ARR "technically possible" for Vita?

[Sephrick]

Personally, I don't much care for the tone of this "article." They had the chance to interview Mr. Yoshida and this is all they wrote about it.

Still, as far as those wondering what specs they'll need to play 2.0, this is an interesting anecdote:

Some slightly concerning news for PS Vita. We sat down with Final Fantasy XIV's producer and director Naoki Yoshida at Gamescom, who told us his game's engine is very scaleable so it can be dialed back to fit lower-spec hardware, which is why it works on PC and PS3. We immediately thought of the other logical low-end platform - PS Vita - and asked how feasible that would be as a platform for an MMO like FFXIV. Here's what he told us:

Naoki Yoshida (via translator): "Technically it'll probably work – you could scale it down and get it running. The problem is that in an MMO one of the most important things is the network and so, you know, if you're in a party with a lot of different people in a raid and someone's on the Vita and they have a very... you know, it's not a stable network connection then you're going to be a nuisance to your party members. So global internet networks need to be better. And then also, just more people need to buy the Vita."

The part of this "article" that annoys me is it seems like they're attacking Yoshida for having stated the obvious about the Vita rather than highlighting the fact that this new engine is that scalable.

http://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-xivs-naoki-yoshida-says-more-people-need-buy-vita/

[kazaran]

it's nto jsut the network stability, I have very stable 3g and 4g. However.

The screens size is an issue. Being able to see text, characters at those distances, target, interact, text talk, is all goign to be to difficult and cause issues. IF it was on a tablet, then pssobile ,sicne you coudl see text better, hook up a keyboard and mouse, and manage.

[Nayt]

I don't see any aggression in this article. All It's saying is basically that ffxiv will most likely have nothing to do with ps vita.

I agree, it'd be a pretty crappy system to focus on for ffxiv.

[Jennestia]

Personally I hope not -- Vita is killing a lot of potential PS3 and PC releases from certain companies because sony wants to try to move more Vita units.

[Lum]

Let's face it large scale MMO's are not for handhelds.

[Andrien]

Let's face it large scale MMO's are not for handhelds.

riiiiigggghhhtt

Here is 2 PS Vita free to play mmo




Phantasy Star Online 2

[Nayt]

riiiiigggghhhtt

Here is 2 PS Vita free to play mmo

big ass pictures

I don't know much about pso2, but that other f2p game looks like all the other free sprite games out there.

with risk of sounding condescending, I wouldn't really classify that as a "large scale" mmo, As Andrien put it.

[Colino]

riiiiigggghhhtt

Here is 2 PS Vita free to play mmo

Funny you mention two games that are not full-scale mmos, are entirely instanced and one of them uses a facebook type energy system.

Yeah no.

[Andrien]

Funny you mention two games that are not full-scale mmos, are entirely instanced and one of them uses a facebook type energy system.

Yeah no.

holy smokes.. full scale mmo now. lol

is there such a thing like partial scale mmo?

[Amherst]

Concerning indeed. The game that was never announced or intended for Vita...isn't going to come out on Vita. Oh dear.

Really now? :/