PlayStation 3 version: Why Bother?

[Zehira]

Actually FreeBSD. Both linux and FreeBSD are unix like operating systems that wine can be compiled for.

lol well, I have my high-end desktop with Windows 7 Ultimate and this MacBook Pro. Not sure where I put FreeBSD on? Maybe my lousy laptops or my heavy-loud server? Wait, they can't play ARR, can they?

I guess for now I will be using boot camp to play it. :3

[Kirito]

Engineering companies still use unix since they offer the best graphic performance with the engineering software... And aren't all OS's nowadays derived from unix...

[ispano]

Part of it actually had to do with Apple not liking the slow progression of the PowerPC line from IBM. They weren't coming along as well as x86 chips. And with them purchasing NeXT they gained a UNIX like OS that could easily run on both with some work.

[Pseudopsia]

I think there will still be compatibility issues with wine, best to use Windows 7 pc or mac with boot camp for now.

[Kirito]

I think there will still be compatibility issues with wine, best to use Windows 7 pc or mac with boot camp for now.

1.0 actually ran smoother in windows 8 so maybe ARR will run the best on windows 8 too...

[Pseudopsia]

1.0 actually ran smoother in windows 8 so maybe ARR will run the best on windows 8 too...

I'm using Windows 8 now. I hate the interface, however performance feels a little snapper. There's a lot of other issues I have to put up with with windows 8, however FFXIV 1.0 ran perfectly on windows 8.

[Maxwell]

Why bother ? Simple. There is a market for it.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

There is a market for it.

People who have a PS3 but not an adequate PC (whatever that ends up being for ARR), who are interested in playing a full-budget, subscription-based MMO but not interested in playing one long enough to be forced to migrate to PC to continue playing?

Just how big is that market? After all, ARR will supposedly require less resources than 1.0, which was aimed at hardware from two years ago. The more people who get adequate performance in the ARR benchmark, the fewer people who have a reason to bother with the PS3 dead end.

[ispano]

People who have a PS3 but not an adequate PC (whatever that ends up being for ARR), who are interested in playing a full-budget, subscription-based MMO but not interested in playing one long enough to be forced to migrate to PC to continue playing?

Just how big is that market? After all, ARR will supposedly require less resources than 1.0, which was aimed at hardware from two years ago. The more people who get adequate performance in the ARR benchmark, the fewer people who have a reason to bother with the PS3 dead end.

Like I said before, the Playerbase in Japan is larger on the PS3 than it is on PC.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Like I said before, the Playerbase in Japan is larger on the PS3 than it is on PC.

The same is often said about the PS2, and yet the PS2 version of FFXI is plagued with years-old, game-breaking bugs that force a hard reset of the console.

Even in the Japanese market, S-E has a history of shafting console players in their MMO's, forcing players to migrate to PC in the end.