Consider FFXIV on XBox

[Kolaina]

They tried, i think microsoft wanted an xbox live subscription to be required to play since it was an online game, square enix didn't want players paying two subscriptions to play on xbox. Also i think microsoft wanted exclusivity and SE wasn't gonna do that.

I believe even before that, Microsoft was saying something along the lines of they themselves not wanting cross play with PlayStation because they couldn’t monitor the interactions

[Shiro--Tsubasa]

I doubt ff14 will be going to xbox. on the bright side WoW will likely be going there. lol
This will likely pressure Sony to keep ff14 playstation and pc exclusive.

[Ranaku]

Jay another console for which the PC gamers have to suffer cause ofc we play all on the same servers. Was already a pain it took an eternity to upgrade to the never playstations and cut support for the ancient models. And pc gamers not getting better graphics etc. for that reason. Adding another system for which you would have to wait...no...please no.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Jay another console for which the PC gamers have to suffer cause ofc we play all on the same servers. Was already a pain it took an eternity to upgrade to the never playstations and cut support for the ancient models. And pc gamers not getting better graphics etc. for that reason. Adding another system for which you would have to wait...no...please no.

Actually, they've stated the hold up is potato pcs now. A significant amount of people play on systems that don't or barely meet minimum specs. Console hasn't been stated to be an issue since the PS3 was dropped.

[Kolaina]

Jay another console for which the PC gamers have to suffer cause ofc we play all on the same servers. Was already a pain it took an eternity to upgrade to the never playstations and cut support for the ancient models. And pc gamers not getting better graphics etc. for that reason. Adding another system for which you would have to wait...no...please no.

I believe if it wasn’t for PlayStation subscribers, the game wouldn’t of lasted as long as it has. Not in the early days had it been pc subscribers only. Get over it

[MaxCarnage]

Jay another console for which the PC gamers have to suffer cause ofc we play all on the same servers. Was already a pain it took an eternity to upgrade to the never playstations and cut support for the ancient models. And pc gamers not getting better graphics etc. for that reason. Adding another system for which you would have to wait...no...please no.

Well, my husband plays on PS5 and he loads faster than I do on a year old gaming pc. In fact, I often seeing him waiting for a lot of PC players while he is already loaded in. And yes, he can tell if they're PC because they don't have a PSN id when he examines them. Maybe it's time for the vast majority of PC players to stop holding back the current gen console players. And for PC players to stop thinking they are better than other gamers.

[Gameovers]

Well, my husband plays on PS5 and he loads faster than I do on a year old gaming pc. In fact, I often seeing him waiting for a lot of PC players while he is already loaded in. And yes, he can tell if they're PC because they don't have a PSN id when he examines them. Maybe it's time for the vast majority of PC players to stop holding back the current gen console players. And for PC players to stop thinking they are better than other gamers.

Other then the last part as I believe in not insulting our PC players cause hey, we are gamers at the end of the day. I love everyone here. The rest of what you said is very true. I'm on PS5 and the only people who beat me loading in are people with monster PCs. And yes I can tell because I beat laptops loading, PS4s, crappy PC builds. Hell most of the time people with monster PCs we load at the same time. The PS5 as far as loading times go is no joke.

[Ranaku]

Well, my husband plays on PS5 and he loads faster than I do on a year old gaming pc. In fact, I often seeing him waiting for a lot of PC players while he is already loaded in. And yes, he can tell if they're PC because they don't have a PSN id when he examines them. Maybe it's time for the vast majority of PC players to stop holding back the current gen console players. And for PC players to stop thinking they are better than other gamers.

I am not talking about the latest systems though, i am talking basically about the game supporting the old systems until they start to cry under the weight of graphic demand.

I mean heck they supported playstation 3, 3(!!!!), until 2017. That thing was 11 years old by that point. And PC players have to suffer for it. The only reason we have so many many instanced zones is mostly cause...yeah...console limitations!

[Slayer25c]

I am not talking about the latest systems though, i am talking basically about the game supporting the old systems until they start to cry under the weight of graphic demand.

I mean heck they supported playstation 3, 3(!!!!), until 2017. That thing was 11 years old by that point. And PC players have to suffer for it. The only reason we have so many many instanced zones is mostly cause...yeah...console limitations!

Because SE promise the ps 3 players they would get arr that is why it was on the console for so long. But now low end computers are holding it back

[Divinemights]

I mean heck they supported playstation 3, 3(!!!!), until 2017. That thing was 11 years old by that point. And PC players have to suffer for it. The only reason we have so many many instanced zones is mostly cause...yeah...console limitations!

They learned hard lesson from 1.0 not to design their game base around high end pc users that only makes up small fraction of player base. 1.0 was beautiful but not everyone has the PC can run it. PS3 used to have largest user base and it was a correct decision