FF14 possibly coming to XBox-1!?

[Kosmos992k]

FFXI was PS2 and PC and Xbox 360.

Ha ha, good point. I should have figured that one out

I should have gone with FFXI as my example instead of Burnout Paradise. I was wanting to include a PS3/360 cross play example, but FFXI is a better example since it's easily verified and doesn't depend on my sketchy memory, except it's PS2 & Xbox, not PS3...

I tripped over this news story about DCUO allowing PC/PS4 cross play in January, and talking about Xbox One getting DCUO this spring. Considering the timing of the MS announcement, I can't help but suspect that DCUO will allow PC, PS4 and Xbox One players to play together as well.

All this goes back to the simple point that this announcement from MS is not about bridging XBL to any other gaming network, it's about allowing Xbox One to talk to 3rd party game servers outside of XBL. So now Xbox One will catch up to PS2, PS3 and PS4 in being able to connect to servers outside their own proprietary network.

[TheGrimace]

I'll be cool seeing Xbone players on the servers. I just doubt if they'll actually go through negotiations if they persist in the foolish idea of forcing the developers to have Xbone-only servers alongside the cross-platform ones. I'm very curious to see how talks will go concerning that.

[Derio]

Depends. XB1 still requires XBL for online games. Many people on PS4 play FFXIV because they dont require PS+ to play on top with the subscription.

Unless Microsoft changes that restriction. This information means nothing for FFXIV.

[Nestama]

Depends. XB1 still requires XBL for online games. Many people on PS4 play FFXIV because they dont require PS+ to play on top with the subscription.

Unless Microsoft changes that restriction. This information means nothing for FFXIV.

Well, using FFXI as an example, that game did not require you to have a Gold subscription to play online (and I can confirm this myself, as I've played it on a Silver account). I think it's because FFXI used SE's servers and not Microsofts.

[worldofneil]

Well, using FFXI as an example, that game did not require you to have a Gold subscription to play online (and I can confirm this myself, as I've played it on a Silver account). I think it's because FFXI used SE's servers and not Microsofts.

It's because Microsoft didn't have a problem with it when FFXI was released (for 360). Now they do and require games (on at least Xbox One) to have a gold subscription (probably because they want their slice of the money).

[Conradus]

Everyone seems to forget about FFXI, its been done before and its most likely going to happen again.

You know that support for FFXI on the Xbox360 and the PS2 is being discontinued at the end of this month, right? Windows only from now on.

[pauleta]

You know that support for FFXI on the Xbox360 and the PS2 is being discontinued at the end of this month, right? Windows only from now on.

Windows support is ending later on after the console support does. don't remember when but it will.

FFXI was PS2 and PC and Xbox 360.

ffxi was on ps2,pc, xb360 and on ps3 as i had a friend that played on ps2, ps3 and pc with a character on each at the same time

[Kosmos992k]

ffxi was on ps2,pc, xb360 and on ps3 as i had a friend that played on ps2, ps3 and pc with a character on each at the same time

There was no PS# version of FFXI, but you could run the game on a PS3 under PS2 emulation on early 'phat' PS3s with the PS2 chipset pomn the motherboard. On later PS3 models that capability was dropped (stupid move by Sony) and so you could no longer play FFXI on PS3 unless you had one of the early models.