FFXIV FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH

[Ametrine]

They said this about the Wii U as well...

This is more about the developer tools.

The WiiU lacked a good enough install base to justify developing major AAA games on, which just worsened it's issues.

Looking closer at the system itself, Nintendo has taken a really conservative approach to the Switch.

I mean, there are no crazy gimmicks to how it's controlled, no dual screen requirements, or over-emphasised touchpad. It's an ordinary controller that can be set on a tablet screen or TV screen.


If I were a developer, I'd be relieved and excited seeing that!

[Ametrine]

My question is how it went into law that you cannot carry back-pocket ice cream. What horrible back-pocket involved ice cream incident occured that prompted that?

This is a culinary leve waiting to happen.

[Terrini]

I think the switch is super sweet, and I think Nintendo gets a lot of fun looking games. I'm mainly a PC gamer because of the versatility and buying new consoles gets really expensive. My newest console is a PS2 that I bought used when PS3 came out. I honestly considered buying a PS3, but I was waiting on KHIII and FFvsXIII. Now those games are coming out for PS4 (vsXIII became FFXV) and I'm hoping I might get an FFXV PS4 bundle for Christmas (with the older model PS4 and not the PS4 Pro) because it's a game I actually want to play, and will play a lot, to get through it.

And someone mentioned PSVita remote play running FFXIV... well, do we know that Nintendo Switch won't have this? What are the full capabilities of the Docking station? Is it only an over-glorified charger, or does it have additional storage and processing that allows for the Switch to operate on the principles of Remote Play?

I'd love for a reason to get back into Nintendo systems (I played FFI on the original NES when I was a kid growing up) - Final Fantasy's switch to PlayStation was the main reason my family moved away from Nintendo. I know that there are the Crystal Chronicle games, but they were never a big calling to me and I'm a very focused gamer, which is why I haven't really gotten into a lot of MMOs... the story of FFXIV keeps me with it because I feel like I'm really a part of the narrative, instead of someone just ambling along and stumbling into things.

[Anera]

And someone mentioned PSVita remote play running FFXIV... well, do we know that Nintendo Switch won't have this? What are the full capabilities of the Docking station? Is it only an over-glorified charger, or does it have additional storage and processing that allows for the Switch to operate on the principles of Remote Play?

again NOT RUNING on PS Vita, ONLY transmit video and audio like streaming

@kosmos (I've read a bunch of your posts btw) Indeed, it's called "Remote Play" because the game is running on the remote PS4 (I assume it's similar to PlayStation Now.) (Though it might be possible in each case that some rendering is done locally - perhaps someone has some more details on the Remote Play/PS Now protocols?) But I think it's notable that it works in a handheld form factor, and if the Switch offers good enough performance, then why not?

Remote Play use your Network and transmit video and audio to your PS vita and if you somewhere far you use 4G to connect to your PS4

[Ametrine]

The dock seems to work as both a charger and hook-up station to the TV. Having a remote play sort of deal would severely negate the Switch's portability as a hand-held, so I don't think that's the plan.

[Ametrine]

Snip.

The seperate servers for Xbox players was the issue from my understanding.

Xbox Live has a few extra layers to it that PSN lacks, the price being one, but it also has unique player blocking tools that could be wacky if people from other formats were gaming with you.

Microsoft and Sony continue to waffle on whether to lift this policy as it's never reall been a deal breaker for most games, like Overwatch, and most gamers don't care. FFXIV is one of the few exceptions, refusing to segregate the playerbase by platform, so unless MS is willing to allow SE to bypass both Live and cross-platform restrictions, they aren't interested in putting FFXIV on the Xbone.

The console's actual power and architecture was never an issue at all.

[Keikun]

How do you expect to play with that horrible controller?

[Fevelle]

How do you expect to play with that horrible controller?

Why horrible?
To be honest I think it's a very good controller design when when in handheld mode. Even the D-PAD are 4 separate buttons, something that would be much better to use with this game's cross hotbars.

[Ametrine]

How do you expect to play with that horrible controller?

The same way we currently play?

[Roth_Trailfinder]

I think the issue would be in terms of typing stuff out. Have you ever tried to use FFXIV's "keyboard"? It SUCKS enough that its more than worthwhile using an old USB keyboard in a PS3 or PS4.