Multiple Console Ports!!!

[Seif]

I think it's safe to say the quality of XIV is slowly going to the right direction.

In the long run what seems to be an issue though is the low population of all servers especially when compared to other F2P MMOs.

Nobody seems to be supporting level-sync like features either but I guess that would make the game a bit more monotonous because sync parties tend to happen in select few places where xp rate is the highest.

I'm kinda hoping that the PS3 release will still happen and it will bring new players even more awesome would be that if they did the 360-port like they initially planned and maybe Wii U?

XIV has such an incredibly tiny playerbase that I really think it needs ALL the players it can possibly get. On different platforms I think it would have a good chance since there's almost no competition in the sector of console MMORPGs.

I know most of the people here must be PC players but would you buy or do you know people who would play XIV if it was released on consoles?

Personally I played XI always on XBOX360 because I don't consider myself as a PC player and it's more relaxing to play on a couch after a long day of working on the PC.

[Zenaku]

I'm getting it on the ps3 so i don't have to upgrade other pc every few years my gf would be playing on the ps3. I would not like it on the xbox due to it may limit the game more then the ps3.

[Seif]

I'm going to buy it on the ps3 too but I really like the 360 chatpad more than the ps3 one so I'd rather play it on that if possible. I wouldn't mind the graphical downgrade if there was any.

XI looks way better on the PC than on the 360 but I still prefer the console version because I can just let myself fall into a vegetative state on the couch with a controller. Many PC players are very snobbish about the use of a keyboard but honestly I'm never going to be that good of a player when the knowledge of tens of shortcuts is going to benefit me.

[raseol]

I would buy it for ps3 also, for the same reasons as above, its just more relaxing. Even though chatting could become an issue. I have looked at the chatpad, but i think i need some time to adjust to it if i were to use it all the time.

But I also think that if they would release the game next month for consoles it would be closed within the next 6 months after. Its just not that good compared to all the other games. This whole "grinding another million points for fun" does not sound very appealling to console players i think.

Don't get me wrong, i want it on ps3 also. But making the effort to release is on multiple platform "right now" is probably whats going to destroy it.

[Akira_Tenshi]

It wont release on Xbox because Microsoft wont allow it to be playable on XBL Silver. I don't know why, they did with XI.

[zaviermhigo]

Its not a graphical upgrade its a limitation. XI on the xbox was terrible, no support for it really, and disc error only cureable by uninstalling/reinstalling with another xbox harddrive. That system sucks, 3 discs for FFXIII lol, guess they lost out with "hd dvd". XI was suffering from limitations due to ps2, and it wasn't graphical since PC has best graphics, and xbox is comparable to pc, it was due to space. Not everyone is going to buy the special addition star wars xbox, or xbox memory upgrades just to play XIV.

On another note Xbox also wants to get a cut of all subscriptions for mmos which come to their system, that alone has killed some mmos going to xbox, the XBL silver thing for xi probably irks Microsoft to no end that they agreed to that.

Sony and SOE/PSN are way more mmo friendly, but mmos owned by SOE suck, (NGE really!?!?)

[Renshi]

My 2 gils about this:

PS3 version is gonna come, "at all costs", so don't worry =)

I'm doubtful with the Xbox 360 port, not because of the game, but for the service. I don't know if Microsoft will ask Square Enix to insert the Final Fantasy XIV service into the Gold or the Silver subscription. It'd be a pain in the ass for the players if they choose the Gold one, so you have to pay Gold and also the FFXIV subscription, which would suck.
If they could use PlayOnline, which runs into Silver subscription, then we would only pay the FFXIV fee.

About Wii U, I hope they're thinking about it because that's f*cking awesome!

[Malakhim]

If the PS3 chatpad is that annoying(and it looks like it would be), you can just use a USB keyboard. I'm sure a wireless one would be compatible with the system by now if they weren't already.

I would personally love to see a 360 version of the game, as that would guarantee that a bunch of my friends would play the game, but at the same time, MS's Xbox Live policy not only restricts FFXIV(or any other cross platform/region MMO) from being on the system in the first place, but as other posters have mentioned, the 360 version of FFXI constantly got the shaft due to it as well.

Wii U definitely seems like a good way to grab more subscribers(assuming the system takes off as well as Nintendo's hoping), but I worry that Nintendo still hasn't figured out how to get on the internet.

[Delsus]

It wont release on Xbox because Microsoft wont allow it to be playable on XBL Silver. I don't know why, they did with XI.

From what I heard Microsoft allowed XI on XBL silver because it was still new and they wanted people to see what XBL could do, and what better way than with a MMO.

But yeah its because Microsoft want a cut of all subscription fees from 14 to have it on xbox and SE will not give in to puny Microsoft

[Scherwiz]

XI is an exceptional console MMO, but I feel consoles give SE too much reason to say "Insert console here" limitations. That's not to say of course that I don't think there shouldn't be a console version.