FFXIV on Xbox?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Hi!

Dunno if someone did a thread like this one before, but...

Any chance to bring the Warriors of Light ('n Darkness) to the Microsoft side of the Console Force at any point in the future?

I saw some rumors on youtube about it, but dunno for sure...

Cheers!

Microsoft still needs to drop the gold requirement and "xbobx players can always play only with other Xbox players if they want" from their requirements.

[Ekinoxe]

Microsoft still needs to drop the gold requirement and "xbobx players can always play only with other Xbox players if they want" from their requirements.

That's a statement based on outdated info. That was their policies when the 360 was their current machine. Right now they are at the forefront of crossplatform multiplayer. In fact, it's Sony that doesn't want to do crossplay with other consoles.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That's a statement based on outdated info. That was their policies when the 360 was their current machine. Right now they are at the forefront of crossplatform multiplayer. In fact, it's Sony that doesn't want to do crossplay with other consoles.

It was on their website when it was announced a couple years ago. I can't find it now cuz they buried the crap out of it tho. I had it linked in one of the threads from back then.

Edit: found it

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2016/03/...x-updates-gdc/

Of course, it’s up to game developers to support this feature, and Xbox Live players will always have the option of choosing to play only with other Xbox Live players.

[Ekinoxe]

It was on their website when it was announced a couple years ago. I can't find it now cuz they buried the crap out of it tho. I had it linked in one of the threads from back then.

Edit: found it

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2016/03/...x-updates-gdc/

Of course, it’s up to game developers to support this feature, and Xbox Live players will always have the option of choosing to play only with other Xbox Live players.

What you're talking about is more than likely a Squeenix quote from E3 2016 in which they claim that Microsoft supposedly didn't want to do crossplatform. Weirdly enough, 3 years later you have several game that are Xbox/Switch/PC/Mobile crossplay compatible. All those games are also available on the PS4 but they can only be played between PC and PS4 users, locking out every other platforms at Sony's request. So I would take that original Squeenix quote with a grain of salt. Either way, that's 3 years old info, which somewhat classifies as outdated.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

What you're talking about is more than likely a Squeenix quote from E3 2016 in which they claim that Microsoft supposedly didn't want to do crossplatform. Weirdly enough, 3 years later you have several game that are Xbox/Switch/PC/Mobile crossplay compatible. All those games are also available on the PS4 but they can only be played between PC and PS4 users, locking out every other platforms at Sony's request. So I would take that original Squeenix quote with a grain of salt. Either way, that's 3 years old info, which somewhat classifies as outdated.

That is from Xbox.com, from the head of the crossplay division at Microsoft. But sure, I'm wrong.

[Ekinoxe]

That is from Xbox.com, from the head of the crossplay division at Microsoft. But sure, I'm wrong.

That is actually the head of ID@xbox (independent developers publishing their games on xbox live). He's not the head of the crossplay division. That would be Phil Spencer. Either way, the article you linked just confirms that they never said that they didn't want to do crossplatform. Saying that players will always have the choice to play within the Xbox ecosystem for the then current lineup is a given. That's basically them saying don't worry, you won't forcibly be put in FPS lobbies with mouse users for example. Nowhere do they categorically say: "No we don't want you to be playing with PS4 users". Again, in the 3 years that followed that article, several games launched with cross console multiplayer.

What I was referring to is this https://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/17...rosoft-e3-2016 A quote which is in hindsight, pretty disingenuous on their part.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That is actually the head of ID@xbox (independent developers publishing their games on xbox live). He's not the head of the crossplay division. That would be Phil Spencer. Either way, the article you linked just confirms that they never said that they didn't want to do crossplatform. Saying that players will always have the choice to play within the Xbox ecosystem for the then current lineup is a given. That's basically them saying don't worry, you won't forcibly be put in FPS lobbies with mouse users for example. Nowhere do they categorically say: "No we don't want you to be playing with PS4 users". Again, in the 3 years that followed that article, several games launched with cross console multiplayer.

What I was referring to is this https://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/17...rosoft-e3-2016 A quote which is in hindsight, pretty disingenuous on their part.

No, but it does say you can play with only Xbox players, which would mean that xiv would need Xbox only servers, which won't happen. Again, I never said Microsoft didn't want crossplay, I said they had restrictions

[Gralna]

What you're talking about is more than likely a Squeenix quote from E3 2016 in which they claim that Microsoft supposedly didn't want to do crossplatform. Weirdly enough, 3 years later you have several game that are Xbox/Switch/PC/Mobile crossplay compatible. All those games are also available on the PS4 but they can only be played between PC and PS4 users, locking out every other platforms at Sony's request. So I would take that original Squeenix quote with a grain of salt. Either way, that's 3 years old info, which somewhat classifies as outdated.

And what do all of those xbox cross platform games that require xbox live to play have? That's right, option for xbox exclusive servers so xbox players can play only with other xbox players if they want, which is one of the guarantees xbox promises for xbox live subscribers. Yoshi has said flat out that he will not support that since he doesn't want to split the community.

[Ekinoxe]

And what do all of those xbox cross platform games that require xbox live to play have? That's right, option for xbox exclusive servers so xbox players can play only with other xbox players if they want, which is one of the guarantees xbox promises for xbox live subscribers. Yoshi has said flat out that he will not support that since he doesn't want to split the community.

That's actually entirely up to the developers. You know what those games also have in common? The total absence of the PS4 in the crossplay lobbies, again, at Sony's request. I mean come on, you can log in xbox live on your switch ffs, let's stop acting like it's Microsoft that's being stingy when it comes to FFXIV.

[jameseoakes]

That's actually entirely up to the developers. You know what those games also have in common? The total absence of the PS4 in the crossplay lobbies, again, at Sony's request. I mean come on, you can log in xbox live on your switch ffs, let's stop acting like it's Microsoft that's being stingy when it comes to FFXIV.

The only two issues we know blocking 14 on Xbox is needing a separate sub to be able to accesses the game and that Microsoft had wanted Xbox live players to have to option to only play with Xbox live players. I have never seen any official source say Sony was involved in any way in the process as of yet.