PlayStation 3 version: Why Bother?

[Yucie]

FFXIV: ARR actually has a lot less demand in terms of PC system requirements. My laptop, which probably barely met the minimum requirements for 1.x, now meets most of the requirements for recommended in ARR~

[lolodin]

if u cant sign in to psn then how are u playin online period lol

[ChiyoKatsui]

if u cant sign in to psn then how are u playin online period lol

Depends on the game, but some you can use XlinkKai if psn is down i believe. atleast you use to be able to.

[Andrien]

The game is on Square Enix servers, not PSN, you need a Square Enix account to log into the game, not your PSN account. If FFXIV ARR is on maintenance nobody can log in regardless if PSN is offline or not.

I can still browse the internet on my PS3 while PSN is on maintenance, so I doubt it will effect gameplay.

speculating of course.

[ChiyoKatsui]

The game is on Square Enix servers, not PSN, you need a Square Enix account to log into the game, not your PSN account. If FFXIV ARR is on maintenance nobody can log in regardless if PSN is offline or not.

I can still browse the internet on my PS3 while PSN is on maintenance, so I doubt it will effect gameplay.

speculating of course.

Na, you need to log in to PSN to use anything other than LAN services, which is how XLinkKai works. Ofcourse the browser will work. your internet isnt off. its how sony bans people for hacking stuff. because they have to authenticate with the server to do anything online besides browse the net. Other games servers aren't on PSN's servers either, it's a tunnel through psn to the real server. every online game uses it on ps3 that I know of, with the exception of using LAN. LAN won't go through PSN obviously.

I use to have FFXI on my PS3, but I don't remember if I had to sign in to PSN for it. I think I did though.

[Andrien]

Na, you need to log in to PSN to use anything other than LAN services, which is how XLinkKai works. Ofcourse the browser will work. your internet isnt off. its how sony bans people for hacking stuff. because they have to authenticate with the server to do anything online besides browse the net. Other games servers aren't on PSN's servers either, it's a tunnel through psn to the real server. every online game uses it on ps3 that I know of, with the exception of using LAN. LAN won't go through PSN obviously.

I use to have FFXI on my PS3, but I don't remember if I had to sign in to PSN for it. I think I did though.

I remember using netflix while psn is down for maintenance. It said unable to sign into PSN, but netflix will still run as normal because it also uses my netflix account to log into the service. I'll have to experiment with that again to see if they change it.

[Molly_Millions]

Final Fantasy XI was released for the PlayStation 2 first before other platforms

no it wasn't. It was out on PC first, at least in NA. I had been playing on PC for a few months already when I went to Best Buy to wait for the game to be put on the shelves on release day.

[Abriael]

no it wasn't. It was out on PC first.

In the US. In Japan it was out on PS2 first.

[Molly_Millions]

In the US. In Japan it was out on PS2 first.

^^ look up. Ninja edit.

[ChiyoKatsui]

^^ look up. Ninja edit.

Problem is, it makes your arguement that it came out on PC first null and off base. It came out on PS2 first, it doesn't matter what region it was in.