They should scrap the PS3 version.

[Alerith]

dont even matter when its perfect PS3 version will suck period. its a 2006 console and there squeezing a 2013 pc game into it.

Irrelevant.

XI survived on the PS2 long past the life expectancy of the system.

[indira]

Irrelevant.

XI survived on the PS2 long past the life expectancy of the system.

FFXI was MADE for the PS2, even though it hit the PC first. get some facts, or were you still in diapers back then.

[Rannie]

first just a quick question to op. What are your credentials and may I see your diploma in game design?

FFXI was MADE for the PS2, even though it hit the PC first. get some facts, or were you still in diapers back then.

to Indira FFXI came out in JAPAN to the PS2 first and foremost before it EVER was released for the pc

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XI

PlayStation 2 version: May 16, 2002 / March 23, 2004

PC version:
November 7, 2002 / October 28, 2003 / September 17, 2004

[Alerith]

FFXI was MADE for the PS2, even though it hit the PC first. get some facts, or were you still in diapers back then.

I'm not arguing which system it came out for first, and if it was made specifically for the PS2, then it shouldn't be the PS2 holding it back. I'm also not saying that XI would last forever on the PS2.

What I am saying is that your suggestion that XIV on PS3 automatically fails because the system is older is irrelevant, because XI survived on the PS2 after the console had become outdated. Regardless of whether the PS2 is no longer supported for XI in the near future does not take away from the fact that it was a successful MMO on that platform.

The PS3 is not yet outdated, even with the announcement of the PS4. It will still be many more years before the PS3 becomes dated enough for XIV to no longer be supported on it, and in that time, it can still have a very successful run.

That, and what is SE going to do, cut out a market of people who want to play it on their PS3? That itself would be something as simple as a horrible business decision.

[Alhanelem]

Irrelevant.

XI survived on the PS2 long past the life expectancy of the system.

Actually, it's not irrelevant, because XI is not surviving on the PS2 all that much longer- Support is gone in the US, and will be gone in Japan at some point after the new expansion comes out. XI tested and pushed the limits of the PS2 and can not grow or expand much more without leaving that platform.