PlayStation 3 version: Why Bother?

[Teflonpan]

I just hope they don't come up with excuses they cant do certain things like they did with playstation 2 "PS2 limitations bullshit"

[Issachar]

I just hope they don't come up with excuses they cant do certain things like they did with playstation 2 "PS2 limitations bullshit"

Oh you can be sure this'll happen.

[MrMordio]

I have a lot of friends on ffXI who never joined in on XIV because they could not afford a PC good enough to run the game. I am glad that they'll be able to join the action on PS3, and I'm super excited to explore the new world with them.

[Alerith]

Fifteen pages and the OP still can't make a stable argument. I think we're done here.

[KaplanHomahru]

Fifteen pages and the OP still can't make a stable argument. I think we're done here.

Yeah...his only argument is that eventually it will (may) not be supported, so it shouldn't be supported from the (re)beginning.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Yeah...his only argument is that eventually it will (may) not be supported, so it shouldn't be supported from the (re)beginning.

My argument is that, even if ARR itself succeeds overall, it may not last much more than a year on PS3. What's the point in getting the PS3 version if there's a good chance of it not getting any expansions?

Is the choice really "PC or PS3," or "PC now or PC in 2015?"

[KaplanHomahru]

My argument is that, even if ARR itself succeeds overall, it may not last much more than a year on PS3. What's the point in getting the PS3 version if there's a good chance of it not getting any expansions?

Is the choice really "PC or PS3," or "PC now or PC in 2015?"

Yeah dude, that's what I said you said. For some reason though, you're also making pessimistic assumptions about the future/lifespan of a current console/support for a game you aren't helping develop.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

For some reason though, you're also making pessimistic assumptions

I am basing my assumptions on past behavior.

In the past, S-E's support policy for obsolete consoles was effectively "abandon in place" about a year after the console's successor was released; the only saving grace was that there were no separate console servers to shut down.

In the past, the publication of content available for download stopped soon after the release of the console's successor. Online distribution has not lasted longer than the production of pressed discs.

for a game you aren't helping develop

I'm not asking if they can, but if they will.

[Alerith]

My argument is that, even if ARR itself succeeds overall, it may not last much more than a year on PS3. What's the point in getting the PS3 version if there's a good chance of it not getting any expansions?

Is the choice really "PC or PS3," or "PC now or PC in 2015?"

Interesting.

With what facts and statistics are you basing this off of? I'm fairly certain FFXI on the PS2 lasted many years past the announcement and introduction of the PS3.

[lolodin]

My argument is that, even if ARR itself succeeds overall, it may not last much more than a year on PS3. What's the point in getting the PS3 version if there's a good chance of it not getting any expansions?

Is the choice really "PC or PS3," or "PC now or PC in 2015?"

A year on ps3? yoour kdding right? considering how the ps2 held steady on ffxi for multiple years? get out of here