FFXIV on Xbox

[VictorTheed]

Yea I used a clickbate title to suck u in here, come at me brah lol

Enough joking aside, will 14 ever come to Xbox, I remember somewhere around SB time I heard mentions of them being in talks to bring FFXIV to Xbox.

Reason I ask is is it's getting harder and harder to find a PS5 and thing keeping me from switching to the new Xbox is FFXIV ain't on Xbox and this is my main game, I been playing it since ARR came out August 27th 2013.

[Hyperia]

I have a feeling that the problem is more on Sony's side than Microsoft's at this point.

But that is my speculation.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I have a feeling that the problem is more on Sony's side than Microsoft's at this point.

But that is my speculation.

They have stated all the issues were resolved, they just don't have the time to work on the xbox version right now.


Now, whether or not its ever worth it for them to spend the time on is another question.

[Ransu]

Sony is notorious for coercing and threatening developers to keep stuff exclusive to their system (ironic given the CoD thing going on right now) so I really wouldn't count on this game ever going to xbox.

[DiaDeem]

Let's not start speculating random crap please... this is how misinformation begins to spread.

[VictorTheed]

Let's not start speculating random crap please... this is how misinformation begins to spread.

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You will consume the god of the Democrat party, Barak Obama, eat his very soul, thus making u Ultima Yes We Can.

We will do battle in the very depths of hell, Washington DC, Patriot vs Communist, Dog vs Cat, Burgers Vs Chicken, we will re write Endwalker MSQ to the way it should have been.

Afterward I guess I'll still be hoping FFXIV comes to Xbox, a Lala can dream can't he.

[PirateRyanG]

Ff14 was announced for xbox several years ago. I think Jan 2020.

It was then quiet for a period and a couple of months ago, Phil Spencer was asked if it was still happening and he said yes.

But who knows when.

[Ransu]

Let's not start speculating random crap please... this is how misinformation begins to spread.

There's an entire article about it on IGN. Its not speculation.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

If I remember correctly, YoshiP WANTED to put FFXIV on Xbox.
The issue was apparently Microsoft wanting to do make you pay for the Sub AND Xbox Live Gold. While on PSN you dont need PS Plus to play, just the game, and manage your Sub.
This is "apparently" the Roadblock.

[kaynide]

It’s a similar story to Fortnite; basically Epic Games refuses to pay fees/commissions to be on certain platforms (Fortnite has been taken out of the AppStore entirely). Also, as it is popular, a lot of systems make exceptions to play it at no additional cost (no Nintendo online/PlayStation plus required).

All that said, Xbox DOES require its extra service to play.

So, given all the options, would someone buy XBox over PS5 to play the game if it meant larger sub fee? And are there that many people with Xbox exclusively (no PC/PS5) that would be interested in doing FFXIV?

I don’t know, but I’m sure the devs have an idea of the numbers and consider if the dev work to port to Xbox is worth it. Thus far, the answer seems to be “not so much”, as they surely wouldn’t just ignore stacks of money waiting to be had.