FFXIV FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH

[Kaurie]

Who would believe this to be true? What do people think goes on in Japan?

It seems ridiculous, but then you look at some of the laws in the USA.

For example, in Alabama you may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.

Now.. anything is believable.

[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.

[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.

[Avenger]

Vita runs no game code when using Remote Play, it's just a controller and remote screen, FFXIV doesn't run on the hand held at all.

The new Xbox One, the one meant to be more powerful, will not ship for another 12-13 months.

@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?

I expect that the existing Xbox One is probably good enough to run FFXIV - iirc the reason FFXIV wasn't on it was some non-performance issue between Microsoft and SE, like wanting separate MS-only servers or something, and FFXV will actually be arriving on Xbox One.

[Jim_Berry]

Let's just say...IF...if FFXIV somehow manages to get ported to this...would anyone use it just for crafting and gathering classes?

I wouldn't pick this console up just to play FFXIV on it, but if I had it already I'd sure as heck use it to grind out some non-combat stuff on the go.

I got my PS4 in 2014 strictly for the upgrade to FFXIV from the PS3 version at the time. Many of my favorite games are on Xbox One, and if FFXIV released on Xbox One, I'd be done with PS4 altogether. Heck, I was even hoping for a Wii U version lol...

[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?

[Ametrine]

How do you expect to play with that horrible controller?

The same way we currently play?

[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