleted by moderator] xbox wants to make you pay not only for the sub of the game but also for xbox gold at the same time.

[DeadRiser]

I'm glad it isn't being released on the xbox, [Comment deleted by Moderator] that xbox wants to make you pay not only for the sub of the game but also for xbox gold at the same time.

It's that bad to you? Must I bring up the issue with it not going offline for 2 months? Plus xbox gets updates to the online capabilities like party chat over different games and chat period. PS3 doesn't even have that yet and that worries me. I like to chat over different games. They need to catch up.

[Gramul]

It's that bad to you? Must I bring up the issue with it not going offline for 2 months? Plus xbox gets updates to the online capabilities like party chat over different games and chat period. PS3 doesn't even have that yet and that worries me. I like to chat over different games. They need to catch up.

The offline fiasco is in the past Riser. There's no reason to worry about it anymore.
Having to pay for two subscriptions is a legitimate complaint due to the waste of money that would easily be circumvented by any of the other versions. Party chat would be a nice feature, but it would only be useful to players that use the Xbox version. It's a fine console, but it's not really fit for this kind of game.

[Delsus]

It's that bad to you? Must I bring up the issue with it not going offline for 2 months? Plus xbox gets updates to the online capabilities like party chat over different games and chat period. PS3 doesn't even have that yet and that worries me. I like to chat over different games. They need to catch up.

When was the last time MS did a complete rebuild of the infrastructure of XBL? They do it in increments of whats needed to minimise impact on customers, however Sony needed to do a complete rebuild after they got hacked, which 2 months is an acceptable timeframe for a rebuild on that scale.