XIV on Switch and Xbox

[YISUG]

i hope it never get released on the switch

[itti18]

Switch is a bad idea as it doesnt have enough power

I am ok with XBox if they agree to share servers

[Aronys]

I play all of my singleplayer games on my PS4 without PS+. O.o

[Mature]

Make it happen yoship push them tight Xbox bastards. I'm sure Nintendo won't bother tbh

[NovaLevossida]

I have a Switch. This game does not need to be on that platform. It's not a PS4 or Xbox One, and it never was meant to be. It's a really high powered handheld that happens to dock really well to a TV. But that's the extent of it. We don't need the thing holding back this game like the PS3 was doing.

[Paladinleeds]

The Switch is really a Wii U made portable. So while it blows the 3DS out of the water, it doesn't hold a candle to home consoles like the Xbox One and PS4. I'm not even sure it is as powerful as the 360/PS3 (but I'll let someone with a better grasp of tech confirm or deny that for me).

As a result, heck to the no to a Switch version. But an Xbox One version would definitely tantalise me (since planning to move the Xbox One downstairs, be nice to be able to play it on a console, since right now I play it cooped up in my bedroom)

[Natsuno]

The Switch is really a Wii U made portable.

Eh. It is more powerful than that, but I agree that bringing XIV to the Switch is a bad idea and will only hold the game back. At best it'll get a few years (maybe 5.0 or 6.0, depending on how much the Devs want to improve the game) before needing to be dropped by like the PS3.

[Maero]

Nah like i said earlier Switch has the Power like that of the 360, it is a handheld tablet i compare it to.

[ReplicaX]

Switch would be a step back for this game, especially with PS3 support dropping for SB and SE finally making it public the old NA datacenters were bottlenecked. Also SE would have to code in and throttle down to make the mobile mode of the switch meet standards of playability. A waste of development imo.

Sony and SE came to an agreement, with Sony making a special case to their policy allowing XIV to not require PS+. The exact opposite is going on with Microsoft, they have not agreed to make a special case to their policy for XIV.

What is sad is SE pioneered the console MMO early in the genre and Cross-platform MMO play. Were the first MMO to have 2 console competitors play together. Yet for some reason MS doesn't want to make that exception again.

[Jetstream_Fox]

I would really love to see how well it will look on the Scorpio, honestly, as well

It would look just like it does on Pro, 4, and PC. The only question would be how it's optimized to be used on a Xbox controller. On the Pro/4 the touch pad is used to help navigate through menus.