Xbox One edition will be announced this year

[Fawkes]

What if Sony buys SE and doesn't allow an Xbox version?

[DynnDiablos]

From what I've read (and also assume) is that FFXIV being subscription-based is one of the main issues. And I expect that Xbox would also want it on GamePass. Which really can't happen. They can't allow folks to not have a sub on one platform and then expect one on the others. Also, the moment FFXIV goes F2P it is over in terms of quality.

[PirateRyanG]

From what I've read (and also assume) is that FFXIV being subscription-based is one of the main issues. And I expect that Xbox would also want it on GamePass. Which really can't happen. They can't allow folks to not have a sub on one platform and then expect one on the others. Also, the moment FFXIV goes F2P it is over in terms of quality.

That's not an issue at all. Microsoft has allowed multiple sub-based MMOs over the years, including FFXI.

[Sir_Tonberry]

That's not an issue at all. Microsoft has allowed multiple sub-based MMOs over the years, including FFXI.

Lol I love when people just keep trying to put this on Microsoft instead of rightfully with SE. I bet they also think that the 7R games aren't coming to Xboxbecause Microsoft wants it on gamepass. The reality is that for some strange reason instead of trying to offer their products and reach as many people as possible SE prefers to ignore Xbox (and PC at times) for the launch of their biggest games in favour of exclusivity deals with Sony that realistically don't pay enough to offset the loss if they're being paid at all. And then year after year they say that these games that released on one singular platform undersell. Only garbage like Balan Wonderland, Avengers, and Babylon's Fall go multiplat these days. Forespoken was so bad that I was surprised that it wasn't on Xbox as well.

[Fawkes]

[Zarkovitch]

I be honest, idk if they are seriously doing it. I mean the spec is similar as PS5 and yet they are not doing it.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Dunno... Seems like a whole lot of time and resource investment just to add the 100 or so players on X Box that have heard of Final Fantasy and don't already play it on another platform... :P

[RitsukoSonoda]

Also TBH I hated just about every multiplayer interaction I had with Xbox players. Granted this was from back in the Xbox 360 days and at that time it felt like it was nothing but whiny nerdy little kids trying to pass them selves off as "gangsta". TBH the 360 was probably microsoft's most successful console to date. The following gen of PS4 vs Xbox One ended up not being much of a contest after Microsoft essentially handed Sony an I win button after that whole presentation of how Xbox one would have DRM protection requiring constant internet access. This newest generation of PS5 vs Xbox X/S is still tilted heavily in Sony's favor due to Microsoft's handling of it's exclusives before going on the acquisition spree to buy other big name publishers/studios. Additionally I don't believe Microsoft made a very good impression on the Japanese companies they targeted for buyout attempts which included SE and Nintendo.

[Monokhrom]

I honestly don’t think it’s super likely but it’d be awesome to see. Would definitely bring in decent chunk of new players, especially more Australians ✧◡✧!

[Naoki34]

And we're not saying that there's going to be an agreement like between SE and Sony so that playing FFXIV doesn't require a Ps+ subscription.